[cactiv2@inxx22 cli]$ pwd
/var/www/html/cactiv2/cli
[cactiv2@inxx22 cli]$ php add_device.php --help
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Add Device Script 1.0, Copyright 2004-2009 - The Cacti Group

A simple command line utility to add a device in Cacti

usage: add_device.php --description=[description] --ip=[IP] --template=[ID] [--notes="[]"] [--disable]
    [--avail=[ping]] --ping_method=[icmp] --ping_port=[N/A, 1-65534] --ping_retries=[2]
    [--version=[1|2|3]] [--community=] [--port=161] [--timeout=500]
    [--username= --password=] [--authproto=] [--privpass= --privproto=] [--context=]
    [--quiet]

Required:
    --description  the name that will be displayed by Cacti in the graphs
    --ip           self explanatory (can also be a FQDN)
Optional:
    --template     0, is a number (read below to get a list of templates)
    --notes        '', General information about this host.  Must be enclosed using double quotes.
    --disable      0, 1 to add this host but to disable checks and 0 to enable it
    --avail        pingsnmp, [ping][none, snmp, pingsnmp]
    --ping_method  tcp, icmp|tcp|udp
    --ping_port    '', 1-65534
    --ping_retries 2, the number of time to attempt to communicate with a host
    --version      1, 1|2|3, snmp version
    --community    '', snmp community string for snmpv1 and snmpv2.  Leave blank for no community
    --port         161
    --timeout      500
    --username     '', snmp username for snmpv3
    --password     '', snmp password for snmpv3
    --authproto    '', snmp authentication protocol for snmpv3
    --privpass     '', snmp privacy passphrase for snmpv3
    --privproto    '', snmp privacy protocol for snmpv3
    --context      '', snmp context for snmpv3
    --max_oids     10, 1-60, the number of OID's that can be obtained in a single SNMP Get request

List Options:
    --list-host-templates
    --list-communities
    --quiet - batch mode value return