What is a classic discovery rule?

Classic discovery rules

A classic discovery rule contains the IP management, mediation and reachability information required to discover and manage classic devices. The rule includes the following:

If discovery rules are present in the NFM-P, they are synched to the NSP and appear in the Device Discovery, Classic Discovery Rules view. For a classic discovery rule to be used to discover devices in NSP, it must be used by a unified discovery rule. Click on a discovery rule to see the unified discovery rule in the Summary panel.

Classic discovery rule parameters not currently supported in NSP

Some parameters that appear in discovery rules in the NFM-P are not currently supported in NSP.

Contact Nokia for support with any of the following:

  • OLC State and Revert OLC State

  • Scan Interval

  • Group NE

  • Discovery protocol other than SNMP, for example, TL1, NWI3 or NE3S

  • External EMS

  • Auto Discovery Rule Elements ACL

  • MIB Statistics Policy

  • Discovered Routers to Span(s)

  • Backup Policy

  • NE Self Config Policies

  • EM Systems

  • Post Discovery Action