Choose Administration→Discovery Manager from the NFM-P main menu. The Discovery Manager (Edit) form opens with the Discovery Rules tab displayed.

Create one or more discovery rules to discover the CPAA devices. Perform the following:

1. Click on the Create button. The Create Discovery Rule - Specify General Attributes form opens.

2. Configure the parameters:

   • ID

   • Auto-Assign ID

   • Description

   • Administrative State

     When you set the Administrative State parameter to Up, the network is scanned according to the discovery rule when the discovery rule is saved. The network is also scanned according to the discovery rule as specified by the Discovery Rule Scan Interval parameter in the PollerManager form. When you set the administrative state to Down, the network is not scanned as specified by these conditions.

   • OLC State

3. Click on the Next button. The Add Rule Elements form opens.

4. Click on the Create button. The Topology Discovery Rule Element (Create) form opens.

5. Configure the parameters:

   • IP Address

   • Mask Bits

   • Usage

   Note:

   You should track the IP addresses used to discover devices. When the IP address used to discover the device is the system IP address, or ID, management is out-of-band.

6. Click on the OK button. The Topology Discovery Rule Element (Create) form closes. The discovery rule is saved.

7. Perform substeps 4 to 6 to add more rule elements.

8. Click on the Next button. The Configure Mediation Security form opens.

9. Specify the mediation policies for read access, write access, and SNMP trap access. See the “Mediation and event notification policies” topic in the NSP NFM-P User Guide for information about how to configure mediation policies. Click on the Select button if you need to specify mediation security policies specific to the discovery rule. The Configure Mediation Security form opens. You can:

   • Select an existing mediation security policy and click on the OK button.

   • Select an existing mediation security policy and click on the Properties button. The MediationPolicy (Edit) form opens.

   • Configure the parameters and click on the OK button to save the changes.

   • Do not specify a policy to apply the default policy.

10. Click on the Next button. The Configure Management Ping Policy form opens.

11. Specify the management ping policies for each of the following management IP addresses, if required:

    • the management IP address on the management port, called an out-of-band management interface

    • the system IP address, called an in-band management interface

    • the IP address of the standby Control card, also called a CPM

    Note:

    Management ping policies are created using the PollerManager configuration form. These are the policies applied during discovery rule creation. You must apply a ping policy, even for interfaces that do not exist.

12. Click on the Select button for each ping policy ID parameter. The Configure Management Ping Policy form opens.

13. Choose a ping policy. If there is no interface, choose a ping policy that has the Schedule Enabled parameter set to disabled.

14. Click on the OK button. The ping policy ID appears in the Policy ID parameter.

    The NFM-P generates alarms if the ping fails.

15. Click on the Next button. The Configure Stats Polling Policy form opens with the default statistics polling policy displayed.

16. Click on the Select button to choose another statistics polling policy, if required. The Configure Stats Polling Policy - Topology Discovery Rule form opens. Select a statistics polling policy in the list and click on the OK button.

17. Click on the Finish button. The Create Discovery Rule - Configure Management Ping Policy form closes and a dialog box opens.

18. Click on the OK button to close the dialog box. The Discovery Manager form reappears.

Save the discovery rule and discover devices by scanning the network as specified by the discovery rule.

1. Click on the Discovery Rules tab on the Discovery Manager form.

2. Click on the Apply button.

   New and modified discovery rules are saved. The NFM-P discovers devices by scanning the network as specified by the discovery rules. After a device is discovered, the NFM-P sets the device in a managed state and reconciles the device elements into its database.

   Discovery rules that are disabled or shut down are not applied.

Verify that the device is discovered and is managed by the NFM-P by clicking on the Managed State tab on the Discovery Manager form. A list of managed devices opens.

The management state of the device is displayed in the Site State column. Managed is the default state. If the device is unmanaged, choose the device and click on the Manage button.

From the Managed State tab, you can also perform management IP address pings to ensure connectivity to all of the managed devices. Do not ping devices without an interface.

1. Click on one of the managed devices in the list.

2. Click on the appropriate ping button.

3. Review the ping information to verify connectivity.

Click on the Resync Status tab to verify that the device configuration has been reconciled with the NFM-P database.

The status is displayed in the Resync Status column.

To initiate manual reconciliation of a device, choose a device or devices and click on the Resync button.

Devices that are successfully reconciled appear in the NFM-P navigation tree and the Equipment Manager form.

Close the Discovery Manager form.

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