Device discovery procedures

Creating a unified discovery rule
 
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Open Device Management, Device Discovery.

The system opens the Unified Discovery Rules view.

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Click png9.pngUNIFIED DISCOVERY RULE.

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In the form that opens, configure the required parameters.

Parameter

Description

General

Rule name

The name of the discovery rule

Description

User-provided description of the discovery rule

Network Scan Interval (minutes)

Specifies the interval, in minutes, at which the network scan repeats

Admin State

Specifies the administrative state for the discovery rule

Up means the policy is in effect.

Discovery Protocols and Policies

(First|Second|Third|Fourth) discovery protocol

Specify the protocols to be used to communicate with the NE, in the order in which they should be used to attempt to reach the NE for discovery.

Enter all the protocols that will be used for communication, regardless of whether they will be used for discovery.

Mediation Policies

Select a policy for each protocol:

  • Click on the policy field.

  • In the form that opens, select a policy and click SELECT.

To create a mediation policy, click png9.pngNEW; see Creating a classic mediation policy and Creating an MDM mediation policy.

Reachability Policies

The reachability types required for the selected discovery protocols appear in the Select Reachability Policies panel.

Click in a reachability type field.

In the form that opens, select a policy and click SELECT.

To create a reachability policy, click png9.pngNEW; see Creating a classic reachability policy and Creating an MDM reachability policy.

Associate Classic Discovery Rule

Click in the Classic Discovery Rule field.

In the form that opens, select a discovery rule and click SELECT.

To create a classic discovery rule, click png9.pngNEW; see Creating a classic discovery rule.

Discovery IP Ranges

Included IP Addresses

Click png9.pngADD to specify an IP address and mask bits to search. Repeat to add additional ranges.

Verify that the included IP address ranges include all the MDM and classic nodes you need to discover.

Excluded IP Addresses

Click png9.pngADD to specify an IP address and mask bits to exclude from discovery. Repeat to add additional ranges.

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Click CREATE. The discovery rule is automatically assigned a rule ID and is added to the list.

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To run a discovery rule click on your discovery rule in the list and click png8.png(Table row actions), Discover.

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To view results of a discovery, select the discovery rule and click Summary png10.png to view the Summary panel. In the panel at the right of the screen, click Errors png11.png to see details about any errors that occurred the most recent time the discovery rule was run.

End of steps

Creating a classic discovery rule
 
1 

Open Device Discovery, Classic Discovery Rules.

The system displays the list of configured discovery rules.

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Click png9.png CLASSIC DISCOVERY RULE.

3 

In the form that opens, configure the required parameters.

Parameter

Description

Rule ID

Enter a rule ID or check the Auto assign classic rule ID check box.

Description

User-provided description of the discovery rule

Admin State

Specifies the administrative state for the discovery rule

Management Protocol

Choose IPv4 or IPv6

Classic Mediation Policies

Select a policy for each access type as needed:

  • Click on the mediation policy field.

  • In the form that opens, select a policy and click SELECT.

To create a mediation policy, click png9.pngNEW; see Creating a classic mediation policy.

Classic Reachability Policies

Select a policy for each reachability type as needed:

Click in a reachability type field.

In the form that opens, select a policy and click SELECT.

To create a reachability policy, click png9.pngNEW; see Creating an MDM reachability policy.

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Click CREATE. The classic discovery rule is added to the list.

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To associate the classic discovery rule with a unified discovery rule and discover nodes, see Creating a unified discovery rule.

End of steps

Creating an MDM mediation policy
 
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Open Device Discovery, Reachability Policies.

The system displays the list of configured reachability policies.

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Click png9.png REACHABILITY POLICY.

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In the form that opens, leave the Classic Reachability check box unchecked.

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Configure the required parameters.

Parameter

Description

Policy Name

The name of the reachability policy

Description

User-provided description of the policy

Reachability Type

Specifies the communication type to be used to confirm reachability, for example, ping. The parameters vary based on the reachability type.

Timeout (seconds)

Specifies the length of time, in seconds, to wait for a response after attempting to reach the NE

Interval (minutes)

Specifies the length of time, in minutes, to wait before repeating an attempt to reach the NE

Admin State

Specifies the administrative state for the new policy

Up means the policy is in effect.

5 

Click CREATE. The reachability policy is auto-assigned a policy ID and added to the list.

End of steps

Creating a classic mediation policy
 
1 

Open Device Discovery, Mediation Policies.

The system displays the list of configured mediation policies.

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Click png9.pngMEDIATION POLICY.

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In the form that opens, click the Classic Mediation check box.

The form displays panel headers that include the word Classic, for example, Classic SNMP.

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Configure the required parameters. Parameters vary based on the mediation type.

Parameter

Description

Policy Name

User-provided name for the policy

Classic Policy ID

Enter a policy ID or click the Auto assign classic policy ID check box.

Classic SNMP

Select the security model and configure the parameters.

Classic CLI

Select the communication protocol and configure the parameters.

Classic FTP

Select the file transfer type and configure the parameters.

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Click CREATE. The mediation policy is added to the list.

End of steps

Creating an MDM reachability policy
 
1 

Open Device Discovery, Reachability Policies.

The system displays the list of configured reachability policies.

2 

Click png9.png REACHABILITY POLICY.

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In the form that opens, leave the Classic Reachability check box unchecked.

4 

Configure the required parameters.

Parameter

Description

Policy Name

The name of the reachability policy

Description

User-provided description of the policy

Reachability Type

Specifies the communication type to be used to confirm reachability, for example, ping. The parameters vary based on the reachability type.

Timeout (seconds)

Specifies the length of time, in seconds, to wait for a response after attempting to reach the NE

Interval (minutes)

Specifies the length of time, in minutes, to wait before repeating an attempt to reach the NE

Admin State

Specifies the administrative state for the new policy

Up means the policy is in effect.

5 

Click CREATE. The reachability policy is auto-assigned a policy ID and added to the list.

End of steps

Creating a classic reachability policy
 
1 

Open Device Discovery, Reachability Policies.

The system displays the list of configured reachability policies.

2 

Click png9.png REACHABILITY POLICY.

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In the form that opens, click the Classic Reachability check box.

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Configure the required parameters.

Parameter

Description

Policy Name

The name of the Reachability policy

Classic Policy ID

Enter a policy ID or click the Auto assign policy ID check box.

Timeout (seconds)

Specifies the length of time, in seconds, to wait for a response after attempting to reach the NE

Schedule enabled

Schedule enabled means the policy is in effect.

Interval

Specifies the length of time, in minutes and seconds, to wait before repeating an attempt to reach the NE

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Click CREATE. The reachability policy is added to the list.

End of steps