Creating a discovery process

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You can create discovery processes that can discover the SNMPv1 devices, SNMPv3 devices, NetBotz Appliances, or Modbus devices on your networks.

For NetBotz 750 discovery, see here.

1. Access the "Device Discovery" wizard from one of the following options:
   • Select Add Devices in the Device menu.
   • Click the plus sign icon (360051743713_360039287773.png) in the Device View.
   • Right-click any device in the Device View or Map View, and select Add Devices.
   • Right-click anywhere in the Saved Discoveries view, and select Add.
2. In the "Choose Discovery Type" display, select the Device Discovery Type - SNMPv1, SNMPv3, NetBotz Appliance, or Modbus TCP. Click Next.
3. In the "Discovery Settings" display, define the settings to be used.
   • "SNMPv1 Discovery Settings" display:
     1. IP Range: the IP addresses the discovery process will search.
     2. Read Community Name: the community name used to read information at the SNMPv1 devices.
     3. Write Community Name: the community name used to control an APC SNMP v1 device or register as a trap receiver at an APC SNMPv1 device.
     4. Port: the port number that the SNMPv1 devices use for communication.
     5. Timeout: how long the Data Center Expert server will wait for a response, in seconds, when it polls an IP address before it considers the poll failed.
     6. Retries: how many times the Data Center Expert server will attempt to communicate with a device at an IP address, after the initial failure, before it stops trying to access a device at that address.

     7. Register for Priority Scanning: enables the Data Center Expert server to be defined as a trap receiver at discovered APC SNMPv1 devices.

        Note

        Priority Scanning is a trap-based polling process that only occurs in response to traps from APC SNMPv1 devices or informs from APC SNMPv3 devices at which the Data Center Expert server is defined as a trap receiver. It allows the Data Center Expert server to immediately poll an APC SNMP device in response to a trap, rather than waiting to poll the device during the normal scanning interval.

     8. Device File Transfer Settings: accesses the Device File Transfer Settings display used to edit, create, or view the file transfer settings for FTP or SCP access to SNMP devices.
   • "SNMPv3 Discovery Settings" display:
     1. IP Range: the IP addresses the discovery process will search.
     2. Username: the username used for secure communication with discovered SNMPv3 devices.
     3. Authentication Type/Password: the authentication protocol and password.
     4. Encryption Type/Password: the encryption method and password.
     5. Port: the port number that the SNMPv3 devices use for communication.
     6. Timeout: how long the Data Center Expert server will wait for a response, in seconds, when it polls an IP address before it considers the poll failed.
     7. Retries: how many times the Data Center Expert server will attempt to communicate with a device at an IP address, after the initial failure, before it stops trying to access a device at that address.

     8. Register for Priority Scanning: enables the Data Center Expert server to be defined as a trap receiver at discovered APC SNMPv3 devices.

        Note

        Priority Scanning is a trap-based polling process that only occurs in response to traps from APC SNMPv1 devices or informs from APC SNMPv3 devices at which the Data Center Expert server is defined as a trap receiver. It allows the Data Center Expert server to immediately poll an APC SNMP device in response to a trap, rather than waiting to poll the device during the normal scanning interval.

     9. Device File Transfer Settings: accesses the Device File Transfer Settings display used to edit, create, or view the file transfer settings for FTP or SCP access to SNMP devices.
   • "NetBotz Appliance Discovery Settings" display:
     1. IP Range: the IP addresses the discovery process will search.
     2. Port: the port used for communication with the NetBotz Appliances.
     3. Security Mode: the security mode used for communication with the NetBotz Appliances.
     4. Credentials: accesses a display used to manage the credentials that can be used to communicate with NetBotz Appliances.
   • "Modbus Discovery Settings" display:
     1. Single IP Address: one IP address the discovery process will search.
     2. Select Device Type: lists the Modbus device types the Data Center Expert server supports.
     3. Server Address: identifies the server address of the Modbus device.
     4. Port: the port number the Modbus device uses for communication.
     5. Timeout (seconds): how long the Data Center Expert server will wait for a response, in seconds, when it polls an IP address before it considers the poll failed.
   Click Next, to schedule or run (or both) the process, or Finish to add the process to the Saved Discoveries view without running or scheduling the process. 
   Modbus TCP device discovery occurs immediately after you click Finish, and will not appear in the Saved Discoveries view.
4. In the "Choose Device Group" display, select the device group where you want to place the discovered devices.

   Server Administrator users can place devices into any device group. Device Administrator users can place devices into only the device groups to which they have access. For more information, see Device Group Access (Users tab).

   Click Next.
5. In the "Discovery Scheduling" display, do one or both of the following actions, and click Finish, to add the process to the Saved Discoveries view.

   • Use the Enable discovery scheduling option to schedule the days and times when the discovery process will be run automatically.

     Note

     You cannot schedule discovery for Modbus TCP devices.

   • Use the Run discovery now option to run the discovery process when you click Finish.