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Chapter 4 Getting Started

Discovering Your Network

Field or Button

Description

 

 

Discover

Begins discovering the network.

Network

Click Discover Network to begin Discovery.

 

 

If you have not defined at least one seed node in the Seed Settings tab, the MWTM

 

prompts you to do so.

 

When Discovery begins:

 

The Discover Network button changes to Stop Discovery.

 

The Discovery In Progress message appears in the title bar of all MWTM

 

client windows.

 

Discovery progresses in bursts. You might see a number of updates, followed by a

 

pause, followed by more updates. The information that MWTM windows displays

 

is not fully updated until Discovery is complete.

 

By default, Discovery times out after 600 seconds (10 minutes). To change the

 

Discovery timeout, change the value of the DISCOVERY_TIMELIMIT entry in the

 

Server.properties file:

 

If you installed the MWTM in the default directory, /opt, then the location of

 

the Server.properties file is /opt/CSCOsgm/properties/Server.properties.

 

If you installed the MWTM in a different directory, then the Server.properties

 

file resides in that directory.

 

Because the MWTM is an asynchronous system, with the MWTM server

 

contacting clients one at a time, and because clients might run at different speeds,

 

the information that MWTM clients display during Discovery might not always be

 

synchronized.

 

All other MWTM windows (Node, topology, and so on) are also populated with the

 

newly discovered network data.

 

 

Stop Discovery

Stops the Discovery process. For example, if you click Discover Network, then you

 

realize that you loaded a seed node that you did not intend to load, you can click

 

Stop Discovery to stop the Discovery process.

 

Note If you stop the Discovery process, the information in the MWTM database

 

is incomplete and unreliable. To generate a new, complete, and reliable

 

MWTM database, check the Delete Existing Data check box and run

 

Discovery again.

 

This button replaces the Discover Network button when the Discovery process

 

begins, and changes back to the Discover Network button when the Discovery

 

process ends.

 

 

If you run Discovery with the Entire Network check box unchecked, and then you run Discovery with the Entire Network check box checked, any Unmanaged nodes in the first Discovery are not rediscovered by the second Discovery.

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Contents Getting Started Starting the Mwtm ServerStarting the Mwtm Client Becoming the Root User Server OnlyBefore Starting the Mwtm Client Setting the Display Variable for Solaris or Linux ClientsStarting the Mwtm Client on Solaris or Linux Access the Node Discovering Your NetworkStarting the Mwtm Client on Windows Discovery OverviewRelated Topics Menu Command Description Launching the Discovery DialogDiscovery Dialog Menu Discovery Dialog Menu, Discovery Dialog Tabs,Discovery Dialog Tabs Loading Seed Nodes and Seed FilesTab Description Loading a Seed File Loading a Seed NodeField or Button Description Saving a Seed File Save File Dialog Seed File List contains Creating a New Seed File Configuration Table, Changing an Existing Seed FileCreating and Changing Seed Files Using a Text Editor Running DiscoveryDiscovery Settings, Discovered Nodes, Discovery Overview, Polling a Node,Discovery Settings Nonrecursive discoveryDiscover Network button changes to Stop Discovery Discovered Nodes Discovery Tab After Discovery, with Discovered NodesColumn or Button Description Column or Button Description Gateway Mated Pairs, page E-7 Command Reference, page B-1 Verifying DiscoveryDisplaying the Mwtm Main Window Element DescriptionMwtm Main Window Navigational Features Mwtm Client Navigation Tree Mwtm Client Content Area Displaying Summary ListsSummary Statistics Window Column Description Appendix E, Status DefinitionsRight-Click Menu for the Summary Lists Displaying Alarms Active Alarms WindowColumn Right-Click Menu for All Alarms Right-Click Menu for a Specific AlarmUsing the Mwtm Main Menu Menu Command Description Purgedb command see mwtm purgedb, page B-41 Menu Command Description Go Back List of Windows Guide for the Cisco Mobile Wireless Transport Accessing the Mwtm through a Web Browser GUI Features Web Interface Client InterfaceGUI Features Loading and Saving Mwtm Files Launched From Choose Window LaunchedSee Displaying Preferences Menu,Route Table File, 13-12Changing the Default Mwtm Server Name Using the Windows Start MenuLaunching the Mwtm Client Exiting the Mwtm Client