Brocade Communications Systems IP250 user manual Individual IP device discovery

3 Individual IP device discovery

Individual IP device discovery

Simple discovery discovers the device with a specific IP address. It is triggered by device configuration changes on SNMP traps, certain configuration deployments to a device, and adding device or rediscovering a device.

Adding an IP device to discovery

NOTE

You cannot discover new products if you do not have the All IP Products AOR (area of responsibility) in your user account.

To add an individual IP device to discovery, complete the following steps.

1.Select Discover > IP Products.

The Discover Setup - IP dialog box displays.

2.Click Add.

The Add product dialog box displays.

FIGURE 35 Add product dialog box

3.Choose one of the following options:

•Enter the IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) of the IP device in the Network Address field.

•Enter the host name or DNS name (up to 64 characters) of the IP device in the Network Address field.

NOTE

The Management application does not validate the Network address until you save your work.

4.Select one of the following options:

•Try only configured Discovery SNMP settings — Select to use the SNMP settings configured in the Global Settings tab to contact the device.

•Also try these settings — Select to use specific SNMP settings to contact the device. If you do not enter SNMP settings or if the settings do not authenticate on the device, the application uses the SNMP settings configured in the Global Settings tab to contact the device.

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