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Chapter6 Performing Administrati ve Tasks Using Discovery and Managing Devices
•Run Discovery Now—Run a one-time, immediate discovery (see Run
Discovery Now, page6-22)
You can also view details on the last 15 discoveries—See Viewing Inventory and
Discovery Task History, page6-27.
Related Topics
•Overview: Discovery, page6-11
•Set Up Devices, page 6-12
Overview: Discovery
You can set up regularly scheduled discoveries and run one-time discoveries.
Before the WLSE can discover devices:
•You must configure discovery on the WLSE. See Schedule Discovery,
page 6-20.
As an alternative to using Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) to run discovery,
you can import devices from a file or from CiscoWorks2000. See Importing
Devices, page 6-28.
•Devices must be properly configured for access by the WLSE. See Set Up
Devices, page 6-12.
•Community strings must be entered on the WLSE. See Specify Community
Strings, page 6-7).
Note Routers and switches are only discovered if they hav e proper ly con f igur ed ac cess
points attached to them.
Discovery proceeds according to the seed devices and CDP distance that you
specify. The CDP distance determines the depth of the discovery. With a CDP
distance of 1, only the immediate neighbors of the seed device are discovered.
With a CDP distance of 2, devices A and B that are direct ly connected to the seed
device are discovered, and the immediate neighbors of A and B are also
discovered. You should set the CDP distance so that your entir e w ire less network
is discovered.
After devices are discovered, you must move them to the managed state.
Unmanaged devices do not appear in WLSE displays.