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User Guide for the CiscoWorks 1105 Wireless LAN Solution Engine

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Chapter6 Performing Administrati ve Tasks Using Discovery and Managing Devices

Step 2 If necessary, add seed devices:

Note Any seed devices added here are used for this one-time discovery only.

a. Enter the seed device’s IP address or device name in the Add Seed Value text

box and click >>.

Device names must resolve to your local DNS in order to translate device

names to IP addresses during discovery. The requirements for entering device

names are:

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Blank spaces are not allowed.

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The first character in a name must be alphanumeric.

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The only valid characters are the alphanumeric characters, the min us sign

(-), and the period (.).

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The last character cannot be a minus or a period.

b. Set the CDP by selecting a number from the list.

Step 3 If you have not added community strings that allow the WLSE to access all

devices to be discovered, click Enter community strings before running

discovery. The SNMP Community dialog appears. For more information about

entering community strings, see Specify Community Strings, page6-7.

Step 4 Click Run Now. The Discovery - Summary dialog box appears.

•Click Back if you want to make changes before running the discovery.

•Click Finish to run the discovery. The discovery will begin within 2 minutes.

Step 5 The Tasks History window appears. You can expand the Discovery folder to see

the results of the discovery:

•Immediate discoveries are named CDPDiscovery_Run_Now_number. The

number increments each time you run an immediate discovery.

•Click the discovery name. The Run Log appears, showing the start and end

times of the discovery and information about the devices that were

discovered.