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Chapter 4 Getting Started

Discovering Your Network

Step 5 Select the Seed Settings tab, if it is not already selected. You use the Seed Settings tab to create, save, load, and delete MWTM seed files. Load one or more seed nodes, or an existing seed file, by using the procedures in Loading Seed Nodes and Seed Files, page 4-7.

Step 6 Select the Discovery tab, or click Next. You use the Discovery tab to discover the objects in your network. See Running Discovery, page 4-13for more information.

•To specify the extent of the network discovery, check the Entire Network check box. See the description of the Entire Network check box in Running Discovery, page 4-13for more information.

•To specify whether the MWTM should keep or delete the existing database when discovering the network, check the Delete Existing Data check box. See the description of the Delete Existing Data check box in Running Discovery, page 4-13for more information.

•To specify the maximum number of hops for discovering objects in your network, enter a value in the Max. Hops text box. For more information, see the description of the Max. Hops text box in the Running Discovery, page 4-13.

Step 7 When the “Discovery In Progress” message disappears, Discovery is running. The Discovered Nodes table within the Discovery tab (Figure 4-5) lists all nodes that were discovered by the MWTM (all nodes, including new and excluded nodes, not just the nodes in the current view). See Discovered Nodes, page 4-17for more information.

Step 8 Examine the Discovered Nodes table to verify that the MWTM discovered all of the nodes in the network. If you suspect that the MWTM did not discover all of the nodes, see Verifying Discovery, page 4-21for troubleshooting information. You might need to add more seed nodes and run Discovery again.

Step 9 When you are satisfied that the MWTM discovered all of the nodes in the network, save the list of seed nodes in a seed file. See Saving a Seed File, page 4-9for more information.

Note (ITP only) You can run Discovery multiple times to attempt to discover additional nodes based on the IP addresses defined in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) links. If you are using a separate management VLAN to manage your nodes, but private or unreachable IP addresses for your SCTP connectivity, uncheck the Entire Network check box in the Discovery dialog box. Otherwise, Discovery attempts to reach those nodes continuously. Instead, enter all nodes to be discovered directly into the seed list and do a nonrecursive Discovery.

Related Topics:

•Configuring SNMP Settings, page 3-15

•Backing Up or Restoring MWTM Files (Server Only), page 2-32

•Investigating Data Problems, page D-1

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