HP Netsight Setting General Discover Properties, General Page of the Discover Properties Window

Discovering Nodes

Using the Discover Properties window, you can name your script, enter an IP range for an IP Discovery process, and assign a community name. You can also define and select entire subnets for a Subnet Discovery, select a Script Filter for a discovery, and define the time interval at which your discovery will take place.

Setting General Discover Properties

The General page of the Discover Properties window is used to name and describe your Discover script (as shown in Figure 3-3). The script’s name and description will be listed in the Discover Manager window.

To name and describe your Discover script:

1.If necessary, click on General tab in the Discover Properties window. The General page (Figure 3-3) opens.

2.Highlight the contents of the Name: field, and type the name of your Discover script. By default, each new script is named New Discover X, where X increments as necessary to create a unique name.

Figure 3-3. The General Page of the Discover Properties Window

3-4 Creating and Modifying Discover Scripts