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Discovering Nodes

Defining a Community Name

Once you have specified the IP addresses that will be queried during the Discover, you must supply the discover application with one or more community names that will provide at least Read access to the devices you wish to discover.

When a script with more than one assigned community name is executed, the Discover application will query each address in the specified address range(s) and/or subnet(s) using the first community name listed in the Community Names group box. If a node responds, the other community names are not used to query that node. If there is no response to the first query, the address is queried again using the second listed community name. This process is repeated until a response is returned or until all listed community names have been used to query the address. If no response is elicited from an address after using all community names assigned to the script, the Discover application gives up on that address, and moves on to the next one.

To select a community name for use in your Discover script:

1.To define a new community name, click New to the right of the Community Names group box; or click the right mouse button anywhere in the Community Names group box, and select New from the resulting menu.

To modify an existing community name, highlight the community name that you wish to change, and click Properties; or click the right mouse button on the community name that you wish to modify, and select Properties from the resulting menu.

The Community Name Properties window (Figure 3-8) opens.

Figure 3-8. The Community Name Properties Window

NOTE

If a default community name has been specified (either via the Welcome Wizard or via the Network page of the Tools—>Optionswindow) and the autofill function has been activated (via the Workspace page of the Tools—>Optionswindow), the Community Name properties window will contain a default community name value.

2.If the Community Name: field contains a default name, it will be highlighted. If you wish to use a different community name, type the new name into the field.

3.Click OK to save the community name and close the window. The community name you have entered will be listed in the Community Names group box.

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