Discovering Nodes

2.Follow the steps outlined in Defining and Selecting Subnets, beginning on page 3-7. The procedure for defining and modifying subnet entries is the same from this window or when configuring a discover script.

3.Click OK to save your subnet discovery parameters and exit the Subnet Properties window. The name, description, address, and subnet mask of the defined subnet opens in the Subnets window.

Deleting a Subnet Entry

NOTE

Deleting a subnet entry will not delete that subnet’s nodes from NetSight Element Manager’s central node database.

1.In the Subnets window, highlight the name of the subnet(s) to be deleted, and click Delete.

or

In the Subnets window, click the right mouse button on the subnet to be deleted, and select Delete from the resulting menu.

The selected subnet entry will be deleted from the Subnets window, as well as from the Subnets group box on the Device page of the Discover Properties window (see Defining and Selecting Subnets, page 3-7, for more information).

If you delete a subnet entry from either the Subnets window or from the Subnets group box

TIP on the Device page of the Discover Properties window, that subnet will not be included in any automatic subnet mapping that takes place. See Generating Submaps Automatically in Chapter 6, Creating Network Maps, for more information on subnet mapping.

Using the Subnets Window

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