HP Network Direr Software Products manual Other Clouds

Key Concepts 103

Director at the end of the discovery process. Always check the Discovery report first when your discovered network map appears to be incorrect.

Sometimes clouds appear in the core of the network when a key, core device has not been discovered properly:

Figure 25 Clouds – Core Device Failed to be Fully Discovered

Hover the mouse over the links to each of the Switches. If one of them shows no unit or port details, it is likely that this switch should have been positioned where the cloud is. If all the switches give unit and port details, it is likely that there is another device that should be positioned where the cloud is, but that was not detected by 3Com Network Director.

Other Clouds

Sometimes 3Com Network Director deliberately shows clouds, even when it successfully communicated with all devices during the topology process. These are: