HP Network Direr Software Products manual Discovering the Network, Monitoring Logging VLANs

Monitoring			81
Logging		82
VLANs		84
Retry/Timeout			84
Security	85
Help > Contents and Index Menu Option 87
Help > Launch User Guide				87
Help > About 3Com® Director Menu Option 88
Examples	88
Finding the Product Version				88
Finding the Serial Number, License Number and Activation Key 89
Key Considerations			90
Scheduled Tasks			90

4DISCOVERING THE NETWORK

Overview 91
Key Concepts	92
The Discovery Process – Detecting Devices 92
IP Ping	93
Device Capability Detection					93
SNMP Type Detection				94
IP to MAC Resolution				94
End Station Type Recognition					94
Web Type Recognition				95
DNS Name Resolution				95
NBX Phone Detection				95
Device Sizing		96
The Discovery Process – Determining Topology 96
Sizing stage		97
Spanning Tree stage			98
Remote Poll Stage (broadcast ARP)						98
Initial Endstation stage				99
Device Resolution Stage				99
Remote Poll Stage (directed pings)						99
Outstanding end station stage					100
Tree Building Stage			100
Clouds – Unknown Topology					100