HP Networking TopTool Products Networks, Save Settings, Known Networks, Known Networks, Start Discovery, Discovery Status, Selecting Networks

Discovering Your Devices

Beginning Discovery

Figure 4-1. Status Page of Settings for DiscoveryDiscovery Status

The Status page shows the following information about network discovery:

•The date and time the last discovery finished

•The number of network objects that have not been processed yet

•If discovery is scheduled, how often it is set to run, and when

You can manually start discovery by clicking on the Start Discovery button at the top of the page.

Save your settings by clicking on the Save Settings button.

Selecting Networks

Click on the Networks tab to select the networks whose component devices you want to add to the device database. You can specify a range of subnets, for example, 10.4.8.0 - 10.4.15.0. You can also specify a particular network and subnet mask. The subnet mask is used to determine the range of addresses in your network.

To select a network, double click on it in the list of Known Networks. The box to the right will be checked and the network added to the list of networks to search.

To remove a network, double click on the network in the Known Networks list.

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