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5.7.1.1 Adding a New Discovery Profile
If the contents of an existing profile are no longer relevant to warrant modification using the Edit function, then a new
switch discovery profile should be created
To create a new switch discovery profile:
1. Select Services > Discovery from the main menu tree.
2. Click the Add button at the bottom of the screen.
3. Define the following parameters for the new switch discovery profile:
4. Refer to the Status field for an update of the edit process.
The Status is the current state of the requests made from the applet. Requests are any “SET/GET” operation from the
applet. The Status field displays error messages if something goes wrong in the transaction between the applet and
the switch.
5. Click OK to save the changes to the running configuration and close the dialog.
6. Click Cancel to close the dialog without committing updates to the running configuration.
5.7.2 Viewing Discovered Switches
Refer to the Recently Found Devices tab to view a table of devices found by the discovery process. Each discovered
device compatible with the locating switch (running switch software version 1.1 or higher) is displayed in a shaded color
to distinguish it from non-compatible devices. The switch Web UI enables users display the Web UI of the discovered
device in a separate browser window.
To view the devices located by the switch:
1. Select Services > Discovery from the main menu tree.
Profile Name Define a user-assigned name used to title the profile. The profile name
should associate the profile with the group of devices or area where the
discovered devices should be located.
Start IP Address Enter the starting numeric (non DNS) IP address from where the search for
available network devices is conducted.
End IP Address Enter the ending numeric (non DNS) IP address from where the search for
available network devices is conducted
SNMP Version Use the drop-down menu to define the SNMP version (either v2 or v3) used
for discovering available network devices.