Chapter 3: Discovering and Adding Network Devices
d.
Confirm that all networks on which you want to conduct
your network discovery are checked, and then click
Next
.
11.
If you already know the IP addresses or hostnames of the devices
you want to discover and include in the Orion database,
complete the
following procedure:
a.
Click
Specific Nodes
in the Selection Method menu.
b.
Type or paste in the IP addresses or hostnames of the
devices you want to discover for monitoring into the
provided field.
Note:
Type only one IP address or hostname
per line.
c.
Click
Validate
to confirm that the provided IP addresses
and hostnames are assigned to SNMP-enabled devices.
d.
If you have provided all the IP addresses and
hostnames you want to discover,
click
Next
.
12. Configure the options on the Discovery Settings view, as detailed in the
following steps.
a.
Provide a
Name
and
Description
to distinguish the
current discovery profile from other profiles you may use to
discover other network areas.
Note:
This Description displays next to the
Name
in the list of available network discovery
configurations on the Network Sonar view.
b.
Position the slider or type a value, in ms, to set the
SNMP Timeout
.
Note:
If you are encountering numerous SNMP
timeouts during Network Discovery, increase
the value for this setting. The SNMP Timeout
should be at least a little more than double the
time it takes a packet to travel the longest route
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