Configuring Initial Discovery Parameters
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FS6300 NMS Administrator’s Reference Guide
3 • Discovering Your Network
Configuring Initial Discovery Parameters
The
Initial Discovery
process is the first discovery process that is started as soon as the FS6300 NMS server
loads.
To set initial discovery parameters:
1.
Click on
Tools > Discovery Administration
at the top of the screen. Then, click on
Discover Patton
Devices
in the menu tree of the Discovery window.
2.
Click on the
General
tab, then click the
Initial Parameters
button.
Figure 38. Set Initial Parameters
3.
The initial parameters are:
–
Discovery Interval:
Interval (in seconds) between the discovery of any two devices in the network.
–
Rediscovery Interval:
Interval (in hours) between two complete discoveries of a network.
–
SNMP Timeout:
Threshold value, in seconds, for all the SNMP requests.
–
SNMP Retries:
Number of SNMP retries for discovery, status polling, and data collection.
4.
Click
OK
. Then, click
Apply
in the Discovery Administration window.