Configuring discovery settings

To add discovery settings:

1. From the main menu of the WhatsConnected console, select Configure > Discovery Settings. The Discovery Settings dialog appears.
2. The dialog displays all previously defined discovery settings. To create a new collection of discovery settings, right-click in the left list, a right-click menu appears.
3. Click New. The New Discovery Settings dialog appears.
4. Enter a Name that gives context to the discovery settings you are creating (i.e. TestLab, Production Network). This name is stored so that it can be reused for later network scans.
5. Click OK.
6. On the Discovery Settings dialog, a new entry appears in the left pane list for the new collection of discovery settings. Select the new collection name from the list.
7. Select the discovery method for the network scan from Method. For more information about the discovery types, see About Layer 2 Network Discovery scan types.
8. If you use the Advanced Discovery Settings, click Advanced and enter the number of Max Threads to use while running the discovery scan. This indicates the number of separate threads to run in the background as WhatsConnected attempts to communicate with the devices on the network.

   Note: If you are concerned about the load discovery could place on the network, you can reduce the Max Threads to cut back on the concurrent network communication.

9. Select whether the discovery engine should try to Ping Devices First before attempting any other protocol.
10. Select whether the discovery engine should attempt to Ping Discovered Subnets to provide a more complete scan during an ARP Cache type of discovery.

    Note: This option tells the engine to take each discovered subnet and run a ping sweep through it to ensure all devices are discovered in the defined subnet.

11. Select the Resolve DNS names option to resolve DNS names to their IP addresses.
12. Select the Exclude Device Categories option if you want to exclude specific device categories from discovery. This option allows you to narrow the range of devices that are discovered. Click OK to complete the advanced options, then click Next.
13. Enter the Seed IP Scope. For more details in regards to the Seed IP Scope, see About Seed IP Scope.
14. If you want to use Advanced IP Scoping options, click Advanced and enter the Include IP Scope. For more information, see About Include IP Scope (WhatsUp Gold Help and User Guide). You can also enter the Exclude IP Scope. For more information, see About Exclude IP Scope (WhatsUp Gold Help and User Guide). Click OK to complete the advanced options, then click Next.
15. lick Next, then enter Discovery Protocol Settings as required. Refer to the help for more information.
16. Click Finish to save all changes made in the Discovery Settings dialog.

To rename discovery settings:

1. From the main menu of the WhatsConnected console, select Configure > Discovery Settings. The Discovery Settings dialog appears.
2. The dialog displays all previously defined discovery settings. To rename a collection of discovery settings, right-click the collection that you would like to rename, then click Rename. The Rename Discovery Settings dialog appears.
3. Enter a new Name for the collection of discovery settings.
4. Click OK.
5. Click OK to save all changes made in the Discovery Settings dialog.

To delete discovery settings:

1. From the main menu of the WhatsConnected console, select Configure > Discovery Settings. The Discovery Settings dialog appears.
2. The dialog displays all previously defined discovery settings. To delete a collection of discovery settings, right-click the collection that you would like to delete, then click Delete. The selected collection of discovery settings is deleted.
3. Click OK.
4. Click OK to save all changes made in the Discovery Settings dialog.

See Also About Layer 2 discovery settings About discovery IP scopes