Discovery - Devices Discovered

How to get here

After the discovery settings are configured and you start a discovery session, the Devices Discovered section on the right side of the Discovery Console displays the progress and results of the discovery scan. Information and the status of each device discovery appears as follows:

• Host Name. Lists the the discovered device name by IP address or name.
• Address. Lists the discovered device IP address.
• Brand. Lists the device hardware manufacturer. The brand information helps narrow the discovery criteria to identify product model information.
• Model. Lists the device manufacturer model. The model information helps further refine the discovery criteria to help identify the device role.
• Operating System. Lists the operating system the device is running.
• Role. Based on the device brand, model, running applications, active ports, and other discovery criteria, a template or several template options are listed as device Role options (configurations). You can also create custom device role configurations so that device roles are identified more accurately, during discovery, for the devices on your network. For more information, see Device Role Configuration overview.
• Status. Lists the status of the discovery that is running.
• Progress. Lists the results of the discovery; whether the device found is a new or existing device. If the device is a new device, you can add it to the WhatsUp Gold database (device map) OR if the device is an existing device, the device has already been added to the WhatsUp Gold database.

  Tip: Each column under Devices Discovered is sortable; click a column title to sort the column.

To select a device role:

• In the Devices Discovered Role column, for each device listed, select the device role you want to use to define the device configuration. For more information about device role settings, see Device Role Configuration overview.

To add discovered devices to a device group:

1. In the Devices Discovered section, click to select the device(s) you want to add to the WhatsUp Gold database.
2. Select the devices you want to add to the WhatsUp Gold database. Use one of the following methods to add devices:
   • Add a single device. Right-click a single device, then click Add Selected Devices to WhatsUp Gold. The Add Devices to WhatsUp Gold dialog appears with the new devices added to the list of devices to save.
   • Add multiple devices. Press Ctrl and click to select multiple non-contiguous devices in the list, then right-click and select Add Selected Devices to WhatsUp Gold. The Add Devices to WhatsUp Gold dialog appears with the new devices added to the list of devices to save.
   • Add groups of devices. Press Shift and click to select multiple contiguous devices in the list, then right-click and select Add Selected Devices to WhatsUp Gold. The Add Devices to WhatsUp Gold dialog appears with the new devices added to the list of devices to save.
   • Add all discovered devices. In the bottom left of the Progress Summary section, click Add completed device to WhatsUp Gold. The Add Devices to WhatsUp Gold dialog appears with all devices that have been completely discovered (the Status column says completed) added to the list of devices to save.
3. In Group name, enter the name of the device group to which you want to add devices. To use a device group that already exists in WhatsUp Gold, enter its name exactly as it appears in WhatsUp Gold. If the entered name does not already exist in WhatsUp Gold, a device group with that name is created. To use a default name, which includes the type of scan and the time the scan started, click Default name.
4. From the Add Devices to WhatsUp Gold dialog, click Add devices to WhatsUp Gold, then click Close.

Once discovered devices are added to the device group, WhatsUp Gold begins monitoring them immediately.

To save the results of a discovery session:

Important: When you save the device discovery results, the list of devices found in the discovery are saved. This does not save the devices to the WhatsUp Gold database.

1. From the Discovery console, click File > Save Discovery Results. The Save Discovery Session dialog appears.
2. Enter a Name and Description for the saved discovery session, then click OK. The discovery session is saved under the Saved Results tab.