Run Discovery

How to get here

Layer 2 Network Discovery scans your network for devices, using the protocol(s) and settings you choose. After devices are found, you may view new discovery results in the console.

To perform a network scan, select the Discovery Settings that identify the section of the network you want to discover:

• Start. Click to start the discovery process using the selected Discovery Settings profile.
• New. Click to use the Network Discovery Setup wizard to define a new profile for Discovery Settings.
• Edit. Click to edit an existing Discovery Settings profile.

Discovering Devices

As the network discovery scans the network, it provides feedback about the latest device it has discovered and the discovery phase.

• Discovering Devices. Indicates the devices discovered and shows that the engine is gathering data from IP devices on the network.
• Merging Devices. Indicates that the discovery phase is complete and that the engine is consolidating the device information that has been collected.
• Processing Connectivity. Indicates that the discovery engine is building the topology model from the collected data.

Click OK to view the results of the discovery. The Device Categories appear.