Brocade Network Advisor IP User Manual v12.3.0 - Manual (Page 92)

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IP discovery overview
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Configuration requirements
Before configuring discovery, obtain the following information:
• SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c read-write community strings or SNMPv3 read-write credentials for the
devices to be included in discovery. Make sure that devices you want to manage have the
SNMP credentials configured. For more information, refer to
“IP SNMP credentials” on
page 50.
• Device IP addresses and subnets to probe during discovery. For more information, refer to
“Configuring address ranges” on page 70, “Adding user credentials” on page 56, and
“Defining global setting preferences” on page 64.
Discovery of IPv6 addresses
The Management application discovers both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses of devices that have the IPv6
MIB objects implemented. The Management application discovers IPv4 addresses of devices
running IPv6 that do not have IPv6 MIB support. For more information, refer to
“Defining global
setting preferences” on page 64.
NOTE
IronWare IPv6 devices must support the set of MIBs presented in Table 10 on page 38. To determine
IPv6 MIB object support on the device, refer to the release notes and user documentation for your
IPv6 product.
NOTE
Third-party IPv6 devices must support the set of MIBs presented in Table 11 on page 40.
MIB support
IP discovery requires SNMP management information base (MIB) support on the device for
management information collection. For a list of required MIBs, refer to
Table 10 on page 38 or
Table 11 on page 40.
TABLE 10 Required MIB support for IronWare OS devices
IETF standard MIB name Required MIB object Data collected
N/A Brocade MIB
IEEE 802.1AB LLDP-MIB lldpObjects.lldpRemoteSystemsData For Layer 2 topology information:
Entire lldpObjects.lldpRemoteSystemsData