HP OpenView Storage Management Appliance and Software - Manual (Page 65)

Discovering Devices and Applications
49 Storage Management Appliance Software V2.0 User Guide
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Select one of two schedule options. One option is to run the discovery at
regular intervals and define the interval. The other option is to run the
discovery only on demand.
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For an IP discovery, define one or more IP address ranges to be searched.
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For each range to be searched, specify one or more community strings to be
used in the discovery process. A community string is necessary for SNMP
authentication.
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For an IP discovery, you can define one or more IP address ranges to be
excluded from the discovery “search” process. Each excluded range should
fall within one of the ranges to be searched.
See “ Creating a New Discovery Procedure ,” on page 51 for the procedure used to
define settings for a new discovery. See “ View and Change Discovery Settings ,”
on page 55 for the procedure used to edit settings for an existing discovery.
Using the Discovery Page
The following procedure illustrates how to view and modify the properties of
discoveries.
1. Click Settings, and then click Discovery to display the Discovery page with a
list of existing discoveries ( Figure 36 ).