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Verifying Discovery Agent installation
You should make sure that the Discovery Agent is installed on each device before
proceeding.
1. In the Network Configuration tree view, select a node.
2. In the Devices list view, check for the green star overlay icon.
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If the green star overlay icon is present, the Discovery Agent is installed and
no further steps are required to verify the Discovery Agent.
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If the green star overlay icon is not present, the Discovery Agent is not installed.
Install the Discovery Agent on the device before proceeding.
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About hosts files and SiteConfig
SiteConfig uses the network information in the system description to define a hosts
file and allows you to view the hosts file. SiteConfig can manage this hosts file on
Windows operating system devices that are in the system description and that are part
of a SiteConfig managed network.
When you have successfully assigned devices and applied planned network settings
to interfaces, it is an indication that host table information, as currently captured in
the system description, is valid and that you are ready to have SiteConfig assemble
the host table information into a hosts file. Your options for placing this host table
information on devices are as follows:
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If you do not want SiteConfig to manage your host table information, you can
manage it yourself. This is typically the case if your facility has an existing hosts
file that contains host table information for devices that are not in the SiteConfig
system description. In this case, you can have SiteConfig generate a single hosts
file that contains the host table information for the devices in the system description.
You can then copy the desired host table information out of the SiteConfig hosts
file and copy it into your facility hosts file. You must then distribute your facility
hosts file to devices using your own mechanisms.
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If you want SiteConfig to manage all information in hosts files on devices, you
can have SiteConfig copy its hosts file to devices. In so doing, SiteConfig overwrites
the existing hosts files on devices. Therefore, this requires that all devices that have
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