Discovery Process
In general, discovery procedure includes two major stages, each consisting of several smaller steps:
- Search: Find online devices and services they run according to the search parameters provided. The stage is divided into four steps, presenting search parameters specification (preparation part) and scanning:
- Services Selection and Setup. Specify a list of services to look for during the discovery. The service list is a part of search parameters.
- Host Addresses Specification. Select addresses to be scanned during the discovery (see search parameters for details).
- Discovery Tuning. Configure how the search will be performed (accuracy, speed, time limits etc.).
- Scanning. The actual network discovery is performed at this step. The system iterates through the list of specified IP addresses and checks the availability of the selected services.
- Result Processing: Add some or all or the discovered device and configure corresponding services. The stage includes the following steps:
- Discovery results review. Select devices to add/update and services to be monitored.
- Applying the results. Device accounts are created/updated at this step. Monitored services configuration is updated in the device account settings.
- Mapping (optional step). If discovery is running in interactive mode, the user is prompted to create a network map for the discovered devices.
- Discovery Status Report. Final discovery results are shown to the user. This includes the list of scanned/created/updated devices, discovery errors, and single-host scanning tasks statuses.
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