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Chapter 5
Setting Up Discovery and Device Management
Run CDP Discovery Now
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To run an immediate discovery, perform the following steps:
Select Devices > Discover > DISCOVER > Discovery Wizard.
Select Automatic Device Discovery based on Cisco Discovery Protocol, and
click Next.
Select Run Now and click Next.
Add community strings for all of the devices to be discovered if you have not
already done so. For details on adding community strings, see
Community Strings for All Managed Devices, page
strings, click Next.
Add one or more initiating IP addresses (seeds) to be used for this one-time
discovery only:
If CDP is not enabled, you still can discover devices by entering each of
Note
their IP addresses as seeds. In that case, however, the connectivity
between switches and access points will not be discovered.
Enter the IP addresses or device names in the Add Seed Values text box and
a.
click >>.
Set the CDP distance. If the distance is set to 1, only the immediate neighbors
b.
of the seed devices are discovered. Set the distance appropriately to discover
the entire wireless network. Set the distance to 1 if you are adding all devices
as seeds.
Routers and switches that do not have access points attached to them
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are used when computing CDP distance. However, such devices will
not appear in the discovered devices list.
c.
Click Next.
(Optional) Enter a name for the discovery job.
If the discovery summary is correct, click Finish to run the discovery. The
discovery will begin within 2 minutes.
Installation and Configuration Guide for the CiscoWorks Wireless LAN Solution Engine
Discovering Devices
Enter SNMP
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