Basic Concepts; Discovery Methods; Ip And Ldap Discovery Tasks; Ip Discovery Technologies - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - DISCOVERY-DEPLOYMENT-RETIREMENT REFERENCE 10.3 30-03-2010 Deployment Manual

Basic Concepts

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Device discovery is the process of adding workstation and server information to the Novell
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ZENworks database so that you can use that information to automatically deploy the ZENworks
Adaptive Agent from a ZENworks Server to the devices. The following sections provide
information to help you understand the discovery terminology and concepts:
Section 1.1, "Discovery Methods," on page 13
Section 1.2, "IP and LDAP Discovery Tasks," on page 13
Section 1.3, "IP Discovery Technologies," on page 13
Section 1.4, "LDAP Discovery Technology," on page 19
Section 1.5, "Advertised Devices," on page 19
Section 1.6, "Discovered Devices," on page 19
Section 1.7, "Deployable Devices," on page 21

1.1 Discovery Methods

There are four discovery methods you can use:
IP discovery: Use the ZENworks discovery engine to collect information about devices on
your network. The engine uses various protocols and standards (WMI, WinAPI, MAC Address,
NMAP, ZENworks, SNMP, SSH) to discover and collect information from devices that you
identify through IP address ranges.
LDAP directory discovery: Use the ZENworks discovery engine to search Novell
eDirectory or Microsoft* Active Directory* for device objects. You specify the contexts to
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search and the filter to use for the search.
CSV import: Import device information from a comma-separated values (CSV) file. At the
minimum, the file must contain the IP address or DNS name for each device.
Advertised discovery: Use the ZENworks discovery engine to collect information about
devices that have the ZENworks preagent installed.

1.2 IP and LDAP Discovery Tasks

IP and LDAP discoveries are performed through discovery tasks. You create a discovery task in
ZENworks Control Center. LDAP discovery requires Novell eDirectory
Directory* to search for devices.

1.3 IP Discovery Technologies

The ZENworks discovery engine can utilize a variety of different technologies for IP-based
discoveries. When more than one technology is used, the discovery engine initiates a discovery
request for each technology. This is done for each target IP address. For example, if you use MAC
Address, SNMP, and WMI, the discovery engine creates three requests for each target IP address.
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