Brocade Mobility RFS7000-GR Controller System Reference Guide (Supporting software release 4.1.0.0-040GR and later) User Manual

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Configuring switch discovery

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1. Select Services > Discovery from the main menu tree.

The Discovery page launches with the Discovery Profiles tab displayed

2. Refer to the following information within the Discovery Profiles tab to discern whether an

existing profile can be used as is, requires modification (or deletion) or if a new discovery
profile is required.

3. Select an existing profile and click the Edit button to modify the profile name starting and

ending IP address and SNMP version. Brocade recommends editing a profile only if some of its
attributes are still valid, if the profile is obsolete, delete it and create a new one.

4. Select an existing profile and click the Delete button to remove this profile from the list of

available profiles.

5. Click the Add button to display a screen used to define a new switch discovery profile. For more

information, see

“Adding a new discovery profile”

on page 294.

Index

Displays the numerical identifier used to differentiate this profile from others with
similar configurations. The index is supplied to new profiles sequentially.

Profile Name

Displays the user-assigned name for the profile. The profile name should associate
the profile with the group of devices or area where the discovered devices are
anticipated to be located.

Start IP Address

Displays the starting numeric (non DNS) IP address from where the search for
available network devices is conducted.

End IP Address

Displays the ending numeric (non DNS) IP address from where the search for
available network devices is conducted.

SNMP Version

Displays the version of the SNMP (either SNMP v2 or v3) used for discovering
available network devices.

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