Brocade Network Advisor IP User Manual v12.3.0 - Manual (Page 7)

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Scheduling discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Suspending a discovery schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Editing a discovery schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Configuring advanced discovery profile preferences . . . . . . . .82
Deleting a discovery profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Creating a discovery address file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Starting discovery manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Starting discovery automatically. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Stopping discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Viewing discovery status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Viewing discovery reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
E-mailing discovery reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Exporting discovery reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Viewing the discovery log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Individual IP device discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Editing IP device discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Deleting IP devices from discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Host discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
CIM and WMI host discovery requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Importing Hosts from a CSV file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Importing Hosts from a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Importing Hosts from a VM Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Editing host adapter credentials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Removing a host from active discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Rediscovering a host to active discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Rediscovering a previously discovered host . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Deleting a host from discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Viewing the host discovery state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Troubleshooting host discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
VM Manager discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Discovering a VM manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Editing a VM manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Excluding a host from VM manager discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Including a host in VM manager discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Removing a VM manager from active discovery . . . . . . . . . . .112
Rediscovering a previously discovered VM manager . . . . . . .112
Deleting a VM manager from discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Viewing the VM manager discovery state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Troubleshooting VM manager discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
IP Rediscovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Rediscovering IP devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Rediscovering IP devices from the Product List. . . . . . . . . . . .115
Rediscovering a group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Enabling password validation on rediscovery . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Chapter 4 Management Groups
Management groups overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Product group overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Static product groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119