Adding devices for discovery, Adding devices for discovery -3, Adding a device to a network – HP TopTools for Hubs and Switches User Manual

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Discovering Your Devices

Beginning Discovery

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Figure 4-2. Networks Page of Settings for Discovery

To add a new network to be discovered that does not appear in the Known
Networks list, enter the IP or IPX address of the network and its subnet mask
in the

Add One New Network area on the left side of the page. The IP subnet

mask should be the same as the mask you specified when you configured your
TCP/IP protocol stack. HP TopTools uses the subnet mask to calculate the
address range for your network. Click on >> to include it in the Networks list.

Click on the

Find More Networks button to discover other networks for which

you do not have the address. The Discovery process needs to know the READ
password for the routers connecting your network to other networks. If the
router is not marked with an asterisk indicating that the password is known
to HP TopTools, double-click on the network and enter its password.

When the list of networks is complete, select the Status tab and click on

Start

Discovery.

Adding Devices for Discovery

To add a specific device to a network for discovery, click on the

Additional

Devices tab in the Settings - Discovery page. Enter the IP or IPX address and
the Community name of the device. The Community name will default to
“public”. Click on

Add Device.

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