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User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
5






Importing

and

Managing

Devices
Discovering
Large

Numbers

of

Devices

Using

IP

Discovery

•
Verification
t

hat

t

he
devices
have
SSH

enabled

(see
the
“Preparing
Devices

for

IP

Discovery”
section
on

page

5-28 ).
Procedure
Step
1
Choose
Config
>

Tools

>

IP

Discovery.
The
Discovery

Jobs

table

appears.
Ti
p
If
you

already

know

the

IP

address

of

your

devices,

use

the

Config

>

Devices

>

Add

function.
See
the

“Importing

Network

Devices

into

ANM”

section

on

pa

ge

5-10 .
Step
2
To
create
a

di

scovery

j

ob,

click
Add.
The
Discovery

Jobs

window

appears.
Step
3
In
the

IP

Address

field,
enter
the

IP

address

of

a

specific

device

in

dotted-decimal

notation

such

as
192.168.11.1.
Step
4
In
the
Netmask

field,

choose
the
subnet

mask

to

be

used.

When

you
specify

a

subnet

mask,

the

discovery
process
discovers

all

devices

in

the

range

of

the

IP

address

and

its

subnet

mask.

The

default

netmask

is
255.255.255.0.
Note
Choose
a

higher

subnet

mask

only

if

you

are

certain

that

it

is

appropriate

for

your

network

and
you
understand

the

impact.

If

you

choose

the

subnet

mask

for

a

class

A

or

class

B

network,

the
discovery
process

becomes

extensive

and

can

take

a

subst

antial

amount

of

time

to

complete.
Step
5
In
the

Credential

Pool

field,

choose

the

credential

pool

to

be

used

for
this
discovery.
Step
6
Click
Discover
to
run
discovery

now

or
Cancel
to

exit

this
procedure
without
running
discovery.
When
you

run

IP

Discovery,

the

Discovery

Jobs

t

able

reflects

the

st

ate

of

the

di

scovery

as

i

t

runs.

The
amount
of

time

to

finish

a

di

scovery

job

depends

on

t

he

size

of


your

network

and

network

activity.
If
necessary,

click

Stop

to

stop

the

discovery

process.

When

the

process

has

stopped,

the

Discovery

Jobs
table
appears

with

the

discovery

job

in

the

table

with

the

state

Aborted.
Ti
p
Click
Refresh
during

IP

Discovery

to

see

the

number

of

devices

found

as

the

discovery

process
progresses.
Step
7
(Optional)
View

the
discovery
process

status
(see
the
“Monitoring
IP

Discovery

Status”

section
on
page
5-33 ).
Step
8
(Optional)
Import

ACE

devices

into

the

ANM

when
the

discovery
process
is

complete

(see

the
“Importing
Network

Devices

into

ANM”

section

on

pa

ge

5-10 ).
Related
Topics

•
Creating
Virtual

Cont

exts,

page
6-2

•
Importing
Network

Devices

into

ANM,

page
5-10

•
Using
Configuration

Building

Blocks,

page
16-1