Configure Discovery Properties

To ensure a successful discovery, complete the following configurations for the Grid and Grid members that are acting as the Consolidator and Probes before you start a discovery:

• Define polling methods and schedule. 

• Define advanced polling settings for TCP scanning and Ping sweeps. Also, specify routers and logging options. 

• To collect data from SDN and SD-WAN devices, add and configure them as described in Configuring Discovery for SDN and SD-WAN.

• If you use SNMP or CLI collection as the polling methods, define device credentials for data collection. .

• Assign credentials to device groups. 

• Enable and schedule blackout periods for discovery and port configuration. For more information, see Defining Blackout Periods.

• Configure automatic network view mapping for unassigned VRFs that have been discovered. For more information, see Configuring Automatic VRF Mapping.

• Configure settings to monitor the lifecycle and vulnerabilities of discovered devices. For more information, see Configuring Advisor Properties below.

The following sections describe in detail how to configure discovery for the Grid, Grid members, and networks.