Chapter 4      Managing Devices

Device Management

Related Topic

Discovering Devices Overview, page 4 24

Discovery: Overview

If your devices use the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP), then the Discovery 

option is a useful tool. If your devices are not CDP enabled, see 

Adding Devices, 

page 4 5

, for instructions on how to add devices to your HSE database. 

If CDP is enabled, the Hosting Solution Engine automatically discovers Cisco, 

CDP enabled devices once a day. 

To do this, the Hosting Solution Engine must have access to your network devices 

and be provided with a discovery starting point.

Tip

Before you can discover your network devices, you must set up your network 

devices. See 

Setting Up Your Network, page 4 10

 for steps on setting up specific 

devices in your network.

You provide access by ensuring that the community strings on your devices are 

known to the Hosting Solution Engine (see 

Modifying SNMP Settings, 

page 4 36

). You provide a starting point by specifying a 

seed

 device (or set of 

seed devices) to initiate discovery (see 

Adding Devices, page 4 5

).

Note

The LocalDirector, the PIX firewall, and the Content Services Switch do not 

support CDP and must be added as seed devices.

The Hosting Solution Engine discovers device information about your devices, 

such as device identity, module information, and port information.

The Hosting Solution Engine uses the read community string for discovery. The 

Hosting Solution Engine uses the write community strings to configure devices. 

Default community strings are public for the read only string and public for the 

read write string. If the community strings on your devices differ from these 

settings, you must edit the community strings (see 

Modifying SNMP Settings, 

page 4 36

) before initiating the discovery process.

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