Discovery Process

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In general, discovery procedure includes two major stages, each consisting of several smaller steps:

I. Search:  Find online devices and services they run according to the search parameters provided. The stage is divided into four steps, presenting search parameters specification (preparation part) and scanning:
1.Services Selection and Setup. Specify a list of services to look for during the discovery. The service list is a part of search parameters.
2.Host Addresses Specification. Select addresses to be scanned during the discovery (see search parameters for details).
3.Discovery Tuning. Configure how the search will be performed (accuracy, speed, time limits etc.).
4.Scanning. The actual network discovery is performed at this step. The system iterates through the list of specified IP addresses and checks the availability of the selected services.
II. Result Processing: Add some or all or the discovered device and configure corresponding services. The stage includes the following steps:
5.Discovery results review. Select devices to add/update and services to be monitored.
6.Applying the results. Device accounts are created/updated at this step. Monitored services configuration is updated in the device account settings.
7.Mapping (optional step). If discovery is running in interactive mode, the user is prompted to create a network map for the discovered devices.
8.Discovery Status Report. Final discovery results are shown to the user. This includes the list of scanned/created/updated devices, discovery errors, and single-host scanning tasks statuses.