VoyenceControl: What type of Auto-discovery is most suitable to discover medium sized networks ?

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - NCM

Resolution

What type of VoyenceControl Auto-discovery is most suitable to discover medium sized networks ?
What are the different types of auto-discovery available in VoyenceControl?

The different types of VoyenceControl auto-discovery available and their appropriate uses are as follows:

• snmp-sweep: This type of VoyenceControl auto-discovery can be used if the IP addresses of devices to be discovered is known. This is the most productive and accurate way to discover medium size network (2500 devices) is to use snmp-sweep discovery type.
   
• Pingsweep: This type of VoyenceControl auto-discovery can be used if the IP address range is known, while the exact IP address of each device is not known.
   
• Multi-hop: This type of VoyenceControl auto-discovery is recommended if IP addresses or IP address range of devices within the network are not available. It is advisable to avoid this type if possible as it is very slow and consumes a large amount of server resources.