Device discovery process explained. Phases of Initial Discovery explained.

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

This article explains Smarts discovery process, steps followed in initial discovery and four phases of discovery.

Environment

Smarts - 10.1.x

Resolution

Four phases of Discovery:

1. Initial ICMP/SNMP
2. Destination
3. Discovery Probing
4. Post-Processing 

Phase 1

For Initial Discovery to complete we need the following:

Phase 2

Phase 3

During Discovery Phase 3 Smarts will review for the following:

• Containment
• VLAN Membership
• Bridge
• HSRP
• VRRP
• IP Network
• Virtual Router
• Neighbor
• Health Probes

 

Phase 4

During Post-Processing the following are highlights of what occurs: