For CA Unified Infrastructure Management
SNMP enabled device information is not automatically added to the snmpcollector probe device inventory. You must import the device data into the snmpcollector probe configuration GUI.
Import Device Information
The discovery_server probe runs on the primary hub. This probe collects information about the devices on the network. The discovery process generates a list of information for each device. This information includes the device name, IP address, and SNMP credentials. You import this list of device data from the snmpcollector configuration GUI, and this information appears in the probe configuration GUI as device profiles.
The following diagram shows how device discovery data flows through the primary hub and the secondary hub.
Secondary Discovery and Device Correlation
The device information that is presented to snmpcollector does not initially contain any subcomponent information. The snmpcollector probe uses the IP addresses and SNMP credentials to run a secondary discovery process. The secondary discovery process finds device component information. The probe then returns the updated inventory to discovery_server.
The two inventories are reconciled within discovery_server before the information appears in USM or the probe inventory. Rules that are located in discovery_server control the reconciliation process. These rules can affect how metric information is displayed within USM.
The following diagram shows the device discovery process flow.
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