Discover devices with the Discovery Console

The ETS for the Desktop Discovery Console combines the functionality of Ping Sweep, Traceroute-ng, Subnet list, and MIB walk to scan and troubleshoot any IP entered address or device under one toolset. With the Discovery Console, you can perform a fast sweep of IP address ranges, view the path network traffic from your PC to a target server, find out which MIBs and OIDs are supported on your device, and build a list of network subnets all from one Console interface.

Open the Discovery Console

Launch the Discovery Console from the Toolset Launch Pad. Click Discovery Console from the side navigation menu.

Configure your Discovery settings

1. Click Configure Discovery to open the Configuration Settings window.

2. Update IP ranges and credentials for network discovery on the General Settings tab.

   1. Enter IP Address range(s) in the box. You can enter multiple IP addresses as a comma-delimited list . You can include dashes, wildcards (* and ?), and subnet identifiers.

      1. Examples: 192.168.1.1-192.168.1.2552002::?1192.168.1.1/2410.1.1.1,10.2.2.2/30,1.10.21.*1,1.1.1.1-1.1.1.10

      2. Click Import List to import a large IP range defined in a file, and then select the file.

   2. Configure your protocols and credentials.

      1. Click the Use SNMP toggle to activate SNMP.

      2. Select to use Public or Private SNMP credentials from the drop-down.

      3. Click Manage Credentials to open the SNMP credentials configuration window. Add and update SNMP credentials as required.

3. Click Path Check to adjust path check engine values to adjust performance to your specifications.

   1. Specify any of the following values:

      Max outstanding packets	The maximum number of outstanding packets
      ICMP timeout	The maximum amount of time in milliseconds that Ping Sweep will wait for a response from the target IP address. If the target IP address does not respond within the specified number of milliseconds, it is assumed to be down.
      Pings per node	The maximum number of times Ping Sweep attempts to ping each IP address.
      Packet time-to-live	The number of hops allowed on the way to the specified address. With a setting of 32, a ping could pass through up to 32 different routers on the way to the remote address before being discarded by the network.
      Delay between Pings	The time in milliseconds between each successive ping to the target address. Setting this value very low will send a constant stream of pings to the target IP address.
      ICMP packet payload	The actual data included in the ICMP packet. You can enter text in the window to change the default. For most ping tests, only a small amount of data is needed.

4. Click Subnet list to configure SNMP settings for subnet discovery.

   1. Adjust the settings to reflect your network environment:

   • SNMP Timeout: The number of milliseconds Subnet List should wait for an SMNP reply before assuming the packet is lost and trying again.

   • SNMP Retries: The number of times Subnet List should retry an SNMP query before considering the device down. Set this to two or higher.

5. Click SNMP Walk to configure SNMP settings for Walk operations.

   1. Select the MIB tree to walk:

      • Standard starts the SNMP walk from 1.3.6.1.2

      • Private starts the SNMP walk from 1.3.6.1.4

   2. To format output for diagnostics, click the checkbox.

   3. Set the SNMP timeout in milliseconds.

   4. To apply these settings to all devices, click the checkbox.

6. Click Save to apply your discovery configuration settings.

Start a Discovery Scan

After configuring your discovery settings you can begin a discovery scan for your IP addresse(es).

1. Click the IP address you want to scan, and then click Discovery scan.

2. The Device Details pane will display, with tabs for Path Check, SNMP Walk, and Subnet list. Path Check is displayed first by default. Review the discovery scan details.

   1. Click the vertical ellipsis to modify the available tabs and uncheck any options.

   2. Each tab has options to refresh the scan details, configure settings, and export the results.

      1. Click Refresh to refresh any tab's details.

      2. Click Settings to open the specified tab's setting options. For example, clicking Settings on the Path Check tab will open the Path Check settings for this discovery scan.

      3. Click Export to export the scan details. Select to save the file as a CSV, or Text file. Click Save.

Reset the Discovery Console

Click Reset Discovery to delete all the scan data available on the Discovery Console.