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Avaya Branch Gateway Manager 10.0 Page 102

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4.1.6.3 Discovery

This tab is accessed through File | Preferences and then selecting the Discovery sub-tab.

These settings affect the Select B5800 menu used by Branch Gateway Manager to discovery systems.

· TCP Discovery: Default = On.

This setting controls whether Branch Gateway Manager uses TCP to discover systems. The addresses used for TCP

discovery are set through the IP Search Criteria field below.

· NIC IP/NIC Subnet

This area is for information only. It shows the IP address settings of the LAN network interface cards (NIC) in

the PC running Branch Gateway Manager. Double-click on a particular NIC to add the address range it is part

of to the IP Search Criteria. Note that if the address of any of the Branch Gateway Manager PC's NIC cards is

changed, the Branch Gateway Manager application should be closed and restarted.

· IP Search Criteria

This section is used to enter TCP addresses to be used for the TCP discovery process. Individual addresses

can be entered separated by semi-colons, for example 135.164.180.170; 135.164.180.175. Address ranges

can be specified using dashes, for example 135.64.180.170 - 135.64.180.175.

· UDP Discovery: Default = On

This settings controls whether Branch Gateway Manager uses UDP to discover systems.

· Enter Broadcast IP Address: Default = 255.255.255.255

The broadcast IP address range that Branch Gateway Manager should used during UDP discovery. Since UDP

broadcast is not routable, it will not locate systems that are on different subnets from the Branch Gateway

Manager PC unless a specific address is entered.

· Use DNS:

Selecting this option allows Branch Gateway Manager to use DNS name (or IP address) lookup to locate a system.

Note that this overrides the use of the TCP Discovery and UDP Discovery options above. This option requires the

system IP address to be assigned as a name on the users DNS server. When selected, the Unit/Discovery

Address field on the Select B5800 dialogue is replaced by a Enter Unit DNS Name or IP Address field.