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Figure 11.2 ViPR “Scanning for Neighbors”
11.3.1 Neighbor Discovery States
 Ready
The neighbor discovery module is in a “Ready” state when it is not scanning for other units.
If the ViPR is operating in Manual-Scan, it does nothing.
If the ViPR is operating in Auto-Scan, it monitors the “keep alive” packets of other units and
sends its own “keep alive” packet periodically.
 Scanning For Neighbors
The neighbor discovery module is trying to learn about other units. Other units are learning
about this unit.
 Saving Neighbor Table
In this state, the ViPR is saving all neighbor entries of type "Dynamic" into
Nvram. When the save is complete, all these entries are now of type "Locked".
This state only occurs when the neighbor discovery module operates in
Manual-Scan mode.