Owner's Manual

198 Discovery
Options
This screen lets you configure a variety of global discovery options for the targets configured in the
Discovery tab (described in the Resource Discovery section)
Figure 12-5. Resource Discovery—Options Tab
This screen contains the following sections:
• Select Discovery Options
• Select Filtering Options (Not Available for Inspection)
• Select Discovery Activities (Listed in Execution Order)
These have the following fields, checkboxes and options:
Select Discovery Options
- Device Naming Format— This determines how the device appears, once discovered. The default
is
SysName and IP Address . SNMP interactions are what typically retrieve Sysname . Other
options include
Hostname and IP Address, SysName, Hostname, and IP Address. If discovery
does not resolve the
SysName or Hostname , and you selected it either by itself or in
combination with
IP Address , the IP Address still appears in the Name field.
-
Manage by —Select whether to managed discovered items by IP Address or hostname with the
pick list.
-
Resolve Hostname(s) —When checked, this requests that discovery find not just IP addresses,
but also resolve hostnames.