User's Manual

Getting Started 39
Discovery Options Step
You can choose what types of devices you want to discover on your
network. By default, 3Com Network Director will discover and map all
devices on your network.
Scheduled Discovery Step
If you want to regularly discover your network in order to keep it
up-to-date, you can specify a schedule here. If you choose not to set up a
schedule now, you can set one up at any time after your network has
been discovered.
Summary Step
Use this step to check that all the options you have selected are correct.
For detailed help in stepping through the wizard, see “
The Network
Discovery Wizard” on page 109.
Click Finish to initiate your network discovery. For detailed help in
understanding the steps that 3Com Network Director goes through to
discover your network see “
The Network Discovery Progress Dialog Box”
on page 128
.
The Network Discovery Summary dialog box is automatically displayed
when the discovery process is complete. Click OK to view your network
map or any of the four View Report... buttons for more information on
the network discovery operation. See “
Network Discovery Summary
dialog box” on page 130 for more information on the reports that 3Com
Network Director generates on a network discovery.
Now that you have discovered your network, you can use 3Com Network
Director to monitor and manage your network devices.
Upgrading from
3Com Network
Supervisor
Coexistence with 3Com Network Director
You cannot install 3Com Network Director on a PC which has 3Com
Network Supervisor or 3Com Network Administrator installed. If you
already have either of these applications installed on your PC, please
deinstall them before installing Network Director, or install 3Com
Network Director on a different PC.
Deinstalling 3Com Network Supervisor will not remove your saved map
files.