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Application Discovery Manager Administration Guide
32 VMware, Inc.
Logging in to the ADM Console
Afteryoucompletetheapplianceinstallation,logintothesystembyusingthebrowserandperformthe
followingsteps:
1TypetheIPaddressofthemanagementapplianceintheaddressbarandclickGo.Theloginscreen
appears.
2TypeadminintheUsernamefieldanddefaultpassword123456inthePassword
field.
3ClickLogin.
Initiating Passive Discovery
OnlyonePassiveDiscoveryPolicyDefinitionispresentintheADM.ThefirsttimeyouuseADM,youmust
setupthepolicydefinitionandstartit.
To initiate Passive Discovery
1ClickManage,andthenselectthePassiveDiscoverymenu.
2 SelectthecomponentsonwhichADMperformsPassiveDiscoveryfromtheScopeComponentfield.
3Based
onyourselection,typetheappropriateIPinformation:
 IPrange:UseNotationtotypeagroupofhostswithsimilarIPaddresses.Forexample,192.0.2.*
includesallhostswithIPsstartingwith192.0.2.Youcanalsosearchallhostsbytypinganasteriskin
eachfield.UseIPrangetoincludeagroupofhostswithinadefinedIP
range.
 IP:Addasinglespecifichosttothegrouptoincludeorexcludefromthescope.
 SubnetNetMask:ConfiguretheIPaddressscopebyprovidingthebasenetworkaddresswiththefull
dotteddecimalnotationforthesubnetmask,
 SubnetSlashNotation:ConfiguretheIPaddressscopebyprovidingthebasenetworkaddresswith
theClasslessInter‐DomainRouting(CIDR)notationforthesubnetmask.
4ClickIncludetoincludethecomponentsinthediscoveryorExcludetoexcludethemfromit.
5RepeatStep 2throughStep 4foreachcomponentthatyouare
includingorexcludingfromdiscovery.
6Optionally,usetherulesandruletemplatestofurtherdefinethescopecriteria:
 Y:InstructsADMtoincludethecomponentsinthePassiveDiscovery.
 N:Excludesthecomponentsfromdiscovery.
 I:Allowsyoutoignoretherule.
7Ifyouselectaruletemplate,clickthebluelinktocustomizetherule.
8ClickUpdatetosavethesettings.
9Optionally,addaPassiveDiscoveryPlan.
10 RestartPassiveDiscovery.NavigatetotheManage>Systempage,andclickRestartDiscovery.
11 ClickOKinthemessageboxthatstates:
StartinganewPassiveDiscoverydeletesallexistingdiscoverydata.Thismighttakeafewminutes.The
systemisunavailabletoallusersduringthisprocess.Continue?
12 ClickOKtobeginthediscoveryprocess.ThedashboardreappearswiththeDiscoverystatus(initially
“Discovering”)inthetopstatusbarof
theADMConsole.
IMPORTANTYoumightberequiredtouploadanewlicense.Beforeproceeding,reviewthecriteriaand
ifnecessary,performthestepsdescribedin“Licenses”onpage 45.