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User Guide for the CiscoWorks 1105 Wireless LAN Solution Engine
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Chapter 5 Performing Administrative Tasks
Using Discovery and Managing Devices
Overview: Discovery
You can set up regularly scheduled discoveries and run one-time discoveries.
Before the WLSE can discover devices:
• You must configure discovery on the WLSE. See Add Seed Devices and
Schedule Discovery, page 5-10.
As an alternative to using Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) to run discovery,
you can import devices from a file or from CiscoWorks2000. See Importing
Devices, page 5-21.
• Devices must be properly configured for access by the WLSE. See Set Up
Devices, page 5-4.
• Community strings must be entered on the WLSE. See Specify Community
Strings, page 5-18).
Note Routers and switches are only discovered if they have properly configured
access points attached to them.
Discovery proceeds according to the seed devices and CDP distance that you
specify. The CDP distance determines the depth of the discovery. With a CDP
distance of 1, only the immediate neighbors of the seed device are discovered.
With a CDP distance of 2, devices A and B that are directly connected to the seed
device are discovered, and the immediate neighbors of A and B are also
discovered. You should set the CDP distance so that your entire wireless network
is discovered.
After devices are discovered, you must move them to the managed state.
Unmanaged devices do not appear in WLSE displays.
Related Topic
Importing Devices, page 5-21
Managing Devices, page 5-13