Cisco Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.3.1 Guida Utente
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Managing Resources Using Discovery
Discovering Network Devices
Network discovery in Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.3.1 consists of discovering the network devices and links
that you want Cisco IAC to go out, look for and return information on, and then registering the devices you want to use.
that you want Cisco IAC to go out, look for and return information on, and then registering the devices you want to use.
Running Discovery
1.
Choose Setup > Manage Infrastructure.
2.
From the menu that appears next along the left of the screen, choose Network Elements.
3.
From the icons that display in the Network Elements drop-down list, choose Network Device:
4.
Click Discover Network Device just below the Network Device label towards the top of the screen.
The CloudSync Infrastructure Discovery screen displays. Note that Network Device is already chosen in the Discovery
Type drop-down list.
Type drop-down list.
5.
Enter an IP address in the Seed Device field for any device inside your POD.
Note:
Cisco uses Cisco Device Protocol (CDP) and Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) for discovery. ELMI
(Enhanced Local Management Interface) is used for discovery in Frame Relay, and ILMI (Interim Local Management
Interface) in ATM networks.
Interface) in ATM networks.
6.
Next, enter information for either Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) for version 2 or version 3,
depending on how you have your devices configured.
depending on how you have your devices configured.
For SNMP v2, enter one or more community strings.
For SNMP v3, enter a user name and password.
7.
Enter Secure Shell (SSH) credentials.
Enter a username and password, then the password again in the Enable Password field.
Enter any additional usernames and passwords, as needed.
You can enter one or more credentials, as needed, for both SNMP versions as well as for SSH. CloudSync will
determine which credentials should be used for which device.
determine which credentials should be used for which device.
8.
Click Submit Order.
While the discovery is in process, you will see a screen letting you know that the order has been submitted. Close this
screen (using the X in the upper right).
screen (using the X in the upper right).
9.
To see the new list of discovered network devices, click the Refresh icon (at the upper right corner of the table), or
refresh the entire page.
refresh the entire page.