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It is a very common practice to import the CSV file into the network management application and start managing 

the devices going forward. This is not a bad idea, but it leaves more chances for human error, especially if the 

spreadsheet is not updated with newly deployed devices in the network. With discovery, you always get the latest 

picture of your wired as well as wireless network. 

When we create the discovery profile, we are telling Cisco Prime Infrastructure which protocols we want to use 
from the ones mentioned above to discover the network. Each of them has its own pros and cons, but it’s definitely 

necessary to have them all available at our discretion. Discovery can be easily accessed from the Getting Started 

Wizard when you log in for the first time or by navigating to Operate > Discovery (under Device Work Center). 

There are two options here: Quick Discovery and Discovery Settings. Quick Discovery allows you mainly to ping 

sweep your network followed by SNMP polling to get more details on the devices. 

 

If you are planning to configure the discovery correctly the first time and reuse your configuration, start by clicking 

Discovery Settings. Now click New in the discovery settings modal pop-up. A window (as shown above) will pop 

up, where you can configure all the discovery settings will open. You will observe that the pop-up is broken down 

into multiple sections: Protocol Settings, Filters, Credential Settings, and Preferred Management IP (only two are 

shown in the preceding figure). You need to select at least one item from Protocol Settings, SNMP and Telnet/SSH 

from Credential Settings, and Preferred Management IP.