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Set Properties for Continuous Discovery Agents

You can set runtime (instance-level) properties for the Discovery agents. All Discovery agents are instantiated from the ContinuousDiscoveryAgent class.

To set Discovery agent instance-level properties using the Management Command Center Properties notebook

1. In Management Command Center Topology view, expand ManagedObjectRoot and click the Discovery Agent object that you want to configure.

   The agent appears in the right pane in Explorer view.

2. In the right pane, choose Properties from the drop-down list, or right-click the agent and choose Open Viewer, Properties from the context menu.

   The Properties notebook appears in the right pane.

3. Click the Classifier tab and set the following properties:

   CL_THREADPOOL_MAX_THREAD

   Specifies the maximum number of threads are allowed to run in the agent classifier thread pool. The default value is 16.

   RECLASS_POLLINTERVAL

   Specifies the time period in milliseconds over which the reclassification of unclassified objects in the agent service will occur. The default value is 24 hours.

4. Click the DHCP tab and set the following properties:

   DHCP_ENABLE

   Specifies whether DHCP Discovery is enabled. The default value is false.

   DHCP_POLL_INTERVAL

   Specifies the time period in milliseconds over which the agent will poll the DHCP Discovery component for newly discovered devices.

5. Click the ICMPBroadC tab and set the following property:

   ICMP_ENABLED

   Specifies whether ICMP Discovery is enabled. The default value is true.

6. Click the SNMPBroadC tab and set the following property:

   SNMP_ENABLED

   Specifies whether SNMP broadcast Discovery is enabled. The default value is true.

7. Click the STANDARD tab and set the following properties:

   ICMPTIMEOUT

   Specifies the timeout value in milliseconds when pinging a device and waiting for a response.

   ICMPRETRY

   Specifies the number of pings sent to each device during Discovery.

   SNMPTIMEOUT

   Specifies the timeout value in milliseconds when pinging an SNMP device and waiting for a response.

   SNMPRETRY

   Specifies the number of SNMP queries sent to each device during Discovery.

   DISCOVERY_INTERVAL

   Specifies the time period in hours over which the Discovery engine is polled to receive and update newly discovered devices.

8. Click the RunTime tab and set the following properties:

   SubNetToManage, SubNetToManage1, SubNetToManage2, SubNetToManage3, SubNetToManage4

   Specifies a list of subnets the agent is to discover. The syntax is the same as for subnet filters, except for IP address ranges.

9. Close the Properties notebook.

   Properties are saved for the Discovery agent.

More information:

Change Continuous Discovery Agent Polling Interval