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Device Discovery

Discovery is the process through which Data Aggregator discovers and models your IT infrastructure.

The discovery process does the following steps:

• Confirms what protocols devices respond to. Data Aggregator always determines if a device can respond to SNMP. If you select ICMP, Data Aggregator first determines if a device can respond to ICMP. If the device does respond to ICMP, Data Aggregator then determines if the device can respond to SNMP. If the device does not respond to ICMP, Data Aggregator will not confirm that the device responds to SNMP.
• Retrieves a minimum set of information for every discovered device that is sufficient to classify the device and add it to the appropriate device collection.

You can use two methods to discover devices in Data Aggregator:

• You can discover specific devices in your infrastructure environment using the discovery profiles that you create in Data Aggregator. Follow the discovery workflow to manage devices with this method.
• You can discover devices that have been contributed from CA Performance Center.