Follow the Progress of Initial Discovery

NNMi discovery is dynamic and ongoing; it is never complete, so you will never see a “discovery completed” message. The process of initial discovery and connection takes some time. The following items suggest ways to gauge the progress of initial discovery:

• On the Database tab of the System Information window, watch for the node count to reach the expected level and stabilize. This window does not refresh automatically. During initial discovery, open the System Information window several times.
• Under Discovery in the Configuration workspace, look at the Seeds page. Refresh this page until all seeds show the Node created results, which indicates that the device has been added to the topology database. This result does not indicate that NNMi has gathered all information from the device and processed its connectivity.
• Open the Node form for representative nodes. When the Discovery State field (located on the General tab) transitions to Discovery Completed, NNMi has gathered the node’s basic characteristics as well as the node’s ARP cache and discovery protocol neighbors, if applicable. This state does not indicate that NNMi has completed connectivity analysis for the device.
• In the Nodes inventory view, scan to see that key devices are present from different areas of your network.
• Open the Layer 2 Neighbor View for representative nodes to determine whether connectivity analysis has completed for that area.
• Review the Layer 2 Connections and VLANs inventory views to gauge the progress of layer 2 processing.