Overview of DataFabric Manager discovery methods

SNMP requirement for monitoring appliances

You must have SNMP enabled on your appliances and routers to ensure that DataFabric Manager can monitor and manage appliances.

Note
By default, SNMP is disabled on NetCache appliances, and enabled on filers.

As soon as DataFabric Manager is installed, the discovery process begins. To ensure that DataFabric Manager can discover NetCache appliances, you must enable SNMP on those appliances. You can also wait until after installing DataFabric Manager to enable SNMP on NetCache appliances, but this will cause a delay before DataFabric Manager can discover appliances.

DataFabric Manager discovery methods

DataFabric Manager can discover appliances using any of the following methods:

SNMP-based autodiscovery--Default DataFabric Manager discovery method. For more information about SNMP-based discovery, see Appliance requirements for SNMP-based autodiscovery.
HTTP-based autodiscovery--Secondary DataFabric Manager discovery method. This method is used when an SNMP request to an appliance times out. For more information about HTTP-based discovery, see Appliance requirements for HTTP-based autodiscovery.
Appliance-initiated discovery--This method is useful if youSS think that DataFabric Manager discovery might take too long, for example when appliances are deployed over multiple geographic areas. For more information about appliance-initiated discovery, see Appliance requirements for appliance-initiated discovery.