Appliance requirements for SNMP-based autodiscovery

Appliance options you need to configure for this method

To permit SNMP-based autodiscovery, you must enable SNMP on the appliance by selecting the SNMP Enable option (Setup tab > Administration > SNMP). By default, SNMP is disabled.

Related DataFabric Manager options

The Host Discovery option in DataFabric Manager (Options link) must be enabled to support this feature. Host Discovery (SNMP-based autodiscovery) is enabled by default.

SNMP-based autodiscovery is the primary method for discovery

SNMP-based autodiscovery is the primary DataFabric Manager discovery method. When you install DataFabric Manager, it uses SNMP-based host discovery to automatically locate and identify appliances and networks. If an SNMP request times out, DataFabric Manager tries the HTTP-based autodiscovery mechanism discussed in the following section.