System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Unleashed

Discovering Network Topology

Network Discovery uses Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to query network infrastructure devices for basic information about your network topology. The discovery process generates DDRs for network devices and subnets. A DDR is a small file with identifying information about an object that is processed and stored in the ConfigMgr database.

The properties for SNMP discovery are configured on the SNMP tab of the Network Discovery Properties sheet, shown in Figure 5.10. All SNMP devices are configured with a community string, named public by default. To connect to an SNMP device, you must add its community string to the list of communities to discover. The maximum hops specified on the SNMP tab controls how far ...