Cisco Catalyst Center SD-Access LAN Automation Deployment Guide

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Create discovery profile

Updated: May 19, 2026

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Overview

Discover devices and assign to site.

This section explains how to create a discovery profile.

Procedure

1.

From the Catalyst Center home page, click the menu icon and choose Tools > Discovery.
2.

In the Discovery window, click Add Discovery.
3.

Configure the required details in the workflow:

  • Discovery Name: Enter a name for the discovery profile.

  • IP Address/Range: Enter the beginning and ending IP addresses. To discover a single device, you can enter the same address in the From and To field. The IP address can be any Layer 3 interface or loopback on any switch that Catalyst Center can access. If you are discovering the primary and peer seeds together, enter an IP range. Click the appropriate radio button and enter the details accordingly.

  • Credentials: Enable at least one CLI and one SNMP credential. Click Add Credentials to add the credentials.

  • Advanced: Specify one or more protocols for the discovery scan to use. Choose SSH or Telnet or both.

    Note

    If you choose SSH, ensure that the seed is configured for SSH.

New Discovery
4.

Choose a discovery schedule and start the discovery.

In the Schedule Job window, click Assign devices to an existing site to assign devices to a site.

You can view the status and results of the scan in the Discoveries window.
Note

The discovery process takes some time. Ensure that there are no failures after the process completes.

Discovery Results
5.

Verify that the discovered device is added to the inventory.

  1. From the main menu, choose Provision > Inventory.

  2. Make sure that the discovered device is in the inventory and the device is in Reachable and Managed state.

Device Inventory
6.

(Optional: If you've not assigned the device during discovery) Assign devices to a site.

  1. Check the check box next to the device and choose Actions > Provision > Assign Device to Site to assign the device to a site.

    Assign Device to Site from Inventory

  2. In the Assign Device to Site window, choose a site and click Apply.

    For Catalyst Center 1.2.6 and earlier, ensure that both the primary and peer seeds are in the same site and same floor (although they can be physically on different floors).

    The discovered device is added to the selected site.

    Note

    If you don't see the Site column in the Inventory window, go to settings, check the Site check box, and click Apply.

    Inventory Table Settings