Discovery Automation Tool

You can use the Discovery Automation tool to discover DCNM-SAN, DCNM-LAN, and vCenter. After Cisco DCNM is installed, this tool requires the IP address and user credentials of the seed switch in DCNM-SAN, DCNM-LAN, and vCenter.

Installing Discovery Automation

After you install Cisco DCNM, you can find the Discovery Automation tool installation informaiton here:

  • Batch files exeute the Discover Fabric tool are located:

– On Windows at<DCNM install dir>/dcm/fm/bin/DiscoverFabric.bat

– On Linux at DiscoverFabric.sh

  • The jars are available at <DCNM install dir>dcm/fm/lib/.

The webservices used are:

– SAN discovery— SANWS to discoverFabricWithServer

– LAN discovery— SANWS to discoverLan

– vCenter discovery— SANWS to addVirtualCenter

Using the Discovery Automation Tool

To use the discovery automation tool, enter the following command:

DiscoverFabric <FMServerIP> <FMUserName> <FMPassword> <Fabric-info file name- absolute path> [FM Server Port] (Optional-Default value is 80).