Advanced settings

Configure advanced discovery settings to increase the speed of the discovery, and balance the speed with the load on the server. Generally, a faster discovery results in more memory usage on the server. Advanced settings control features of the discovery such as concurrent processes and timeouts.

You can configure the following advanced discovery settings:

Finder parameters:

Finders are discovery subsystems that discover devices on the network. You can configure parameters such as timeouts, number of retries, and number of threads for the finders.

Helper parameters

Helpers are discovery applications used by agents to retrieve information from devices. You can configure parameters such as timeouts, number of retries, and number of threads for the helpers.

Other parameters

You can configure complex discovery settings, such as enabling caching of discovery tables, VLAN modeling, File finder verification, and parameters that affect the speed of partial discovery.

Most of the advanced discovery parameters are optional.