Setting Frequencies

OmniVista Cirrus performs automatic periodic discoveries to keep its network information. The Inventory Setting Frequencies Screen displays the frequency of automatic periodic discoveries.

Automatic Discovery Types

OmniVista performs the following automatic discoveries:

• Full Discovery
• Occasional Updates
• Regular Updates
• Frequent Updates

Note: The default automatic discovery settings vary depending on the size of the network.

Full Discovery

Full Discoveries include:

• Down Switch Polling
• Frequent Update Polling
• Regular Update Polling
• Auto-discovery of network devices as specified in the Discovery application.

Occasional Updates

Occasional Updates include:

• Down Switch Polling
• Frequent Update Polling
• Regular Update Polling

Regular Updates

Regular Updates include:

• Down Switch Polling
• Frequent Update polling as described above.
• Additional polling for:
  • Detailed chassis, module, and port information
  • VLAN information
  • Link Aggregation
  • Ethernet link discovery (i.e., polling AMAP tables)
• Locator:
• MAC address column from the ARP Table
• Bridge Forwarding Table

Frequent Updates

Frequent Updates include:

• Down Switch Polling
• Polling the standard MIB-II scalar variables sysName and sysDescr
• For AOS devices, polling for:
  • The running directory (certified or working), the certification status, and the administrative status of all CMMs.
  • The configuration change status; i.e., has the configuration changed since the last save of memory.

Automatic Discovery Defaults

The default automatic discovery settings vary depending on the size of the network. Each automatic discovery type will be pre-filled with a default polling interval based on the size of the network you are managing, as shown in the table below.