Device Discovery initiates the Network Storage Agent to query all configured hosts for devices of the requested type. This process may take a few moments depending on the size of the monitored configuration.
FC Switches are found automatically by reading the /etc/fcswitch.conf file (format is similar to /etc/hosts). Additionally, the Subnet button will ask for an ip network prefix to scan for switches answering to SNMP queries.
T3 Raid Disk Arrays are automatically found by scanning the previously configured log file names for valid ip names/addresses and verifying they can be communicated with and answer as T3.
A1000, A3500FC and A5x00 are discovered using the datapath attachments to the host.