Understanding Network Discovery and Atlas Management

Discovery is the process of determining the topology of your network. You can manage, monitor and display the components of your network from Novell^® ConsoleOne^®. Discovery involves the following three major components of the Novell ZENworks^® Server Management software:

• Discovery software: A set of Novell NetWare Loadable Module^TM (NLM^TM) files that run on a management server and discovers the network topology
• Consolidator software: Software that runs on the management server, which reads the data discovered by discovery, and populates the Topology database.
• Atlas Manager software: Software that reads the Topology database, creates an atlas database, and displays the network topology in an atlas on Novell ConsoleOne.

The following figure shows a high-level view of the discovery components:

This section deals with the following topics:

• Understanding Network Discovery
• Setting Up Discovery
• Managing the Atlas