23.0 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:
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Discovery software: A set of Novell NetWare Loadable Module™ (NLM™) files that run on a management server and discovers the network topology
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Consolidator software: Software that runs on the management server, which reads the data discovered by discovery, and populates the Topology database.
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Atlas Manager software: Software that reads the Topology database, creates an atlas database, and displays the network topology in an atlas on Novell ConsoleOne.
Figure 23-1 shows a high-level view of the discovery components:
Figure 23-1 Discovery Components
This section deals with the following topics: