Deploy AutoDiscovery

AutoDiscovery is a module of AppViz. It enables you to discover business service flows directly from your network and import them into AppViz.

AutoDiscovery architecture

The following image shows how the AutoDiscovery sensor captures Neflow/SFlow traffic between network devices across the network and sends traffic data to the AutoDiscovery server.

  • The AutoDiscovery sensor collects traffic from your network, including statistical data using Neflow/SFlow protocols, simulated/mirrored packets, or direct traffic inspection. For more details, see Traffic collection options.

  • The AutoDiscovery server:

    • Maps the network topology based on the data collected from the sensor(s)
    • Communicates with the ASMS in order to provide the business service(s) topology and get updates (on-going discovery)

    • Enables you to

      • Create and manage business services
      • View the network topology map
      • AAD administration

Note: The AutoDiscovery server installation provides a local sensor on the server node. This sensor collects traffic data from the network subnet or from netflow/sflow sent to it. In order to collect traffic data from other parts of the network, you may need to deploy additional sensors. For more details, see Deploy additional AutoDiscovery sensors.

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