All discovery steps are integrated in a discovery workflow, controlled from the ISC GUI. This is accessed in ISC through Service Inventory > Discovery. The following discovery features are supported:
•File-based device discovery is supported.
•Rules-based device role assignment is supported.
•Discovery progress messages and logs are viewable in the GUI to keep track of various discovery stages.
•Bulk creation of Provider, Customer, Site, and Region objects is available through an XML data file.