A new switch in a retail closet is passing traffic, and the monitoring platform does not list it until a scan of the management subnet finds it. Which monitoring function is that scan?
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Short Explanation
The new switch is already moving packets, and your map still has a blank where it should be. The scan that walks the management subnet and adds what it finds is discovery. You cannot compare a baseline for a box you have not met, and a cable report or a traffic summary is not how the map learns a new name.
Full Explanation
Discovery finds devices and adds them to the monitoring inventory, often by scanning a range or by listening for neighbor advertisements. The retail switch is up and unknown until a scan of the management subnet finds it, so that scan is discovery. Configuration monitoring compares a known device with an approved baseline. There is no baseline comparison until the platform knows the switch exists. A cable certification test measures a run. It does not enroll a switch in the monitoring platform. Flow export describes conversations. It can hint that an unknown address is talking, and it is not required before a platform can learn a device by a scan. Exam caveat: discovery tells you the device exists. It does not tell you whether the configuration is approved or whether the device is healthy. Operational check: confirm the new switch appears after the scan, set the right credentials, and then turn on availability and configuration checks for it. After discovery, name the switch in the inventory so the next scan does not add a second copy of the same device.