47Using Optivity Switch Manager, Release 1.1.0.0Chapter 3Configuring Optivity Switch ManagerThis chapter describes configuration tools for Optivity Switch Manager, andincludes the following topics:• Discovering your network (next)• Accessing devices within different SNMP communities (page 53)Discovering your networkOptivity Switch Manager builds its logical map of the network by querying thetopology table of the seed device, using the Bay Autotopology Protocol (BTP).A seed device is a device from which you start learning about the topology of thenetwork. After getting the information about the neighbors of the seed device,Optivity Switch Manager queries the neighbor devices for their topology tables.Optivity Switch Manager then selects the appropriate icon to represent eachdevice, computes the links between devices, and represents the device informationin a network topology map.Discovery continues until the maximum number of hops is reached. By default,Optivity Switch Manager does not query neighbors more than five hops awayfrom the seed device. You can set the number of hops, up to a maximum of 20hops. Also, you can stop the discovery process at any time by clicking Discoveryfrom the Optivity Switch Manager toolbar. While the discovery process isoccurring, this button changes to show a red X.
