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Getting started with Flash Accel : Discovering hosts and virtual machines

Discovering hosts and virtual machines
Discovering a resource gives Flash Accel access to it. You need to discover datacenter resources before you can configure them for caching.
Before you begin 
Make sure you have entered the default credentials for hosts and VMs.
Hosts and VMs must have DNS mappings. Flash Accel cannot discover hosts or VMs that do not have DNS mappings.
If the default credentials are not accepted on a host or virtual machine, you will need to manually enter the credentials before Flash Accel can be used to manage the resource. If a host or virtual machine does not have a DNS mapping, you will need to configure a DNS mapping before Flash Accel can be used to manage the resource.
About this task 
Discovery can be time-consuming. You may want to discover a single datacenter first, so that you can get some idea of how much time it will take to discover an entire vCenter.
Steps 
1.
From the Navigation area of the FMC, click Console Settings > Discovery.
Note: Ignore the Auto-Rediscover Settings section of the tab for this task.
2.
In the vCenter Inventory Details section, select the check box for each datacenter you want to discover. Click Select All to select all the datacenters, click Unselect All to unselect all the datacenters.
If the check box for a datacenter is disabled, the datacenter is being managed by an instance of the Flash Accel Management Console running on another VM. If you are sure you want to manage the datacenter with your instance of the console (for example, because you know that the VM for the other instance has been deleted), click Enable Takeover. Click Disable Takeover if you do not want your instance of the FMC to manage the datacenter.
Do not attempt to manage a datacenter with more than one instance of the FMC. Use only a single FMC instance (accessible to multiple team members) to manage a datacenter.
3.
Click Discover All.
Click Discover New.
When you perform a Discover All of a previously discovered datacenter, Flash Accel refreshes already discovered resources and discovers previously undiscovered resources.
A discovery confirmation dialog opens.
4.
A progress bar indicates the percentage of discovery complete. The duration of the process depends on the size of the selected datacenters. Wait until all resources have been discovered before attempting to configure hosts and VMs.
Result 
When discovery is complete, the FMC host and VM inventories are updated with the discovered resources.
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