The Discover Optical Devices FTP scan is used to discover and model data. It discovers network information using FTP protocol and creates network entities Physical device, shelf, card, port, and interface/sub-interface.

To create a Discover optical Devices FTP scan:

1. Create a new scan.

   See the Network Integrity Online Help for more information.

2. On the General tab, do the following:

   1. From the Scan Action list, select Discover optical Devices FTP.

      The Scan Type field displays Discovery.

   2. In the Scan Action Parameters section, configure the scan with appropriate parameters for both File Transfer Processor Scan parameter and Optical Device Scan parameter.

3. On the Scope tab, specify the path to the file directory.

4. Save and run the scan.

   The scan discovers and models logical and physical devices.

The scan creates device model for each logical and physical device. The physical device structure uses GenericPhysicalDeviceSpecification and various references defined in the Discover optical Devices FTP action. For more information, see "Model Collections".

You can populate UIM with network data discovered by the Discover optical Devices FTP discovery action.

To populate UIM with discovered network data:

1. Create a new scan.

   See Network Integrity Online Help for more information.

2. On the General tab of the Create Scan page, perform the following:

   1. From the Scan Action list, selectDiscover optical Devices FTP.

      The Scan Type field displays Discovery.

   2. Select Detect Discrepancies.

   3. In the Scan Action Parameters area, enter the required configurations.

3. Save the scan.

4. Run the discovery scan.

   The scan generates Entity+ discrepancies for each of the discovered device.

5. Right-click on the discrepancies you want to populate into UIM and select Correct in UIM.

6. Click Submit.

7. Verify if UIM is populated with the discovered data.