Discovery finds and maps dependencies for the following types of storage devices.

Discovery finds and maps dependencies for the following types of storage devices: Direct-attached storage (DAS), network-attached storage (NAS), or storage area network (SAN)1. NAS or SAN storage that is discovered via a Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) and Common Information Model (CIM) is also supported2. Discovery collects information about storage area networks from specialized devices, such as storage arrays and Fibre Channel (FC) switches, and creates specific references between the tables in the SAN3. Discovery does not support Multiple area network (MAN) or Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) as types of storage devices.

References:

1: Storage device discovery

2: Storage Discovery via SMI-S and CIM

3: Discovery of storage area networks (SAN)