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title: "Adding and Configuring Cisco Viptela Discovery"
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Enabling the discovery of Cisco Viptela devices provides visibility into your Cisco Viptela infrastructure. This allows you to view and manage discovered IP addresses of Cisco Viptela fabric members such as controllers and fabric switches with their attached end points. You can discover Cisco Viptela on-premise devices as well as cloud devices.

By default, Cisco Viptela discovery collects both connected and offline devices.

To add and configure a Cisco Viptela fabric discovery, complete the following:

1. To enable SDN and SD-WAN polling, click the **Settings** icon > **Setup** > **SDN/SD-WAN Polling**. For more information, see [*<u>Configuring SDN and SD-WAN Polling Settings</u>*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI751/pages/42535392).
2. Click the **Settings** icon > **Setup** > **Discovery** **Settings** > **SDN**.
3. Click **New**.
4. In **SDN Type**, select **Cisco Viptela**.
5. Complete the following:
  - **Fabric Name**: Specify a short and unique name for the current Cisco Viptela configuration.
  - **Address**: Specify the hostname or IP address of the Viptela vManage controller.
  - **Network View**: Select the network view to identify the corresponding network interface for connectivity with the Cisco Viptela.
  - **Network Interface**: Select the required network interface.
  - **Protocol**: The default selection is **HTTPS**.
  - **On-premise controller**: <span style="color: #000000">Check this if your Viptela setup is on-premises.</span>
  - **CA Certificate**: Specify a Root CA or Intermediate CA certificate to allow communication with the Cisco Viptela vManage controller. Do one of the following:
    - Select a previously imported CA certificate. To learn how to import a CA certificate in NetMRI, see [*<u>Installing CA Certificate</u>*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI751/pages/42436934/NetMRI+Security+Settings#NetMRISecuritySettings-InstallingCACertificate).
    - Click **Import CA Certificate** and select a CA certificate directly from your machine.
  - **Username**: The login name for the Cisco Viptela vManage controller.
  - **Password**: The login password.
  - **Use Global Proxy Settings**: Select if you want to use a Proxy server for connectivity with the Cisco Viptela vManage controller.
    For more information, see [*<u>Configuring Proxy Settings for SDN Discovery</u>*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI751/pages/42568157).
  - *(Optional) ***Maximum Requests per Second**: Specify the maximum number of HTTP requests from NetMRI to Cisco Viptela SDN per second to avoid overload.
  - *(Optional) ***Enable Discovery Blackout**: Select the check box and then click its Scheduling icon. For more information, see [*Defining Blackout Periods*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI751/pages/42567859).
6. Click **Test Connection** to check if the fabric is reachable and the provided credentials are correct. The connection test results are also written to the Syslog.
7. Click **Add** or **Add & Discover**.