Discovery flow for Network Protocol Manager identifies the phases of discovery for adding routing topology objects to the Network Protocol Manager repository.
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The discovery phases are:
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Import a protocol topology collection set from IP Availability Manager.
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Probe each imported device for routing topology information and relationships.
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Post-process the discovery information.