<s>
UCMDB	B-Application
is	O
a	O
software	O
product	O
from	O
Micro	O
Focus	O
that	O
generates	O
and	O
maintains	O
a	O
Configuration	B-Application
Management	I-Application
Database	I-Application
of	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UCMDB	B-Application
is	O
included	O
in	O
several	O
HP	O
products	O
and	O
supports	O
ITIL-based	O
configuration	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
and	O
change	B-Application
management	I-Application
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DDMa	O
component	O
(	O
Discovery	O
and	O
Dependency	O
mapping	O
Advanced	O
)	O
of	O
UCMDB	B-Application
works	O
by	O
scanning	O
ranges	O
of	O
IP	B-Protocol
addresses	I-Protocol
within	O
pre-set	O
probe	O
IP	O
ranges	O
,	O
using	O
ping	B-Protocol
,	O
ICMP	B-Protocol
echo	I-Protocol
requests	I-Protocol
and	O
Nmap	B-Language
to	O
locate	O
live	O
IP	B-Protocol
addresses	I-Protocol
and	O
open	O
TCP	B-Protocol
ports	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
IP	B-Protocol
address	I-Protocol
harvesting	O
techniques	O
by	O
querying	O
ARP/Cache	O
tables	O
of	O
level	O
3	O
network	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Resulting	O
current	O
IP	B-Protocol
addresses	I-Protocol
are	O
then	O
translated	O
into	O
CIs	O
which	O
function	O
as	O
input	O
for	O
deeper	O
level	O
discovery	O
.	O
</s>
