Does the discovery process need/use Probes?
No it does not. A single Host PC can be used to interrogate all the Agents on the network. If the Host PC is configured as a trusted user the discovery process will continue beyond firewalls. Probes are used specifically to monitor the network traffic and are part of the Remote Management facility. Note: The Probes have no involvement in the discovery operations, if Codima Probes are installed on a network, the discovery process will show the Probes when drawing the network infrastructure.