Edit Network

NAVIGATION  Discovery > Networks > By Network > New or Edit

The Edit dialog sets scan options used by Scan Now. These same settings serve as the default settings displayed by the Scan Schedules dialog.

General tab

  • Network Name - A friendly name used to identify a network with the VSA.
  • Probe - The agent machine to use for scanning with this network. Windows and Apple agent machines can serve as probe machines.
  • IP Range - Specifies the range of IP addresses included in a scan. By default, the entire scan range configured for a network is specified. Example: 192.168.32-35.0-255. Multiple IP ranges separated by commas are supported. Example: 192.168.32-35.0-255, 10.10.14-15.0-255.

    NOTE   You can also specify a cross-subnet scan. This means your probe agent uses a different router than the router used by devices specified in the IP range. Because the probe agent is scanning beyond its own router, the ARP method of scanning is not used and MAC addresses and host names cannot be included in the returned data. Discovered IP addresses with no MAC address resolution will be included in the Quick Scan results but will not be added to the system as Discovered Devices or Assets. After performing an initial cross-subnet scan, you can deploy an agent to a discovered machine on the cross-subnet. Then use that new agent machine as a probe agent to scan its own subnet. This will provide the missing MAC and host name data.

  • IP Exclusions - Specifies a range of IP addresses to excluded from the scan. Multiple IP ranges separated by commas are supported. Example: 192.168.32-35.0-255, 10.10.14-15.0-255 By default, this field is blank.
  • Organization - Assign an organization to a network. Once organizations are assigned to all your networks, the network table can be sorted and filtered by organization. This assignment has no effect on the organization assigned discovered devices when they are promoted to an an asset.
  • Alerts Active - If checked, alerts configured on the Alerting Profiles tab are active. If blank, alerts are not generated for discovered devices on this network.
  • Monitor Network - If checked, enables integration with Network Monitor for this network.
  • Store contact information for a selected network using the following fields.
    • Primary Phone
    • Primary Fax
    • Primary Email
    • Country
    • Street
    • City
    • State
    • Zip

SNMP tab

After Discovery has performed an SNMP-enabled scan using a valid community name, you can:

  • Identify, sort and filter SNMP capable devices on the Discovered Devices page using the SNMP Active column.
  • Begin monitoring SNMP-enabled devices by assigning SNMP sets using Monitor > Assign SNMP.

Options

  • Enable SNMP - If checked, scan for SNMP devices within the specified Scan IP Range.
  • Read Community Name / Confirm Community String - A network scan can only identify SNMP devices that share the same SNMP Community Read value as the managed machine performing a network scan. Community names are case sensitive. Typically the default read community name value is public, but may be reset by an administrator to Public, PUBLIC, etc.
  • Enable Standard Monitoring – If checked, enable monitoring for SNMP devices within the network.
  • ATSE action: 
    • Create Alarm - If checked, creates an alarm. 
    • Create Ticket - If checked, creates a ticket. 
    • Email Recipients - If checked, notifies email recipients specified in Email Addresses. 

vPro tab

IMPORTANT  Support for the vPro module will end on May 31, 2025.

After Discovery has performed a vPro-enabled scan using a valid vPro credential on a network, you can:

  • Identify, sort and filter vPro-enabled devices on the Discovered Devices page using the vPro Machine column.
  • Display hardware attributes for vPro-enabled machines using the View button on the Discovered Devices page.
  • Display hardware attributes for vPro-enabled machines classified as assets using the vPro tab on the Assets page.
  • List vPro machines on the Desktop Management > vPro > vPro Management page if the Show Discovered Assets checkbox is checked. On this same page these agentless vPro machines can be powered on—on demand or by schedule—and powered off on demand.

A machine does not need to be a vPro machine to discover vPro machines using Discovery.

NOTE   vPro configuration is a prerequisite to using this feature. Refer to the latest Intel documentation for information on how to configure vPro. At the time of this writing, the following link leads to the Intel documentation: http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/vproexpert.

Options

  • Enable vPro - Windows only. If checked, vPro scanning is enabled for this network.
  • Username / Password / Confirm Password - Enter the appropriate vPro credentials to return hardware asset details about vPro machines discovered during the scan. Typically the same credentials are defined for all vPro machines on the same network.

VMware tab

After Discovery has performed a scan using valid VMware credentials, you can:

  • Display a topology for the related assets of the discovered VMware environment in Discovery > Networks > Topology Map.

Options

  • New - Adds a new record, click by row to add/edit:
    • Name/Password - Enter the appropriate credentials.
    • Host name or IP address - Enter the appropriate Host name or IP Address for the VMWare server to provide discovery and return details about the VMWare environment discovered during the scan.
  • Delete – Deletes a selected record.

WMI (Hyper-V) tab

After Discovery has performed a scan using valid WMI (Hyper-V) credentials, you can:

  • Display a topology for the related assets of the discovered WMI (Hyper-V) environment in Discovery > Networks > Topology Map.

Options

  • New - Adds new record, click by row to add/edit:
    • Name/Password - Enter the appropriate credentials for the WMI (Hyper-V) server to provide discovery and return details about the WMI (Hyper-V) environment discovered during the scan.
  • Delete – Deletes a selected record.