Getting Started with Network Discovery

The By Network and By Agent pages discovers all computers and devices on networks that have an IP address. Any agent machine can be selected as the "probe" machine for its own network. Discovered devices can be workstations and servers without agents, SNMP devices and vPro-enabled machines. Discovered devices display on the following pages:

Scanning Networks by Agent

This is the fastest way to scan a new network.

  1. On the By Agent page, select a machine ID. Both Windows and Apple agent machines can serve as a probe agent.
  2. Click the Scan Now button to scan a network immediately.
    • Optionally click the Schedule Scan to schedule a scan and enter additional options. For Schedule Scan, leave the network scan range blank. It will be populated automatically, based on the subnet defined for the probe agent machine.
  3. Enter a network name if the selected agent hasn't scanned a network before.
  4. Click the Scan button to start the scan.
    • View discovered devices on the Discovered Devices page.
    • Visit the By Network page to edit networks before you scan again.

Scanning Networks by Network

  1. On the By Network page select New or Edit. Enter a new network or change the name of an existing network.
  2. If an agent has not already been selected for the network, select an agent. Both Windows and Apple agent machines can serve as a probe agent.
  3. Leave the network scan range blank. It will be populated automatically, based on the subnet defined for the probe agent machine.
  4. Optionally search for SNMP devices and vPro enabled machines by configuring these tabs.
  5. Select Save —instead of Save & Scan—so you can configure additional settings.
    • Optionally deploy agents to discovered computers by policy, using the Agent Deployment Policy tab in the lower panel.
    • Optionally create alerts for newly discovered types of computers and devices, using the Alert Profiles tab in the lower panel.
    • Optionally set asset policies for discovered computers and devices, using the Asset Promotion page.
  6. Run a scan immediately using the Scan Now button or schedule a scan on a recurring basis using the Schedule Scan button.
    • View discovered devices on the Discovered Devices page.

Deploy Agents

The Discovered Devices page shows computers and devices discovered using By Agent and By Network. Use this page to install agents on discovered computers and mobile devices. You can also make discovered devices a managed asset, even if they cannot be installed with an agent. The scan results shown on this page is cumulative from all probe machines. A record is not removed unless you delete it.