Network Discovery Overview
sl360 Network Discovery performs a lightening quick scan of the entire network to discover all devices. Leveraging SNMP, the tool provides a complete set of attributes for each device that has been discovered and the results are piped into a cutting-edge iGoogle-like user interface.
Gather all technical data including hardware, software, and processes for each device.
Identify devices by responding, status, protocols, type, and operating system
Scan a single device, a subnet, or a range of subnets.
Interact with ScriptLogic Encrypted Credential Store for user access to devices.
Run Network Discovery
Step 1: Enter the host name, IP Address or Range of IP Addresses into the Target field.
Step 2: Select Network Discovery Options
Exclude Devices in Database
Select if you want to not include previous discovered devices that are in the device database in your new search.
Ping
Uses ICMP to get responding status of a device.
MAC Resolution
Uses MAC Address to discover a device on the network.
Common Ports
Uses Port Scan to discover a device on the network.
Step 3: Select the Device Details you want to discover for each device.
DNS Lookup
Uses DNS Audit to provide the domain name to the IP Address.
Ports
Uses Port Scan to provide the open and closed ports for each IP Address.
Processor
Displays the current Processor Usage for each device.
Memory
Displays the current Memory Usage for each device.
Logical Disks
Displays all the disk volumes and their current usage for a given device.
Network Adapters
Displays all the network adapters and their current usage for a given device.
Software Inventory
Gathers all the software installed on each device
Running Processes
Provides all the processes names and paths for a given device.
Step 4: Set the SNMP Credentials for your network. Network Discovery runs both SNMP v1/v2 and SNMP v3 at the same time.
SNMP V1/2c Credential
Set the proper credential store for the network of the device you are going to monitor with the CPU Gauge. To configure the credential store, please see the section titled Credential Settings.
SNMP V3 Credential
Set the proper credential store for the network of the device you are going to monitor with the CPU Gauge. To configure the credential store, please see the section titled Credential Settings.
Step 5: Click Next to discover the devices in your target field/
Step 6: Select the devices you want to do a deep discovery on.
Step 7: Click Next.
Step 8: A display of scanned devices with DNS, Operating System, and Overall Status. Click Next.
Step 9: Click Finish to proceed to the Device Viewer.
Configure Advanced Settings
DNS Audit settings allow you to turn on or off which resolutions are displayed.
To configure click Settings button in the tool.
Ping
Ping Timeout (ms)
Designates the maximum amount of time in milliseconds that Ping will wait for a response from the target. If the target does not respond within the number of milliseconds set, Ping Scan will assume it is down.
Ping Packet TTL (Time-To-Live)
Designates the number of hops along the way to the specified address. With a setting of 32, your Ping Scan could pass through up to 32 different routers on the way to the remote address before being thrown away by the network.
Pings Per Node
Allows you to control the number of Ping attempts to send each address during a scan.
When scanning networks containing Cisco routers, set this number above two (2). If the target IP address is not in the ARP cache of a Cisco router, the router discards the ICMP query (Ping) while it requests the MAC address of the target IP. The first Ping will never arrive at the subnet of the target IP address. In this situation, the Cisco router responds to the second Ping.
Ports
Select Pre-loaded Ports
Simply check or uncheck any listed port and click on “ok.”
Add Custom Ports
Click on the “Add New Port” button in the upper right hand corner of the settings dialogue box.
When the “Add New Port” dialogue box opens, enter the Port Number and Port Description and click on “Add Port.”
DNS
Resolve NetBIOS name
Instructs the Audit to resolve and display available NetBIOS information.
Resolve LMHost name
Instructs the Audit to resolve and display available LMHost information.
Resolve Host name
Instructs the Audit to resolve and display available Host information.
Resolve Forward DNS name
Instructs the Audit to resolve and display IP Address information linked from the DNS name.
SNMP Timeout (ms)
Designates the maximum amount of time in milliseconds that Ping will wait for a response from the target. If the target does not respond within the number of milliseconds set, Ping Scan will assume it is down
SNMP V1/2c Credential
Set the proper credential store for the network of the device you are going to monitor with the CPU Gauge. To configure the credential store, please see the section titled Credential Settings.
SNMP V3 Credential
Set the proper credential store for the network of the device you are going to monitor with the CPU Gauge. To configure the credential store, please see the section titled Credential Settings.
Network Inventory Overview
sl360 Network Inventory creates a detailed repository of all devices on your network. It provides operating system, interface and port details, IP addresses, installed Windows software and many other details. The Network Inventory utility has robust searching and reporting capabilities as well.
Take full control of all network assets you care about
No special agents or data collectors are needed
Store all inventory information locally for quick access
Utilize SNMP protocols in the network discovery engine
Search for granular information across all devices for additional analysis
Generate reports for each or all devices and export to HTML or .CSV
View Information
The Device Viewer provides the ability to drill into each discov ered device.
Show Details
Overview
Displays a detailed overview of a device including status, DNS, and processor, disk, memory, and network interface usage.
Processes
Provides all the processes names and paths for a given device.
Software
Gathers all the software installed on each device
Options
Delete (All Device in List)
Delete the list of devices currently showing in the window. The devices will also be deleted from the device store.
Export (All Devices in List)
Export the list of devices currently showing in the window to a HTML or CSV report.
Refresh (All devices in List)
Refresh the results for the list of devices showing in the window.
Run Tool
Pipe the device into one of the many sl360 tools for further diagnostics.
Search
The search features allows you to run criteria against the discovered devices to do further analysis of critical detail for the devices on your network.
Step 1: Select a Category for the search.
Step 2: Select a Filter to drill into specific areas of the data.
Step 3: Click Search to execute.
Step 4: Export to file is needed.
Reports
The reports feature allows you to create customized reports for all the devices on your network.
Step 1: Select a Category for the search.
Step 2: Select a Filter to drill into specific areas of the data.
Step 3: Click Run Report to execute.
Step 4: Select the Type of Report HTML or CSV