Discovered Devices

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 agent. The scan results are cumulative from all probe machines. A record is not removed unless you delete it.

Results are shown in table format. This table supports selectable columns, column sorting, column filtering and flexible columns widths.

Actions

View - Displays a popup window of information collected about a selected device. Different views, based on the type of probe used to collect the information, can be selected using the Probe Type drop-down list:
- NMAP Probe - The standard method of discovering a device on a network, using the Discovery module.
- Machine Audit - The audit performed on a machine installed with an agent.
- vPro - The inventory of hardware attributes returned by a vPro audit. A vPro machine must be enabled, and a scan must include a vPro credential to return vPro hardware attributes from a machine. See the Edit Network and the vPro tab for more information.
- Merge View - Merges all methods of data collection into one consolidated view. The default view.
Deploy Agent - Installs an agent on a selected discovered machine. See agent deployment prerequisites.
Deploy Agent by Address - Deploys agents to IP4 addresses that have not been discovered.
- Agent From - An agent machine on the same network used to deploy the agent.
- OS Type - Deploying to Windows, Mac or Linux.
- Address - An IP4 address. Delimit multiple IP addresses with commas.
- Username / Password - An administrator-level username and password. For domain credentials use the domain\username format.
Delete - Deletes the row of a discovered device or machine. For example, a mobile device may be "found" on a network during a scan, but only reside there temporarily. It will continue to be listed on the Discovered Devices pages until the row is deleted.
Ignore - Prevents a discovered device or machine from being included in subsequent scans. You can remove the ignore status by deleting the row. The next time the network is scanned it will be re-discovered as a new device.
Merge - Merge two or more selected rows that reference the same device or machine. Some devices and machines have multiple IP addresses. Click Merge to display a dialog. Select the row you want to keep, then click Merge within the dialog to complete the merge and remove the duplicate rows.
Rename Device - Renames a discovered computer or device within the VSA.
Make Asset - Manually designates a device without an agent as a managed asset. All computers and mobile devices with agents installed on them are necessarily managed assets. A device not capable of supporting an agent, such as a router or a printer, may require monitoring and therefore be designated a managed asset. All managed devices and computers display on the View Assets page.
Change Type - Changes a device or computer to another device type. This may be required to deploy an agent successfully to a computer that was mis-typed.

Table Columns

(Eligible to Deploy Agent) - If checked, this device can install an agent.
(Device Status)
- - Only displays if an agent is installed. Hover over this icon to display the Quick View window. Click to launch Live Connect.
- / - If enabled, this non-agent device has been promoted to an asset.
Device Name - A unique device or machine ID / group ID / organization ID name for a device or machine in the VSA.
Discovered Name - The name of the device or computer assigned by its own operating system or hardware.
IP Address - The IP address of the discovered device or machine.
MAC Address - The MAC address of the discovered device or machine.
Device Type - The type of device or machine.
Last Seen - The last time this device or machine was detected by a network scan.
Network - The network that discovered this device.
Note: The phrase Unscanned Network displays in this field for machines that are already "known" to the VSA because they have an agent installed on them, but have not yet been "discovered" as part of a network scan.
NMAP Scan Results - Click the icon in this column to display NMAP scan data for this device.
Primary Probe - The primary probe that last detected this device or machine.
Probe Type - The type of probe used to detect this device.
OS - The operating system of discovered device or machine.
OS Accuracy - The probable accuracy of identifying the operating system correctly.
Manufacturer - The manufacturer of the device.
SNMP Active - If checked, the device has SNMP functionality, though it may not be enabled.
Computer Agent - If checked, an agent is already installed on this machine.
Mobile Agent - If checked, this device is a mobile device.
Asset - If checked, this device is already being managed and displays on the View Assets page.
Ignore - If checked, do not continue to scan this device.
Deploy Attempt - The date/time an agent deployment was attempted.
Deploy Status - The status of the agent deployment. Review error messages using this column. See agent deployment prerequisites.
vPro Machine - If checked, the machine is a vPro-enabled machine. See the Edit Network for more information about vPro-enabled machines.