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:
On the By Network page select New or Edit. Enter a new network or change the name of an existing network.
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.
Leave the network scan range blank. It will be populated automatically, based on the subnet defined for the probe agent machine.
Optionally search for SNMP devices and vPro enabled machines by configuring these tabs.
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.
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.
Filtering Networks and Probe Agents
Networks are associated with organizations. If your scope and filtering enable you to see a org, you will see that network in the upper panel.
Agents are assigned to a machine group. If your scope and filtering enable you to see a probe agent assigned to a network you will see that probe agent in the lower panel.
If you can see a network but cannot see its probe agent, the probe agent will be identified with an ****** to indicate it exists but is currently hidden from view.
Actions
New - Manually adds a new network. Displays the same properties as the Edit Network. After selecting a probe agent, if you leave the network scan range blank it will be populated automatically, based on the subnet defined for the probe agent machine.
Note: You can also create new networks by importing them using the System > Import Center. See Importing Networks.
Edit - Displays the Edit Network dialog. Sets the scan options used by Scan Now and Scan Schedule.
Delete - Deletes a network. Use this option to remove a network that no longer has any managed agents.
Schedule Scan - Displays the Scan Schedules Dialog. Schedules a scan, on a recurring basis, for a selected network.
Scan Now - Runs a scan immediately on a selected network using the scan options defined by the Edit Dialog.
Monitored by KNM - If checked, enables integration with Network Monitor for this network.
Network Name - A friendly name used to identify a network with the VSA.
Gateway - The connection gateway IP address.
Scan Range - The range of IP addresses to include in a scan. By default, the entire scan range configured for a network is specified. Example: 192.168.32-35.0-255. Only single IP ranges are supported.
Subnet Mask - Determines the number of IP addresses in a subnet.
Org ID - The unique identifier of an organization in the VSA.
Org Name - A friendly name used to identify an organization within the VSA.
Status - The status of a scan. A scan progresses through the following statuses. These statuses are displayed in Pending Procedures and Procedure History. If the scan does not fail, the status returns to Ready To Scan once a scan is completed.
Ready To Scan
Installing
Performing Deep Scan
Failed
Scan Progress - Displays a progress bar for a deep scan.
Next Scan - The date/time a scan is next scheduled.
Last Scan - The date/time a scan last ran.
Scanned Devices - A count of the devices discovered on this network.
Assets - A count of the number of devices marked as managed View Assets.
Agents - The number of machines and devices installed with agents on the network.
Alerts Active - If checked, alerts are active on this network.
Network Prefix - The number of bits used to specify the network portion of an IP address.
Max Addr Count - The maximum number of IP addresses specified by a network.
- Click this icon to display the results of the latest scan and the accumulated results of all previous scans.