SNMP Discovery

Connectivity / Ports
(Sectona → Target Asset)

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Credential

For SNMP v3 discovery scan, you need details such as username, authentication password, and encryption password.

Job Details

Job Title

Enter a unique title for your scan job. E.g., The production instances

SNMP version

Select the preferred SNMP version. The version can be version 1, version 2, or version 3 

Username (only for Version 3)

Provide a username with unique permissions to discover other resources. This user must be present on the SNMP device.

Password (only for Version 3)

Enter the authentication password set for the user.

Secret Key (only for Version 3)

Enter the encryption password set for the user.

Privacy Protocol (only for Version 3)

Select the privacy protocol set for the user. Privacy protocol can be DES, AES128, AES192, AES 256, or TripleDES.

Authentication Digest (only for Version 3)

Select the authentication digest set for the user. Authentication digest can be MD5 or SHA1 

Type

Select either IP range or IP list. If you select the range, then specify the start and end of the IP address. For the IP list, enter a comma that separates the IP address.

Timeout

Specify a timeout in minutes for this setting to define when the scanning should timeout for a job configured

Schedule type

Select a schedule type whether you would like to initiate this job once or recurring job. If you select a recurring job, you can choose the days on which this job must be executed.

E.g., If you want to schedule a job every 2nd day at 5.00 p.m. from 1st Jan 2018 to scan your network, include the following details:

Recur every: 2 days
Task Start: 01 Jan 2018
Schedule Start Time: 4:30 pm to 5:15 pm

Task Start

The day when the discovery job will start

Scheduled Time

You can either choose the "Any" or schedule a proper time from when to start the task and when to end the task

Action

On board assets

To start a scan manually with an option to add assets to specify profiles, click the Onboard asset as 'No.' 

If you wish to include assets automatically to existing groups and attributes, select the option 'Yes'

Asset description(optional)

Added text will be included in every asset description field

Location(optional)

Added location field will be included in every asset location. You can configure the system management location here

Criticality level(optional)

Added critical field will be included in every asset. This is important while structuring reports and notifications.

Refer to section Criticality level for more information about adding criticality level.

You can associate an asset with your desired single or multiple tags like Infosec, Banking Core Server, ATM Switches, etc.

Refer to section Tags for more information about adding context with tags.

Checkout policy

The option is selected as default, as one can choose its policy by unchecking the default option and selecting the policy from the drop-down list available.

Rotation policy

The option is selected as default as one can choose its policy by unchecking the default option and selecting the policy from the drop-down list available

Reconciliation policy

The option is selected as default as one can choose its policy by unchecking the default option and selecting the policy from the drop-down list available.

Config value 1

The configuration value can be assigned here.

Config value 2

The configuration value can be assigned here.

Config value 3

The configuration value can be assigned here.

Config value 4

The configuration value can be assigned here.

Exclude from Account Discovery

Owner(optional)

If you have listed owner information of all the assets, please include it here.