Network scan
Asset discovery using network scan discovers assets with standard port numbers (3389 and 22) to profile assets. These ports are scanned using the telnet scan method to identify the operating system types.
Requirement | Description |
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Connectivity/Ports |
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Adding a Network scan job
To add a discovery job, go to Manage → Asset Discovery.
Select Network scan in +New Asset Discovery Job and follow the below-recommended guidelines:
Attributes | Description |
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Job details | |
Title | Enter a unique title for your scan job |
Type | Select either an IP range or IP list. If you select the range, then specify the start and end of 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 | If you want to initiate a job once or make it a recurring one, select the Once or Recurring option. When selecting a recurring job, select the required days for job execution. For example, you want to schedule a job every second day at 5.00 p.m. from 1st Jan 2018 to scan your network. Include the following details: Recur every: 2 days |
Task Start | Select the date when the task begins |
Schedule 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 | |
Onboard 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. |
| Tags (optional) | 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 | This option is selected by default. You can uncheck this option and select the required policy from the drop-down list. |
Rotation policy | This option is selected by default. You can uncheck this option and select the required policy from the drop-down list. |
Reconciliation policy | This option is selected by default. You can uncheck this option and select the required policy from the drop-down list. |
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 | When ticked, the accounts of this asset will be excluded from the Discovery job. |
Owner (optional) | If you have listed owner information of all the assets, please include it here. |
Tick the Active checkbox and click the Save button to add the Network Scan discovery job to the system.
Click the Save + Run Now button to start the network scan discovery immediately.
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