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- port scanner runs against IPs to see what's open
- determines device type
- depending on type, runs applicable probes:
- Windows: WMI & powershell
- Unix: SSH
- Printers: SNMP
- Network Devices: SNMP
- Web: HTTP headers
- UPS: SNMP
- search the CMDB using identifiers (serial, MAC, etc), do either of the following:
- update/add matching CI
- no-op
Platforms
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Agent
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Proof of Concept
Instead of using canned SSH-based probes for UNIX, we are researching the possibility of using SNMP against unix boxes (and possibly windows). In theory we can do this by simply replacing the SSH probes with equivalent SNMP probes which SNMP GET information from extended MIB objects which we apply to all machines we plan to instrument.
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