In the recent NG 781 RRR update, Pandora FMS has significantly enhanced its Discovery system with the powerful NetScan feature, making it even easier to automatically detect and comprehensively monitor technological assets in complex networks.
What’s New with NetScan in Discovery?
NetScan enables automatic device discovery in networks, determining their topology, and applying monitoring immediately. This feature may be configured in two modes, tailored to different needs:
- Simple Mode: It automatically detects all networks accessible from Pandora FMS server through traceroute to the Internet (8.8.8.8), a review of the local routing table, and direct scanning of connected networks.
- Advanced Mode: It allows detailed parameter customization such as specific networks (CIDR), exclusion of particular IPs, advanced SNMP scanning, WMI, name resolution, and operating system detection.
Key Advantages of the Updated Discovery
- Automation and Speed: It significantly reduces the time spent on manual processes.
- Validation and Control: Manually verify which assets are added after the scan.
- Automatic Network Maps: Instantly visualize the topology of discovered assets.
- Advanced Auto-Configuration Rules: Automatically apply specific policies, execute scripts, or trigger custom events based on detected assets.
Visual and Functional Improvements in Network Maps
Network maps have been redesigned to offer a better visual experience and navigation:
- Intuitive Grid for Relocation and Organization: It simplifies arranging and managing network elements.
- Clear Visible Boundaries: It enables more precise asset management.
- Dynamic and Optimized Generation: It uses methods like spring 1 and radial dynamic for efficient map creation.
These maps are synchronized with Discovery results, updating automatically with each scan execution.
How to Get the Most Out of It
This version is specially conceived for administrators managing large or dynamic environments, optimizing resources through the automation of initial asset discovery and enabling a more proactive and strategic monitoring approach.
The Discovery update in Pandora FMS NG 781 RRR transforms operational management, significantly boosting efficiency from day one.
Explore all the new features in our full release notes and start optimizing your monitoring today!
Pandora FMS’s editorial team is made up of a group of writers and IT professionals with one thing in common: their passion for computer system monitoring. Pandora FMS’s editorial team is made up of a group of writers and IT professionals with one thing in common: their passion for computer system monitoring.
