Empirum-Device Discovery Description
Device Discovery is a service that can be configured independently; it is used to automatically detect and inventory heterogeneous devices in a network, including the following:
- Computers
- Network printers
- Switches
- Routers
- IP phones
- etc.
To detect these devices, Empirum Device Discovery uses the following scan methods:
- Ping
- SNMP
- DNS
- Port scan
- WMI
- Intel AMT
This service can be installed on any number of servers. Each service may be configured individually. A configuration can be assigned to one or several servers and may comprise one or several active jobs with different settings. The detected devices are written into the Empirum database and are available in the Empirum Management Console.