nlyte Discover Module

The nlyte Discover Module provides the ability to scan the data center network to automatically locate and collect physical assets and their properties. The nlyte Discover Module works in conjunction with the nlyte Bulk Data Management (BDM) utility to combine the scanned data with the physical attributes for the discovered assets and quickly loads them in the nlyte Performance Management database (PMDB).

You Can’t Manage What You Can’t Find
When it comes to data center infrastructure management (DCIM), finding all your assets is the first step to getting your data center under control. In order for you to manage your data center assets, you need to automatically discover what you have. With the nlyte DCIM solution, you have multiple options for data center asset data collection. Traditionally, much of this data is either in spreadsheets, in one or more Configuration Management Databases (CMDBs), in homegrown solutions, or in the head of your data center manager.

The nlyte Discover Module, uses a non-intrusive, agent-less discovery technology to inventory all your data center’s networked IT assets and automatically load this information into the nlyte PMDB. We offer two configurations of nlyte Discover Module; Audit Mode and Inventory Mode.

In Audit Mode, we collect valuable information on CPU, memory, disk space, attached peripherals, operating system and networking along with data that helps us match these assets to their physical location in the data center.

With the optional Inventory Mode, the nlyte Discover Module supports additional data including the complete hardware inventory, software inventory, usage information, user information, software patching information and hundreds of other attributes specific to your IT assets.

You can schedule the nlyte Discover Module service to run periodically on your network or you can manually scan anytime. By configuring the nlyte Discover service, you control scan parameters, such as IP ranges, time and dates, device types or particular authorities.

The nlyte Discover Module compares the properties of discovered devices to those of assets in the nlyte PMDB.  If a device is not associated with an nlyte asset or has changed properties since the last scan, an exception report provides management with the data they need to take corrective action.  This asset data provides support for better understanding your current state and lays the ground work for making changes to improve the efficiency of your facility.

nlyte Discover Module Key Features
• Automatically discovers all networked assets within the data center (hardware, software, networking devices)
• Captures devices properties
• Automatically populates the nlyte PMDB
• Compares the properties of discovered assets to assets in the nlyte PMDB
• Scans can be scheduled to run periodically or manually
• Agent-less discovery can be distributed, very low bandwidth and non-intrusive
• Integrates with existing infrastructure (CRM, ERP, Service Desk)
• Asset normalization for reliability
• Web-based GUI & SQL database