Asset detection system
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1. A method comprising:
- determining, using an asset detection engine, address information of a particular computing device within a network using a first pluggable discovery sensor in a set of discovery sensors included in the asset detection engine, wherein the first pluggable discovery sensor comprises a passive-type discovery sensor;
adding a second pluggable discovery sensor to the set of discovery sensors included in the asset detection engine, wherein the second pluggable discovery sensor comprises an active-type discovery sensor;
determining address information of another computing device within the network using the second pluggable discovery sensor; and
sending an identification of the address information of the particular computing device to an asset management system for inclusion of the address information in an asset repository managed by the asset management system.
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Abstract
A pluggable asset detection engine is used to identify devices within a network. The pluggable asset detection engine includes a set of pluggable discovery sensors and is adapted to identify particular address information of a particular computing device within a network, using a first pluggable discovery sensor in the set of discovery sensors, and send an identification of the particular address information of the particular computing device to an asset management system for inclusion of the particular address information in an asset repository managed by the asset management system.
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23 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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determining, using an asset detection engine, address information of a particular computing device within a network using a first pluggable discovery sensor in a set of discovery sensors included in the asset detection engine, wherein the first pluggable discovery sensor comprises a passive-type discovery sensor; adding a second pluggable discovery sensor to the set of discovery sensors included in the asset detection engine, wherein the second pluggable discovery sensor comprises an active-type discovery sensor; determining address information of another computing device within the network using the second pluggable discovery sensor; and sending an identification of the address information of the particular computing device to an asset management system for inclusion of the address information in an asset repository managed by the asset management system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. At least one non-transitory machine accessible storage medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions when executed on a machine, cause the machine to:
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determine, using an asset detection engine, address information of a particular computing device within a network using a first pluggable discovery sensor in a set of discovery sensors included in the asset detection engine, wherein the first pluggable discovery sensor comprises a passive-type discovery sensor; add a second pluggable discovery sensor to the set of discovery sensors included in the asset detection engine, wherein the second pluggable discovery sensor comprises an active-type discovery sensor; determine address information of another computing device within the network using the second pluggable discovery sensor; and send an identification of the address information of the particular computing device to an asset management system for inclusion of the address information in an asset repository managed by the asset management system.
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19. A system comprising:
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at least one processor device; at least one memory element; and a pluggable asset detection engine including a set of pluggable discovery sensors, adapted when executed by the at least one processor device to; determine particular address information of a particular computing device within a network, using a first pluggable discovery sensor in the set of discovery sensors, wherein the first pluggable discovery sensor comprises a passive-type discovery sensor; add a second pluggable discovery sensor to the set of discovery sensors included in the asset detection engine, wherein the second pluggable discovery sensor comprises an active-type discovery sensor; determine address information of another computing device within the network using the second pluggable discovery sensor; and send an identification of the particular address information of the particular computing device to an asset management system for inclusion of the particular address information in an asset repository managed by the asset management system. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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