Enterprise network scan and asset discovery

The discovery module in Euladox finds the hardware, software and services on your network, on premise and in the cloud, and stores them in one IT asset database. It is for IT and procurement teams that need a reliable inventory before they manage licences, contracts or audits. It works with or without an agent and adheres to the ISO/IEC 19770 standard.

What Euladox discovers

Hardware. Full network autodiscovery of servers, desktops and laptops, switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers, VLANs, subnets and hypervisors such as VMware vSphere ESXi, Hyper-V, Xen, KVM and AHV.

Software. In-depth software discovery on Windows, Linux, Unix and Mac.

The result is a trusted base for application maps, so that digital transformation work is better informed, more secure and clearer on cost.

Agentless discovery with the Discovery Satellite

The agentless module is called the Discovery Satellite. It needs no client software on any device in the network, so it is easier to set up, faster to run and scales from small to very large estates. All credentials and firewall rules stay with you, under your control.

Attribute	Details
Native deployment	Euladox does not depend on any third-party scanning software to collect network inventory data.
Multi-protocol discovery	Scans computers, network printers, routers, switches and other networked devices.
Multi-segment and multi-location	Works in online and offline modes, so it fits most network designs.
Native adaptors	Active Directory, VMware, Hyper-V, Xen Server, OVM, Oracle technology products, IBM MQ, DB2 and MS SQL Server.
Reporting and troubleshooting	Discovery-completed and error reports, plus tools for access problems.

Discovery protocols

Protocol	Used for
WMI	Windows devices
SSH	Linux and Unix devices
SNMP	Network devices

Euladox also uses specific adaptors for Oracle Database, Oracle Middleware, IBM MQ, IBM DB2, MS SQL Server and VMware vCenter.

Discovery features and specialised adaptors

Agentless discovery features	Specialised adaptors
IP range discovery	MS Windows Server
Active Directory domain discovery	MS SQL Server
Windows workgroup discovery	Oracle Database
SSH discovery	Oracle WebLogic
SNMP discovery	Oracle Middleware
Complete OID scanning	Oracle E-Business Suite
VMware host to VM mapping	Java
Windows event log	IBM DB2
Automated warranty check (Dell, HP, Lenovo)	IBM WebSphere
Software usage metering	IBM MQ Series
Chrome OS	Quest Toad
Mac OS	Eclipse IDE

The Discovery Agent

The Discovery Agent is used mainly for scheduled discovery and application metering. It is installed on each machine and returns:

• hardware details of the machine
• installed software
• application usage metering data
• installation alerts

Asset recognition and software metering

Most inventory scanners return raw data with little about the servers and desktops, which does not show licensing potential or risk. Euladox recognises what it finds. Its hardware catalogue covers servers (Intel, AMD and RISC) made after 2001, all virtualization technologies and hypervisor versions, and Windows, Linux, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX and macOS versions. That supports accurate asset recognition, and from it the network asset distribution and the software licences deployed.

The ITAM database

The ITAM database tracks the physical, financial and contractual data of IT assets from deployment to retirement. It holds hardware inventory, software inventory, contract renewals and terms, asset costs, software licence entitlement and Effective License Position (ELP). You can view the raw data of discovered devices or the normalised data after asset recognition.

There are more than 50 reports and views, with filters on every report. For how the database works as a CMDB for the asset CI, see the IT asset repository page, or read about Euladox ITAM.