Network Discovery Part 3 – it’s all about the documentation
Network documentation is a very complex and thorough topic – there are many guidelines, theories and even books that can help us with the process of creating and maintaining proper documents describing the network. The concept and execution may vary, but the purpose of the documentation should be unique – to represent the current state and settings of the network and all of the respective components.
Network Discovery (part one)
If you’re a network engineer chances are pretty likely you’ve encountered some form of this situation. You get a new job (either assigned to a new customer or a one-off) and are immediately expected to execute a specific task within the network without any previous…
Unlocking new vendors
The latest 2.2.8 version released very recently again brought new powerful features and updates to our customers. IP Fabric is continuously gathering feedback and request from customers and one of them was to be able to work with more network devices and vendors, specifically devices…
Follow up on network discovery
As a follow-up for previously published tips for first network discovery, we’ll get into some of the details about using basic authentication features and some troubleshooting tips when it discovery itself fails. Configuring network infrastructure access is mandatory in IP Fabric from the start and…
Troubleshooting basic discovery
One of the features that’s included in IP Fabric’s platform from the beginning of time is variability of network discovery inputs. First of all is Discovery Seed, which creates an entry point for discovery. Another functional feature is Filtering, which narrows down to what to…
Discovering network with a single set of read-only credentials
Discovery of existing IP network devices and links is essential to proper network management and control. How can you perform the discovery with the minimal initial information required?