Universal Device Details
Almost every Asset Manager report and dashboard provides this set of device details:
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Device Type |
Category of appliance (e.g., general purpose, bridge, router, firewall, hub, load balancer, phone, printer, proxy server, remote management, switch) |
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DNS |
Domain Name Service |
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IP |
The Internet Protocol address (e.g., 10.100.50.102) IPv4 and IPv6 |
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MAC |
Media Access Control address (e.g., 01:23:45:67:89:ab) |
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Model |
Typically, an alphanumeric identifier (e.g., ff79ew0e) |
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OS |
The operating system (e.g., Cisco IOS, Linux, FreeBSD) |
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Router ID |
The 32 bit number assigned to each router running the OSPF protocol (e.g., ospf routerid 5.1.1.49) |
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Vendor |
The manufacturer of the device (e.g, Cisco, Juniper Networks, Microsof) |
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Version |
Unique software release number (e.g., Fedora Linux, 15.0, 8.x) |