A Network Asset Discovery and Inventory presentation geared for C-Level and Senior IT Executives.

1. Why Collect Comprehensive
Data Center Asset Information?
A High Level Introduction to the
NetworkSage™ Asset Discovery and Inventory Service
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2. Why Collect Comprehensive
Data Center Asset Information?
• The current infrastructure documentation has critical
knowledge gaps
– Lack accurate and detailed documentation
– Existing documentation is not current
– Key knowledge holders have left
• Accurate infrastructure data is a Key Success Factor
for Major Business and IT Initiatives:
– Service Level Management
– Business Continuance and Disaster Recovery Planning
– Strategic technology planning (i.e. ROI/TCO, BIA)
– Major data center infrastructure change
• Data center consolidation or relocation
• Server/Storage consolidation or virtualization
– Mergers & Acquisitions
• Due Diligence Analysis
• Application Consolidation
– Asset Management
• Budget and Planning
• Hardware/Software Management
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3. Conducting a Traditional Data Center
Asset Inventory
• Compiling Data:
– Usually a manual or mixed process to collect data
– Very expensive and time consuming (measured in
months)
– High impact on operations and application support
staff
– Don’t track enough usable detail
– Inconsistent data being collected
– Requires collected data to be cleansed
– Usually only represent server assets
• Upon Completion:
– Data is usually outdated by the time the process is
completed
– At best is about 60-75 percent accurate
– Compiled into multiple spreadsheets
– Are very difficult to keep updated
– Difficult to assemble usable information
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4. What is NetworkSage™?
• An Internet Protocol-based Network Asset
Discovery and Inventory Automation Probe
• Employ an agent-less and non intrusive data
collection process
• Represents a Snapshot-In-Time view of data
center or desktop environments
• Collected data is stored in a ITIL Configuration
Management Database (CMDB)
• CMDB is used as a Decision Support System
• Detailed Inventory of Assets:
– Hardware (Chassis, Boards, Ports, etc.)
– Operating System
– Network Connections
– Installed Software
– Running Processes
– Identifies Major Applications and Database
Instances
– System/Application Dependencies
– Identifies Issues and Risk Areas
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5. NetworkSage™ Supported
System Categories
• Open Systems
– UNIX Systems
– Windows Servers and Workstations
– OpenVMS
• Network Switches and Routers
• Storage Area Network Switches
• Storage Arrays and Tape Libraries
• Network Attached Storage
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6. Benefits of Using the
NetworkSage™ Service
• Gathers comprehensive infrastructure data
• Consistent and repeatable data gathering between
systems
• Data gathering process is measured in Hours not
Months
• Very low impact on:
– Operations Staff
– Systems being inventoried
• Delivers results fast
• Inexpensive Service Solution
• Replaces spreadsheets with a CMDB using
Microsoft Access for ongoing Decision Support use
• Allows project management teams members to
analyze the CMDB data
• The CMDB can augment Disaster Recovery
capabilities
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