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Quick Discovery of One Known Linux Server

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In this lesson, you will learn:

  • How to run the first real scan
  • What each phase shows
  • What ‘good’ looks like

🔁 Quick look back: Last time: The Pre-Scan Readiness Gate. You learned the final checks before the first scan.

1 The Problem: You Need Proof the Whole Chain Works

Every part is set up: MID Server, credentials, ports, classifiers. But none has been tested together on a real server:

  • A small gap anywhere could stop the scan.

🎯 The problem: You need proof that the whole chain works.

👉 The fix: Discover one known Linux server, and watch every phase.

Four phases with results for snwr-mail-01.
Figure 1. The first real scan of snwr-mail-01.

2 Running it

  1. Open Discovery Admin Workspace on snwrtest.
  2. Run Quick Discovery on 10.10.10.21.
  3. Open the status record and watch it progress.
  4. Wait for it to complete.

3 What good looks like

  • Status: Completed, no errors.
  • The device shows as a Linux Server.
  • The existing CI was updated, not a new one created.
  • Fields like OS version and serial number are filled.

4 Project Clear View: How We Implemented It

📍 Situation: It’s Monday of week 6. The pre-scan gate passed.

🧭 Decision: Run Quick Discovery on snwr-mail-01 with Hana watching.

🛠️ Steps we took:

  1. Ran Quick Discovery on 10.10.10.21 from snwrtest.
  2. Watched the status move through each phase.
  3. Opened the CI after completion.
  4. Showed Hana the updated fields.

✅ What we verified:

  • Completed with no errors.
  • The existing CI was updated, now with a serial number.

📁 Evidence: The status record, saved as evidence for gate 4.

5 Quick recap

  • Test the whole chain on one known device.
  • Run Quick Discovery and watch the status.
  • Good means completed, right class, existing CI updated.
  • Check key fields are filled.

6 Check yourself

Think of your answer first. Then tap to check.

1 Why scan a known server first? Show answer

You know what it should look like, so you can check the result.

2 What shows the existing CI was matched? Show answer

It was updated, and no new CI was created.

3 Which new field appeared on snwr-mail-01? Show answer

The serial number.

Nice work! The whole Discovery chain works at SNWR. 🎉
Next up: Following the Discovery: Status, Logs and ECC Queue

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