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RAPID Discovery Instructions to Run

Team Live Optics
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RAPID Discovery access is currently limited to Dell Technology and Partners.

Overview

RAPID Discovery is a feature of the Live Optics collector which scans a customer environment using Active Directory and network Port scanning to identify network devices (servers, laptops, switches, printers, storage arrays, etc).  The tool further enhances the discovered assets by using a mix of WMI and SSH protocols to obtain additional details about servers and devices that it discovers.

This document outlines the process on how to run a RAPID Discovery collection from the Live Optics Collector.

As a reminder, please make sure to download the latest version of the Live Optics Collector.

 

Detailed Instructions

Download the Live Optics Windows Collector Software

  • From the Live Optics portal, Download Collectors can be selected from the left menu or from the radio button on the main screen

NOTE: the Windows collector requires .NET 4.5 or greater to be installed on the host running the collector

  • Click the Download button to start the download. A file named LiveOptics.zip will be downloaded
  • Once the file download completes, extract the contents of the zip file to the host where the software will run. The Live Optics collector does not install like a typical Windows application.  Extracting the zip file is all that is needed to run the collector 
  • NOTE: the collector can run on any host with IP connectivity to the storage array being profiled

 

Run the Live Optics Collector Software

  • Navigate to the directory where the Live Optics collector software is downloaded
  • Run LiveOpticsDotNet4_5
  • Click the “Yes, I agree” button to accept the End User License Agreement

NOTE:  This question only appears the first time the collector software is run 

 

Running RAPID Discovery

  • Select Server & Cloud from the Category
  • Then select RAPID Discovery from the list of asset types 

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  • The Upload Option is already selected for you, click next
  • From this screen, initiate either IP Range Scans or Active Directory Scans.

a.  For IP Range Scan, enter the corresponding IP Range to scan

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b.  For Active Directory Scan, provide AD that contains all server objects.

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  • Sort, filter, and select objects from the list.

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  • If needed, run additional, deeper scans of either the WMI or SSH types.                                         

a.  For these types of scans, you must provide credentials (username and password), using the Credential Manager.

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  • Once the collections has completed, click Generate Excel Report                                                 

a. For information regarding the Excel Definitions, please click on the following link: https://support.liveoptics.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408552652187-Rapid-Discovery-Excel-Definitions-

  • Additionally, can Save Configuration and Import Configuration.                                                         

a.  This saves the data out to a JSON format file, which you can import into the RAPID Discovery tool.rapid_7.png