Using Detection Maps

Use the Detection Map to view all newly detected devices, and to move those devices onto maps.

Devices are displayed on the Detection Map from the following sources:

  • Scheduled Auto-discovery - If scheduled Auto-discovery is enabled, any device that responds to a ping from Intermapper is displayed on the Detection Map. The Detection Map is updated only when a scheduled Auto-discovery runs.
  • Flows Server discovery - If Flows Server discovery is enabled and the Flows server is connected to a correctly configured Flows exporter, devices that show any activity appear on the Detection Map. The Flows Server runs continuously.

Moving Devices to a Map

When a new device appears on the Detection Map, you can move it to an existing map.

To move one or more new devices to an existing map:

  1. Select the devices you want to move. If you want to move only one device, you can skip this step.
  2. From the Move to submenu, right-click the device and select the map you want to move them to. The selected devices are are moved to the specified map.
NOTE:  The devices on the Detection Map use the Non-polling probe. After you move a device, select the probes appropriate to the device.

Getting an Alert When a New Device is Added

Any notifier can be attached to the Detection map. Most notifiers are attached to devices, networks, or interfaces, and are triggered based changes in their states. For devices on a Detection map, you can specify whether to trigger a notifier based on the source of the detection:

  • The Flows Server - The notifier is triggered when the Flows Server reports a new device.
  • Scheduled Auto-Discovery - The notifier is triggered when a device is discovered through Scheduled Auto-Discovery.

Deleting Devices from the Detection Map

In some cases, you might never want to monitor a particular device.

To delete devices from the Detection map:

  1. Click the pencil icon to make the map editable.
  2. Select the devices you want to delete.
  3. Press Delete on your keyboard. The selected devices are removed from Detection map.
NOTE:  The devices might reappear at some point, depending on how you configured New Device Detection:
  • Scheduled Auto-discovery - If you delete a device that was detected through scheduled Auto-discovery, the device reappears when a new Auto-discovery cycle runs if the device is discovered during that cycle.
  • Flows Server discovery - If you delete a device that was detected through the Flows Server, the device reappears only when the Flows Server is restarted and activity is detected from the device.