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Features Introduced in Network Discovery 2.0

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Features Introduced in Network Discovery 2.0

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Where Can I Use This?	What Do I Need?
Panorama Firewalls	IoT Security subscription

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What's New in Network Discovery 2.0.2

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New Feature Description

New Feature	Description
SNMP Crawling Settings Enhancements `PAN-OS 11.1 and later releases`	Network Discovery adds configuration options to SNMP crawling to help target specific parts of the network and control resource consumption. For SNMP network discovery or for SNMP network data refreshment jobs, you can set the maximum duration for the jobs to run. When Network Discovery queries SNMP switches, you can specify the name of the site where the job queries switches, and configure the maximum number of hops to crawl from the entry switch. Additionally, you can specify how long to wait for a response before an attempt times out, as well as how many times to retry querying a switch.
Polling Protocols Support `PAN-OS 11.1 and later releases`	Network Discovery adds support for polling with the following protocols: FANUC Focas IEC 61850 MMS Mitsubishi MELSOFT TCP Omron FINS Profinet UMAS Modbus UPnP

SNMP Crawling Settings Enhancements

PAN-OS 11.1 and later releases

Network Discovery adds configuration options to SNMP crawling to help target specific parts of the network and control resource consumption.

For SNMP network discovery or for SNMP network data refreshment jobs, you can set the maximum duration for the jobs to run.

When Network Discovery queries SNMP switches, you can specify the name of the site where the job queries switches, and configure the maximum number of hops to crawl from the entry switch. Additionally, you can specify how long to wait for a response before an attempt times out, as well as how many times to retry querying a switch.

Polling Protocols Support

PAN-OS 11.1 and later releases

Network Discovery adds support for polling with the following protocols:

FANUC Focas
IEC 61850 MMS
Mitsubishi MELSOFT TCP
Omron FINS
Profinet
UMAS Modbus
UPnP

What's New in Network Discovery 2.0.1

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New Feature	Description
Enable Debug Logs `PAN-OS 11.1 and later releases`	Enable debug logs from Network Discovery polling using the following command in the admin terminal. request plugins debug networkdiscovery level [high\|low\|medium\|off]

What's New in Network Discovery 2.0.0

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New Feature Description

New Feature	Description
Learn Device Attributes by Polling `PAN-OS 11.1 and later releases`	You can now learn device attributes by polling using various protocols through the Network Discovery plugin. When the Network Discovery plugin successfully polls a device, IoT Security adds whatever attributes it didn't yet have for the device. When it learns attributes for assets that aren't yet in its database, it creates new entries for the devices. If IoT Security learns only an IP address, it adds a new entry to the IP Endpoints page.

Learn Device Attributes by Polling

PAN-OS 11.1 and later releases

You can now learn device attributes by polling using various protocols through the Network Discovery plugin. When the Network Discovery plugin successfully polls a device, IoT Security adds whatever attributes it didn't yet have for the device. When it learns attributes for assets that aren't yet in its database, it creates new entries for the devices. If IoT Security learns only an IP address, it adds a new entry to the IP Endpoints page.

Network Discovery Plugin 2.0

Known Issues in Network Discovery 2.0