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Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.NetworkAdapter.All.Discovery (Discovery)

This rule uses WMI to discover all network adapters reported by Windows.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This Discovery Rule discovers and populates the Windows Server class named “Windows Server 2008 Network Adapter" with instances Network Adapters that are discovered on Windows 2008 Servers.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Windows.Server.2008.OperatingSystem
EnabledFalse
Frequency86760
RemotableFalse

Object Discovery Details:

Discovered Classes and their attribuets:
Discovered relationships and their attribuets:

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
DiscoveryDataSource DataSource Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.NetworkAdapterDiscovery.ModuleType Default

Source Code:

<Discovery ID="Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.NetworkAdapter.All.Discovery" Enabled="false" Target="Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.OperatingSystem">

  <Category>Discovery</Category>

  <DiscoveryTypes>

    <DiscoveryClass TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.NetworkAdapter">

      <Property TypeID="System!System.Entity" PropertyID="DisplayName"/>

      <Property TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.LogicalDevice" PropertyID="DeviceID"/>

      <Property TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.LogicalDevice" PropertyID="Name"/>

      <Property TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.LogicalDevice" PropertyID="Description"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServer!Microsoft.Windows.Server.NetworkAdapter" PropertyID="AdapterType"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServer!Microsoft.Windows.Server.NetworkAdapter" PropertyID="Index"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServer!Microsoft.Windows.Server.NetworkAdapter" PropertyID="Manufacturer"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServer!Microsoft.Windows.Server.NetworkAdapter" PropertyID="MACAddress"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServer!Microsoft.Windows.Server.NetworkAdapter" PropertyID="ServiceName"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServer!Microsoft.Windows.Server.NetworkAdapter" PropertyID="PerfmonInstance"/>

    </DiscoveryClass>

    <DiscoveryRelationship TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.ComputerHostsLogicalDevice"/>

  </DiscoveryTypes>

  <DataSource ID="DiscoveryDataSource" TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.NetworkAdapterDiscovery.ModuleType">

    <ComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</ComputerName>

    <ComputerID>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/PrincipalName$</ComputerID>

    <IntervalSeconds>86760</IntervalSeconds>

    <TimeoutSeconds>360</TimeoutSeconds>

    <DiscoverDisabledNetworkAdapters>true</DiscoverDisabledNetworkAdapters>

    <UseMacAddress>true</UseMacAddress>

  </DataSource>

</Discovery>