Discovery Exam with Complete Solutions

Discovery Exam with Complete Solutions What are the 5 steps in Discovery? 1) ServiceNow puts output instructions on the ECC queue 2) A regular job runs on the MID server polling the ServiceNow instance 3) Depending on the type of probe, the MID Server begins interrogating the network 4) Responses are logged in the ECC queue as inputs 5) Discovery patterns decipher what course of action to take with the payload What is the MID Server monitor checking for when polling SNOW? Checking ECC queue entries with a value of Output and status of Ready What are the 4 discovery phases? 1) Port Scan Phase 2) Classification 3) Identification 4) Exploration What happens during Port Scan phase? It's a Shazzam probe that scans for all active services, essentially saying "Are you out there?" What happens during the Classification Phase? Determines the device type and how to classify it What happens during the Identification Phase? Determines the CI's existence and if it has ever seen it before What happens during the exploration phase? Explores the CI device for more information about itself What does the dependency view show? Shows how to CI are related. If one CI "runs on" another or "depends on" another What's the difference between Service Mapping and Discovery? Discovery runs horizontally looking for all CIs in an IP range, while Service Mapping is vertical interrogating CIs related to each other to define a business service What's the primary purpose of the MID server? To facilitate communication and movement of data between the ServiceNow platform and external application behind the enterprise firewall What is a MID server? A lightweight Java process that runs on a Windows or Linux server