It will be very helpful if NetBrain can probe endpoint devices similar to how it probe network switches/routes.
Useful data from the endpoints will be things like Interface, Ipconfig/ifconfig, route table, etc.
Utilization metrics is also good, but even if we only have configuration data, it will be very help for end-to-end troubleshooting.
In one of the recent incident meeting I went to...we found that the server is missing static route and therefore, the specific application traffic is being send out the default route interface. For this case, we will not be able to see that on NetBrain bcoz it doesn’t calculate the path considering the route table on the endpoints.
Based on what I can see on NetBrain 101 and 102 class, I think all the basic data concept are there …. configuration, interface, route tables, etc etc…… if we can get NetBrain to SSH to Unix servers to run some CLI commands (and remote execute powershell CLI commands on Windows servers) … I think we can have all the necessary config/data on NetBrain.
If NetBrain can extent the discovery and mapping to endpoints with some configuration details, I think it will become a even more popular tools for troubleshooting. It will certainly be my go-to tools… and I will be recommending it to all the customer supporting by our company (Kyndryl).
If you need a co-create / pilot account, let me know and I will be happy to participate.
Thanks.