FireScope Workbench 2.8.1

FireScope Workbench 2.8.1 provides you a group of free tools designed to make life easier for IT professionals. This version currently includes a Service Modeler with dependency discovery and MIB walker and MIB importer, with additional plugins under development. FireScope Workbench is built using Javas Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT), and is capable of periodically checking for updates and deliver single-click installation of new features as they are published.

The MIB (Management Information Base) Walker and Browser Tool collects information about your SNMP-enabled networked devices by walking the SNMP tree for a target device and polling the current value of every OID (Object IDentifier) the device supports. Third-party MIBs can be imported using the MIB Importer plugin with point and click ease.

Recently added Ping Sweep utilities can scan large IP ranges in seconds, with DNS lookup of responding hosts, and is exportable to CSV or XML files.

Once youve walked an SNMP device, you can create real-time graphs of the value of any OID or you can export the walk to an XML file. This file can then be uploaded to FireScope BSM to be added as a managed asset.

The Service Modeler component in FireScope Workbench enables you model your IT Services in an easy to use interface that includes discovery capabilities to do all the legwork for you. Simply create your Service Group containers and scan your network to begin mapping your IT Services and their dependent networked assets.
Once you?ve built your service model, an export to XML function provides a standards-compliant format for importing into Visio or any other network visualization tool, or into any monitoring and management solution that supports XML import.

In addition to using FireScope Workbench as an independent application, it can connect with the FireScope Business Service Management (BSM) or FireScope Configuration Management (CMDB) solution to simplify configuration for rapid time to value.

Major Features:

1. Walks Like A Charm
   • The MIB (Management Information Base) Walk Tool quickly collects information about your SNMP-enabled networked devices by walking the SNMP tree for a target device and polling the current value of every OID (Object Identifier) the device supports. Check out some screen shots and see MIB Walker in action!
   • Once you've walked a device, you can create real-time graphs of the value of any OID or even export the walk to an XML file. This file can then be uploaded to FireScope BSM to be added as a managed asset.
   • What makes FireScope Workbench unique, is its ability to import MIB files on the fly as a device is walked. Simply download a MIB file from your vendor or third party website, and FireScope will automatically identify the correct MIB file to use. Additionally, each MIB is cached, making successive walks of similar devices faster and faster
2. Easily Organize Your MIBs
   • There's no better way to keep your MIB files in line than with Workbench's MIB Importer. The Importer gathers MIB files into FireScope, where they are then accessible by other Workbench plug-ins, such as the MIB Walker.
   • By default, Workbench comes with over 500 MIB files to cover the most commonly used devices. MIB Importer enables you to grab MIB files from your vendors or MIB repositories and import them into FireScope to use in MIB Walker, MIB Browser and more.
   • Import once and have access to it's OID data in MIB Walker, MIB Browser and any forthcoming SNMP plugins.
   • Over 500 MIB files included to cover the most commonly used devices.
   • Streamlined interface, one-step import.
   • Able to reset to default MIB library with a single click.
   • Any properly formatted MIB file can be imported.
     
3. Is There Any Body Out There?
   • Workbench's Ping Sweep function is the fastest and easiest way to see what is running on your network. The rapid scan offers complete visibility, returning the name, IP of what was found, and its response time (which is useful for identifying whether the network is running slow). The results can be exported to XML or CSV formats, so you can load the results into FireScope, Excel, or other third-party tools.
   • Scan a class-c subnet in mere minutes, including DNS lookup of each responding host.
   • Instant filtering, sorting and searching of results at the click of the mouse.
   • Export results into FireScope Universal XML format or CSV, for easy portability to your other programs.
     
4. Service Modeler You Can Dependency On
   • The Service Modeler feature of FireScope Workbench lets you model your IT Services in a user-friendly interface with discovery capabilities to do all the legwork. Simply create your Service Group containers and scan your network to begin mapping IT Services and their dependent networked assets.
   • Once you've built your service model, an export to XML function provides a standards-compliant format for importing into Visio or any other network visualization tool, or into any monitoring and management solution that supports XML import, which includes FireScope BSM and CMDB products.
   • Five-step process from start to finish, accessible for any level of user.
   • Service discovery scans of your network to identify service dependencies.
   • Export your service model to XML for massive portability.
5. Take It Up A Notch
   • While the Community-Edition makes things dramatically easier for IT operators, our free version only nicks the surface of Workbench's full capabilities. In addition to the tools covered above, the Pro-Edition also features a MIB Browser (with import option), Service Catalog Builder, Discovery, and User Experience Checker. In-depth explanations of each feature are available below
6. 6Design With Ease
   • The FireScope Service Catalog Builder enables you to design your entire service catalog, from the catalog containers, down through their dependent systems and applications, all with point and click ease.
   • Source catalogs are an essential tool for any organization that embraces ITIL, and Workbench's catalogs can be exported to universal XML for use in FireScope products, as well as third-party applications.
   • Build multiple Service Catalogs for each location, department or user group.
   • Highly intuitive interface walks you through every step.
   • Advanced discovery helps you link dependencies to the critical services offered in each catalog.
7. MIBs At Your Fingertips
   • FireScope Workbench's MIB Browser provides you with an encyclopedic knowledge of your MIBs. The user-friendly interface lets you browse all of your MIB's - including third-party or vendor created files - either by OID, MIB File, or tree view.
   • To make the browsing process even easier, FireScope offers a search function, which scans the OID, title and description. MIB Browser also gives you the ability to add individual OID's to an export list that can be saved as an XML file for faster configuration of FireScope.
   • Browse your MIB data by individual MIB file, OID tree or search by any column.
   • Pick an OID and test against your SNMP-enabled assets with real-time charting of values.
   • Over 500 MIB files included to cover the most commonly used devices.
   • Build your own export list of individual OID's, saved as XML for maximum portability to your favorite apps.
     
8. Discovery Made Easy, Fast and Inexpensive
   • The advanced discovery capabilities in Workbench's Professional-Edition take the Community-Edition's service discovery to the next level, offering features traditionally found only in discovery products costing six figures. No other product offers such powerful Discovery capabilities at FireScope's affordable rate. Workbench Pro-Edition scans a network to find active devices and identify the model (in the case of network equipment or printers), operating system, applications and more. Highly configurable, you're able to scan by network range, ports to investigate, and can even perform SNMP queries.
   • Powerful features that rival competitors charging 100x FireScope Workbench's price.
   • Choose from any combination of pre-defined port scans, SNMP queries or custom service scans.
   • Extremely intuitive interface, masterable by users of every experience-level
9. Diagnose and Monitor Even the Most Complex Web App
   • Workbench's User Experience Checker simulates commonly performed tasks on a web application, such as adding items to a shopping cart, completing transactions, logging in, running reports and more.
   • At each step, Workbench verifies that the step is completed, either by http return code or by checking for specific words or phrases in the output. Also, response time and download speeds are measured for each step, helping you identify performance bottlenecks that might be causing customers to abandon your site.
   • The User Experience Checker supports all web technologies - ASP, CGI, .NET, Java Server Pages, PHP, etc, and will submit POST and GET data at each step. And to give you the big picture, it also creates real-time graphs that measure the performance of each step over time.

Enhancements:

• Introducing the fourth new plugin for FireScope Workbench to be released in the last 6 months, the MIB Importer. T
• his . plugin mades it easy to import third-party MIBs into FireScope for use in the MIB Walker and future plugins. Current .
• Workbench users will be prompted to allow Workbenchs automatic update feature to install this plugin.
• Future plugins are . already in the works, download now and get access to these new features instantly as they become available.