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Azure Express Route Circuit pattern-based discovery

Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns finds Azure Express Route Circuit resources on your cloud environment. Discovering some of these resources may require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.

Pattern-based discovery and mapping requirements

Verify the Azure discovery prerequisites section in Microsoft Azure Cloud discovery using patterns.

Data collected by Discovery during horizontal discovery

Discovery populates the data in the CMDB when running the Azure - Express Route Circuit (LP) pattern.

FieldDescription
Object ID [object_id]The unique Azure resource identifier for the Express Route Circuit.
Name [name]The name of the Express Route Circuit.
State [state]The current state of the Express Route Circuit.
VLAN ID [vlanid]The Virtual LAN (VLAN) identifier assigned to the Express Route Circuit.
Install Status [install_status]Install status of the resource. Default value is Installed.

CI relationships

The Azure - Express Route Circuit (LP) pattern creates these relationships to support Azure Express Route Circuit discovery.

CIRelationshipCI
Resource Group [cmdb_ci_resource_group]Contains::Contained byCloud Direct Connect [cmdb_ci_cloud_direct_connect]
Cloud Direct Connect [cmdb_ci_cloud_direct_connect]Hosted on::HostsAzure Datacenter [cmdb_ci_azure_datacenter]
Key Value [cmdb_key_value]ReferencesCloud Direct Connect [cmdb_ci_cloud_direct_connect]

Azure Tag discovery

The Azure - Express Route Circuit (LP) pattern collects tags and populates them in the Key Value [cmdb_key_value] table.

FieldDescription
Key [key]Tag name.
Value [value]Tag value.
Configuration item [configuration_item]References the Cloud Direct Connect [cmdb_ci_cloud_direct_connect] table.

Parent Topic:Microsoft Azure Cloud discovery using patterns