Network Devices

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The Network Devices dataset provides metadata and status information about all network devices discovered and monitored through Datadog’s Network Device Monitoring (NDM). Each device is uniquely identified and enriched with details such as vendor, device type, location, IP address, and operational health. This dataset enables network and infrastructure teams to track device inventory, assess connectivity and reachability, and monitor the overall health of routers, switches, firewalls, and other critical devices across their environments.

dd.network_devices

Fields

Title	ID	Type	Data Type	Description
Device Identifier	device_id	core	string	A unique internal identifier assigned to each network device by Datadog. Used to correlate and distinguish devices across monitoring data.
SNMP System Object ID	sys_object_id	core	string	The SNMP sysObjectID for the device, identifying the vendor and device family/model. Useful for mapping devices to profiles and vendor-specific metadata.
Device Name	name	core	string	The name of the device as discovered (e.g., hostname or sysName for SNMP devices).
Namespace	namespace	core	string	A logical grouping or environment identifier (e.g., tenant, cluster, or configuration domain) used to isolate and scope devices.
Device Description	description	core	string	The system description for the device (sysDescr in SNMP), typically containing vendor-provided details about hardware, OS, version, and build information.
Device Status	status	core	string	The high-level health status of the device as reported by Datadog.
Ping Reachability	ping_status	core	string	Status of ICMP ping checks to the device. Indicates if the device is responding to network pings.
SNMP Profile	profile	core	string	The Datadog NDM profile applied to the device, typically derived from its vendor and model (e.g., cisco-router, juniper-switch). Profiles determine which metrics and metadata are collected.
Vendor	vendor	core	string	The manufacturer or provider of the device (e.g., Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto Networks).
Subnet	subnet	core	string	The IP subnet (in CIDR notation) associated with the device. Useful for network segmentation and inventory grouping.
IP Address	ip_address	core	string	The primary IPv4 address used by Datadog to monitor the device.
Device Type	device_type	core	string	The functional category of the device (e.g., router, switch, firewall, load balancer).
Location	location	core	string	A logical or physical location identifier for the device (e.g., datacenter, site, or region). May be derived from configuration or tagging.
Tags	tags	core	hstore	Key-value metadata tags associated with the device. Tags provide flexible categorization (e.g., environment, owner team, role).
Agent Host	agent_host	tag	string	The hostname of the Datadog Agent responsible for collecting SNMP data from the network device.
Agent Version	agent_version	tag	string	The version of the Datadog Agent running the SNMP check that monitors the device.