Connected devices are front and center at Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.’s Discover conference in London this week.

On top of hosting dozens of sessions dedicated to machine-generated data, the company has unveiled several new products at the event that aim to help organizations better manage the growing number of devices on their networks. The first addition is a tool called the ClearPass Universal Profiler that can automatically log the key attributes of a connected endpoint when it comes online. If the system in question is a field sensor deployed somewhere outdoors, then the software could be used to identify its purpose and location.

ClearPass Universal Profiler thus enables administrators to reduce the blind spots that often plague large networks. Moreover, HPE says that the information collected by the software can be employed to create customized management policies. A manufacturer, for instance, might want to have diagnostics data from industrial gear sent to the specific facility where it’s deployed. The fact that device attributes are checked every time a system connects to the network can help avoid operational conflicts when equipment is moved to a new location or undergoes configuration changes.

For companies with even more advanced needs, HPE is introducing a new iteration of its Aruba 2540 switch at Discover that supports device prioritization. Similarly to the ClearPass Universal Profiler, the system can individually evaluate every endpoint and determine how much bandwidth to assign it based on preconfigured policies. This feature should help companies guarantee the performance of mission-critical systems in edge locations with limited infrastructure resources that must be shared among a large number of devices.

Rounding out today’s product rollout are two appliances based on HPE’s Edgeline converged infrastructure series. The first system is tuned to analyze production line logs and provide early warning of potential equipment failures, while the other targets time-series data as soil readings and power grid usage. These types of measurements are essential for tracking the long-term trends that shape an industrial company’s operations.

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