Basic configuration

To successfully monitor all devices in your network you must perform several steps even before you start the nVision network scanner. First of all you have to properly configure SNMP devices (the most important is setting the proper IP address and SNMP community). For more information about SNMP device configuration you should refer to the appropriate device documentation.

Configuring credentials

To monitor SNMP, you also need to provide the SNMP community. You can specify the community in the Host info window on the SNMP tab.

Requirements for monitoring SNMP devices

Additionally to the above requirements, the firewall on the remote host must be properly configured. The following table lists the ports that must be open:

Enabling WMI is described in detail in the Monitoring and managing Windows with WMI topic. In order for the WMI to operate correctly, the login credentials (i.e. Windows credentials on the specific station) should be properly configured.

Possible methods of installing Agents are described in detail in section Installing and uninstalling Agents.

Agents and nVision automatically open the required ports in Windows Firewall. However, if any other firewall is present, these ports must be opened manually.

The ports are listed in the topic Ports.