Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide - Ipswitch Documentation Server

Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide
Device Summary
Device Limit. Lists the number of devices that WhatsUp Gold is licensed to manage.
Existing Devices. Lists the number of devices that WhatsUp Gold is monitoring.
Discovered Devices. Lists the number of devices discovered in the current scan.
Network Traffic
SNMP Bytes (in/out). Indicates the amount of SNMP data WhatsUp Gold has sent
and received in the current discovery process.
PDU (Protocol Data Unit) (in/out). Indicates the amount of data sent and received
among peer network devices during the discovery process.
Scanned. Indicates the number of devices scanned and the total number of devices
to be scanned.
Session Metrics
Scan Start. Indicates the time the discovery started.
Scan End. Indicates the time the discovery ended.
Elapsed Time. Indicates the time the discovery took to complete.
Session Settings
Scan Type. Indicates the current discovery method used in the current network scan.
Layer 2 scan. Indicates whether Layer 2 discovery was enabled for the discovery scan.
SNMP Credentials. Indicates the number of devices that were discovered with SNMP
credentials.
Windows Credentials. Indicates the number of devices that were discovered with
WMI credentials.
VMWare Credentials. Indicates the number of devices that were discovered with
VMware credentials.
Viewing device discovery information
After the discovery settings are configured and you start a discovery session, the Devices
Discovered section on the right side of the Discovery Console displays the progress and
results of the discovery scan. Information and the status of each device discovery appears as
follows:
Host Name. Lists the the discovered device name by IP address or name.
Address. Lists the discovered device IP address.
Brand. Lists the device hardware manufacturer. The brand information helps narrow
the discovery criteria to identify product model information.
Model. Lists the device manufacturer model. The model information helps further
refine the discovery criteria to help identify the device role.
Operating System. Lists the operating system the device is running.
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