Credentials for Top-Down Discovery

Sometimes devices monitored by WhatsUp Gold are running within a cluster or deliberate deployment pattern. For these cases (virtual, wireless, storage, cloud, and more) it is best practice to first discover the management host or service with the appropriate credentials.

• NAS or SAN. Use Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) credentials.
• Virtual Hosts. Use VMware credentials for vCenter and ESX/ESXi. Use Windows credentials for Hyper-V.
• Wireless LAN Controllers. Typically Wireless LAN Controllers use SSH credentials or Meraki credentials.
• Cloud. Azure and Amazon credentials are available for discovering compute and storage resources.

See Also Getting the Most from Your Scan Discovering Virtual Devices Ensure SNMP/WMI Capability on Monitored Devices Cloud-based Wireless LAN Controllers Discovering Storage Devices Discovering and Monitoring Cloud-Managed Devices