Users Guide

Configuring IT Assistant to Monitor Your Systems 39
Configuring SNMP for PowerConnect Switches
Jane can monitor her ten PowerConnect switches by using IT Assistant. Each model of PowerConnect
switch has documentation that provides the following information on setting up the SNMP service for
that switch:
• Community names
• Trap destinations
• The hosts from which the switch will accept SNMP packets
Initial Tasks for Finding Systems on Jane’s Network
Now that Jane has reviewed the prerequisite information for her discovery configuration, she is ready to
perform first-time discovery configuration. Jane must perform the following tasks:
• Configure communication protocols on the managed systems.
• Configure discovery settings.
• Enter all of the discovery ranges.
Using IT Assistant to Find and Manage Jane’s Networked Systems
If this is the first time IT Assistant has been launched since installation, Jane is presented with a
welcome screen indicating that IT Assistant has not yet been configured. The four basic steps of
configuration are listed:
Step 1: Discovery Configuration – controls how often IT Assistant polls the network for the addition of
new systems
Step 2: Inventory Configuration – controls how often IT Assistant retrieves a detailed inventory of all
discovered systems
Step 3: Status Polling – controls how often IT Assistant retrieves the health and network connectivity
status of discovered systems
Step 4: Ranges – identifies specific ranges for IT Assistant to either limit or expand its discovery,
inventory, or polling tasks
Clicking any of the steps will take her to the corresponding dialog box under the Discovery and
Monitoring menu bar in IT Assistant. Steps 1 through 3 are single-window dialog boxes; Step 4 is a
wizard-based procedure for defining discovery ranges.