Users Guide

50 Configuring IT Assistant to Monitor Your Systems
Configuring Inventory Settings
Next, Tom enters inventory settings. IT Assistant collects inventory information about software and
firmware versions, as well as device-related information about memory, processor, power supply, PCI
cards and embedded devices, and storage. This information is stored in the IT Assistant database and
can be used to generate customized reports.
To set inventory settings:
1
Select Discovery and Monitoring → Inventory Configuration from the menu bar.
The
Inventory Poll Settings dialog box is displayed. Enable Inventory is selected by default.
2 In the dialog box under Initiate Inventory , select when you want IT Assistant to perform inventory.
Tom sets inventory for weekly on Saturday at 3:00 a.m.
3 Under Inventory Speed , use the sliding bar to indicate how much network bandwidth and system
resources you want to allocate to inventory.
NOTE: The faster you set the inventory speed, the more network resources discovery will consume. Faster
inventory speeds may impact network performance adversely.
4 Click OK .
Configuring Status Polling Settings
Next, Tom defines status polling settings for his systems. IT Assistant performs a power and connectivity
health check for discovered devices, determining whether a device is operating normally, is in a non-
normal state, or is powered down. Status messages in IT Assistant include healthy, warning, critical, and
powered down. Status icons also indicate if a system is not instrumented, if there is no information for the
system, or the state the system was in when it was last powered down.
To set status polling settings:
1
Select Discovery and Monitoring → Status Polling Configuration from the menu bar.
The
Status Polling Configuration Settings dialog box is displayed. Enable Status Polling is selected
by default.
2 Under Status Polling Inventory , select the interval you want IT Assistant to use to perform
status polling.
3 Under Status Polling Speed , use the sliding bar to indicate how much network bandwidth and system
resources you want to allocate to status polling.
NOTE: The faster you set the status polling speed, the more network resources discovery will consume.
Faster speeds may impact network performance.
4 Click OK .