Here you must enter the General Configuration settings for a configuration:

DD_Config_001

  • Configuration name (mandatory). Enter a unique name for the configuration.
  • Description. In this field you can enter a short description for the user to help better distinguish individual configurations.
  • Max. simultaneous Jobs. Specify the maximum number of jobs to be executed simultaneously.

    The maximum number of simultaneous jobs may range from 1 to 99. An increasing number of parallel jobs also increases the load on the network and the server that runs the service.

  • SNMP communities. Device Discovery functions as an SNMP manager. To trigger the SNMP agent on the devices, the SNMP community string public is set as the default value. If you have assigned additional SNMP community strings, you may enter them here, e.g., private.
  • WMI authentication. To use WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) as a scan method, the respective log-in data must be entered. Authentication data in a configuration are also the default accounts for the related jobs.
  • Intel AMT authentication. To use Intel AMT (Active Management Technology) as the scan method, the respective log-in data must be entered. Authentication data in the configuration are also the default accounts for the related jobs. The settings are made analogously to the WMI authentication.
  • SNMP Port. Specify the port for SNMP authentication. The standard port for Intel AMT is 161.
  • Intel AMT authentication. Specify the port for Intel AMT authentication. The standard port for Intel AMT is 16992.
  • Detailed logging. This checkbox enables extended record-keeping of Device Discovery.