Standalone Servers
Windows and Linux hosts collected directly.
Standalone physical and virtual servers, collected directly rather than through a hypervisor.
Servers
Windows
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Device type | WINDOWS_HOST |
| User role | Administrator permissions are required for WMI access by default. |
| Default ports | 135, 445, plus the dynamic RPC range 1024 to 65535 |
| Collection method | Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI over DCOM/RPC) |
| Required parameters | DNS Name User: user name Password |
| Notes | The WMI service startup type should be set to Automatic. Under Windows Firewall Inbound Rules, confirm that “Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI-In)” is enabled for the active profile. |
Linux
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Device type | LINUX_HOST |
| User role | No special permissions required. |
| Default ports | 22 |
| Collection method | SSH |
| Required parameters | IP: IP address or DNS name User: user name Password |
| Notes | Requires an SSH server, and sysstat installed and enabled:apt-get update && apt-get install sysstat then sudo systemctl enable sysstat on Debian and Ubuntu, yum install sysstat on RedHat, CentOS and Oracle, or zypper install sysstat and zypper install util-linux on SUSE. |