Standalone Servers

Windows and Linux hosts collected directly.

Standalone physical and virtual servers, collected directly rather than through a hypervisor.

Servers

Windows

FieldValue
Device typeWINDOWS_HOST
User roleAdministrator permissions are required for WMI access by default.
Default ports135, 445, plus the dynamic RPC range 1024 to 65535
Collection methodWindows Management Instrumentation (WMI over DCOM/RPC)
Required parametersDNS Name
User: user name
Password
NotesThe 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

FieldValue
Device typeLINUX_HOST
User roleNo special permissions required.
Default ports22
Collection methodSSH
Required parametersIP: IP address or DNS name
User: user name
Password
NotesRequires 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.

Last updated: September 3, 2026