Configure Create Device

Enter the host name or IP address of the device you want to add.

• Click Advanced to select active monitors to scan the device for.
• Click OK to start the discovery scan on that device.

Advanced Options

Select the active monitors that you want WhatsUp Gold to scan for during discovery. After they are discovered, WhatsUp Gold will configure the new devices with the active monitors found.

The top list displays active monitors that have been defined in the Active Monitor Library with the Use in Discovery option selected.

The bottom list displays all statistical monitors defined in the Statistical Monitor Library.

• Use comprehensive discovery. By default, WhatsUp Gold sends a ping command to each viable IP address in the range configured during the first section of this wizard. If the device responds, WhatsUp Gold then scans for the monitors listed on this dialog. If no device responds, discovery moves on to the next IP address. Select this option to have device discovery scan each IP address for all of the selected monitors without first sending the ping command to the device. Discovery will take longer if this option is selected.

  Note: If you want a Ping monitor created for the devices found in discovery, you must select Ping as an 'active monitor to scan' even if you have cleared the Use comprehensive discovery option.

  Note about interface monitors: During discovery, interface monitors are added after the scan, only if a device has multiple physical interfaces. If a device only has 1 interface, then no interface monitors are added, even if the interface monitor is selected to be scanned. Loopback interface doesn't count.

• Resolve host names. Select this option to have WhatsUp Gold attempt to populate the list of discovered devices with host names, instead of IP addresses. Clear this option to have the list show only IP addresses of discovered devices.
• Identify device via SNMP. Select this option to have WhatsUp Gold read the SNMP information on the device.
• Timeout (ms). If Identify device via SNMP is selected, enter the amount of time the scan should wait for the SNMP information in milliseconds (ms). The Timeout should be set to 300 ms or greater (up to 3000 ms.)
• Retry count. If Identify device via SNMP is selected, enter the number of times WhatsUp Gold should attempt to make the SNMP identification (between 0 and 5.)
• SNMP read communities. Enter one or more community strings, separated by commas, that the device will respond to. If the read community string is incorrect, or none is provided, WhatsUp Gold determines device type based on the monitors discovered during the scan.
• Windows credentials. Select a Windows credential to use when attempting to discover devices where you have to provide a Windows user name or password when connecting. Credentials are configured in the Credentials Library.  When a device is discovered using a credential, that credential is then associated to that device. You can change this on Device Properties > Credentials in the WhatsUp Gold console. If you select All, discovery uses all configured credentials in the Credentials Library. The credential that is successful is then associated with the device.