Enabling IT Advisor monitoring through Data Center Expert

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Monitoring IT Advisor through Data Center Expert requires that you enable server communication in Webmin and in Data Center ExpertsnmpExpert.

Webmin Configuration

IT Advisor 8.x

1. Open the Webmin web interface.
   1. Type the address of your IT Advisor server in a Web browser.
   2. On the IT Advisor server's download page, click Server Configuration.
2. Log on to Webmin using the user credentials created during the installation.
3. In the left menu, select DC Operation>Setup.
4. Configure the server protocol settings, for example enable SNMPv1 and type community.
   The SNMP server requires a specific SNMP community from the monitoring systems. If the SNMP community is not correct, it will not reveal any information to the monitoring system. You can think of SNMP community as a password.
   
   

Tip

For added security, change the SNMP community to something other than "public" and make the monitoring system use this (see below).

Tip

For added security, disable SNMPv1 and configure SNMPv3.

Version 8.x

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Data Center Expert configuration

1. In the Data Center ExpertDevice Discovery wizard, select the corresponding SNMPv1 or SNMPv3 settings, ensuring the community or username and password matches the one specified in the Webmin configuration (see above).
2. Set the Timeout to minimum 20 seconds to allow time for the server communication.

For further information about Data Center Expert configurations, see the Data Center Expert user assistance User assistance for Data Center Expert (DCE) 7.x

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