Manual Whatsup V.15

WhatsUpGold
v15.0

User Guide

Overview
WhatsUp Gold Overview .......................................................................................................................................... 17 Welcome to Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold ...................................................................................................... 17 WhatsUp Gold editions................................................................................................................................ 19 New in Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold................................................................................................................. 23 Sending feedback.......................................................................................................................................... 23 Finding more information and updates................................................................................................. 24 Getting Familar with WhatsUp Gold ....................................................................................................... 25

Devices
Discovery Console...................................................................................................................................................... 47 Learning about the Discovery Console .................................................................................................. 47 Discovering network devices..................................................................................................................... 48 Using Device Roles......................................................................................................................................... 62 Managing device roles ................................................................................................................................. 70 Using Devices............................................................................................................................................................... 73 Viewing devices in WhatsUp Gold ........................................................................................................... 73 About device icons........................................................................................................................................ 75 Using Credentials ........................................................................................................................................... 75 Searching for devices .................................................................................................................................... 76 Understanding group access anduser rights for Find Device ....................................................... 77 Searching for devices with interface traffic .......................................................................................... 77 Using Device Groups................................................................................................................................................. 79 Using device groups...................................................................................................................................... 79 Creating device groups ................................................................................................................................ 80 Configuring Dynamic Groups.................................................................................................................... 81 Dynamic Group examples ........................................................................................................................... 83 Using the Dynamic Group builder ........................................................................................................... 91 Using...