WhatsUp Gold

[vijayendran]

Hi

I came across two jargons in the WhatsUp Gold documentation.

They are Custom Devices and Custom Device Type.

Could someone kindly explain me what they are ?

Thanks and regards

S. Vijayendran

[rmushtaq]

WhatsUp Gold comes with standard devices (workstation, router, printer, etc.) and also some custom devices (NT workstation, Ascend Pipeline, etc.). If you have a need for your own, specific custom device, you can create this also.

[vijayendran]

Hi

Correct me if I am wrong...........(I am trying to get it right)

WhatsUp Gold refers to devices with their generic names (like Workstation, printer, router). WhatsUp Gold has some Custom devices also defined (like NT Server.etc). The user can also define some of his own custom devices.

Ok, let me assume that I have a Windows NT Server in my network.

I use the WhatsUp Gold defined Custom Device notation Windows NT Server.

And I have a Sun Solaris Server and now the user defined Custom device feature can be used to give a name to my Solaris server.

Is it just a feature of naming and identifying your devices in your network ?

What is the benefit I derive from Standard devices, Custom Devices, and User defined Custom devices ?

[rmushtaq]

It's just that for devices which are not standard, a user can create his/her own custom types. Details can be seen in the WUG on-line help or knowledge base at ipswitch.com