Discovery:
Once you install the probe, you have to discover the devices into MSP Center Plus. Discovering the devices can to be done from Central web client only. Once the discovery process is intiated from the Central web client, Probe broadcasts 4 ping packets across the network to discover the devices. Devices that respond to the ping packets are discovered. Each discovered device is stored in the database with a unique ID called the MOID (Managed Object ID). Post discovery, appropriate device templates and monitoring templates are associated to them, provided correct credentials are configured to the devices. If not they are classified as Desktops, later you can configure correct the credentials and change the device type.

MSP Center Plus out-of-the-box supports more than 500 device types. It also provides the option to add custom devices, provided they are SNMP enabled and have a SysOID.

Monitoring:
Once the device templates and monitoring templates are associated to the devices, they are then monitored periodically. Monitoring is done by polling the devices for the default performance metrics at regular pre-defined intervals using SNMP, WMI or CLI protocols. However, you can add/remove any monitor and modify the monitoring intervals. You can also add a custom monitor provided the device is SNMP enabled and has a MIB that returns an integer when queried.

The probe maintains a unique poll ID for every monitor polled every time. All the polled data are stored under "statsdata_<date>" table with their respective poll ID.

Bandwidth Consumed:
Probe for monitoring 100 Servers, 3 Switches, 3 Routers, 2 Firewalls and 2 Printers consumes approximately 47Kbps. For communicating with the Central, it consumes approximately 0.2kbps.

Data Collection Threads:
By default, the Probe uses 12 threads for SNMP polling and 12 threads for WMI polling.

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