As part of your deployment planning, you should collect information about the devices in your environment.
You need the following software, connectivity, and information about each device in your environment:
IP address or hostname resolvable by the OCI server
Login name and password
Type of access to the device, for example, controller and management station
Note: Read-only access will be sufficient for most devices, but some devices require administrator permissions.
Port connectivity to the device depending on data source port requirements
For switches, SNMP read-only community string (user ID or password to give access to the switches)
Any third-party software required on the device, for example, Solutions Enabler.
See the "Vendor-specific data source reference" in the web UI Help or in the OnCommand Insight Configuration and Administration Guide for more information on data source permissions and requirements.