Setting Up NetIM : Optimizing your NetIM deployment
  
Optimizing your NetIM deployment
The following table lists configuration tasks that you can perform after the initial configuration is complete.
Optional configuration task
Description
User guide reference
Configure Global Discovery settings.
Configure > All Settings > Discover > Global Discovery
Use this wizard to set discovery for a particular domain of interest. You can include or exclude addresses or a range of addresses.
Group devices.
Configure > All Settings > Organize > Grouping Rules
Configure groups and grouping rules with this wizard.
Customize metric polling.
Configure > All Settings > Monitor > Polling
In this wizard, you can modify the default polling profile, create new polling profiles, and change the polling profile assigned to devices.
Add user-defined metrics.
Configure > All Settings > Monitor > User Defined Metrics
If NetIM does not natively support metrics of interest to you, choose this option to define your own metrics.
Configure metric alerts.
To configure notifications:
Configure > All Settings > Alert > Notifications
You must first configure notifications, and then configure the alert(s).
To configure alerts:
Configure > All Settings > Alert > Alert Profile
Configure the IP Detection Service.
Configure > All Settings > Discover > IP Detection
The IP detection service locates IP addresses in your network and determines where they are connected.
Configure advanced settings.
Configure > All Settings > Customize > General Settings
Use this screen to configure advanced properties for the IP Detection Service, global settings for device discovery, and the overall application.