GFI LANSSMCREN1000-1999-1Y User Manual
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Our experience is that our customers generally license GFI LANguard to achieve the following:
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Detect and Deploy Missing Patches
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Scanning of Windows OS or applications
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Identify and close down open shares, ports, etc.
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Network Health Monitoring
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Network Auditing
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Identify which PCs have what software installed
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Change Management – when things change
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Identify devices on the network
SIX IMPORTANT TOPICS TO CONSIDER BEFORE DEPLOYING GFI LANGUARD
There are six (6) issues to consider before deploying GFI LANguard. It is important that you understand each of them so,
if after reading the section below you has any questions or want to discuss any of them, please
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LICENSING
GFI LANguard is licensed based on the number of active* (“Active”) IPs you are scanning. For example:
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If you have an IP range of 192.160.1.1 through 192.160.1.254.
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And you have 20 Active IPs in that range that you want to scan, you only have to license the 20 Active
IPs.
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However, it is important to note that if there are more than 20 Active IPs in that range, AND you only
license 20 IPs in GFI LANguard, you will only be scanning the first 20 Active IPs (hence any Active IP
beyond the 20 will not be scanned).
beyond the 20 will not be scanned).
*An “active” IP is defined as an IP address that is reachable and available through a connection request sent in the form
of NETBIOS queries, SNMP queries and/or ICMP pings.
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SYSTEM INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS
System Requirements: Hardware
Hardware requirements depend on network size. Refer to table below for the suggested minimum specifications
according to your network size.