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As an enterprise network administrator, it is a daily work to manage the internal equipment of the company and ensure the normal operation of the client and server. If there is not much equipment in the company, there will be no problem with management. If there are more devices (more than 100), if you don't have a regular update strategy (whether you can stick to it or not), you will be in disarray over a long period of time. Now there are a lot of professional network management software, but basically there is a charge, but SpiceWorks introduced today is a free software, and the function is still very powerful.

Spiceworks IT Desktop is a network equipment management and monitoring software for small and medium-sized enterprises. It is supported by advertisers, so it is free software. According to Spiceworks, the software is suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises with fewer than 250 employees, and its product features and features are tailored to this market.

IT Desktop users can be system administrators who do not have a deep understanding of the technology, or technicians who are not highly educated, trained, and certified. Although compared with some professional network management software, such as Solarwinds, HP OpenView, IT Desktop is not so rich in functions, but it uses relatively few technical terms, which is more suitable for technical newcomers in small and medium-sized enterprises.

Here is a brief introduction to the basic configuration process of SpiceWorks:

1. Download the latest version of SpiceWorks on the SpiceWorks website (http://www.spiceworks.com/). The installation process is relatively simple, so I won't repeat it here.

two。 After the installation is complete, select "Continue" and run Spiceworks. Initialization may be a little slow for the first time.

3. After simple registration, click "Create Account" to complete the creation of the Spiceworks account.

4. In the configuration wizard interface that appears, there are three configuration options (Inventory,HelpDesk,Configuration Backup). First, let's configure Inventory (device inventory).

5. Enter the IP network segment where the intranet is located (such as 192.168.2.1-254), and Spiceworks will automatically detect the IP address network segment where the machine is located, so you generally do not need to change it.

6. Set the types of operating systems and printers or network devices scanned in the intranet. As you can see from the figure above, Spiceworks supports Windows,Unix (Linux) and Mac.

Operating system, Windows is based on WMI script for detection, Unix and Mac are based on SSH, printers and network devices rely on SNMP protocol. Because, in general, the intranet of an enterprise

Windows system basically accounts for the vast majority, so we first set up the scan of the Windows system. If your intranet has established a Windows domain environment, then set up Spiceworks

Simply select "Use Another Account", enter the domain account and password (it is recommended to set up a separate domain account for Spiceworks), and then select "Start Scan"

That's it. But if your intranet environment is a workgroup, you need to set up a separate account to run Spiceworks. The detection of the private network may take some time, and after the detection is completed,

When you log in to Spiceworks, you will see the detected device information in the device list list on the home page, as shown below.

This basically completes the preliminary configuration of the Spiceworks, and the scanning devices may not be complete. Because the scanning of Windows devices is based on WMI scripts, you will not be able to get information about the device if the client's WMI remote management service is not turned on or the firewall is not set correctly. Specific troubleshooting will be explained in future articles.

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