Enabling SNMP Communication Because Orion Network Performance Monitor takes advantage of SNMP communication for a great deal of the information it collects, ensure that the following configurations are completed prior to either adding network devices or conducting a Network Discovery: • All Windows servers have the SNMP service installed and running, unless you only want to monitor up/down status • All Linux/Unix servers have an SNMP daemon installed and running, forwarding Syslog information. • All devices from which you want to collect detailed information have SNMP properly configured