Configuring Riverbed NetIM

Before you can use NetIM as a data source for Riverbed IQ, you need to configure the NetIM system to communicate with Riverbed Edge, as described here.

After you complete the procedure described here, refer to Adding a Data Source for instructions for adding your NetIM to your Riverbed Edge.

Configuring and adding data sources assumes that you have already configured and deployed Riverbed Edge. If you have not done that, yet, or if you need to revisit it, refer to Configuring Riverbed Edge and Data Sources.

For each NetIM system, use the NetIM web UI:

1. Log in to the NetIM UI and ensure that the Device Health By Site, Device Health By Device, and Interface Health widgets are populated. If not, go to the Configure menu and configure devices for polling.



2. Create a new local user. For NetIM 2.7 and 2.8, that user's role needs to be ALLUVIO_IQ. For NetIM 2.9 and later, the role needs to be IQ_USER.
   

   The recommended practice is to select Password never expires.

3. In Riverbed IQ, create and configure each NetIM as a data source.