Progress WhatsUp Gold Standard
Essential Network Monitoring for Small and Mid-sized Business

Overview:

WhatsUp Gold Standard Edition is an extensive, inexpensive solution for small and midsize businesses operating single-site networks. With its easy to use tools, you’ll discover, map, and manage your network in minutes.

Your IT team gets the control, insight and automated resolution needed to:

• Avoid downtime - find and fix problems fast
• Automatically discover, inventory and monitor all devices on your wired and wireless networks
• Eliminate alert storms with automatic dependency discovery and alert suppression
• Quickly visualize and isolate performance problems with dynamic Layer 2/3 maps
• Gain total visibility at much less cost with our industry-leading device-based licensing: never again settle for partial visibility and unexpected upcharges at renewal time
• Get up and running in less than one hour

Network Monitoring Software

Get at-a-glance up/down status and performance information for network devices, servers, storage and wireless - whether in the cloud or on-premises. Expand your management tool kit by adding proactive monitoring for network traffic, applications, virtual environments and device configurations – all through the same intuitive interface.

Up/Down Availability and Performance. At-a-Glance.

See what's up and what's down instantly. Get complete visibility to the status of network devices, systems and applications whether they are in the cloud or on-premises. Receive proactive notifications through SMS, email, web or Slack so you know about developing issues before users report them.

Features:

Add-On Modules:

What's New:

Monitor More of What Matters

WhatsUp Gold 2018 has a whole host of user-driven improvements that let you proactively monitor more of what matters and give you instant visibility into the status of your network environment.

System Requirements:

Operating System Requirements

• For evaluation purposes, WhatsUp Gold operates on Windows Pro 7, 8.1, and 10. However, production level support requires Windows Server versions only. See below for supported Windows Server platforms.
• Installing WhatsUp Gold on a domain controller is not recommended or supported.
• If WhatsUp Gold is hosted in virtual environments, to prevent licensing issues, make sure that you assign a static MAC address to the virtual machine on which WhatsUp Gold is operating. Refer to your virtual machine software help documentation for information about assigning a static MAC address for the virtual machine.
• WhatsUp Gold requires quad-core processors @ 2.6 GHz (min). If you are installing WhatsUp Gold on a virtual machine, make sure that your guest VM has at least four CPU cores allocated to it.

WhatsUp Gold supports the following Windows Server platforms:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard (WhatsUp Gold 2017 Service Pack 2 and later)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit) with Desktop Experience
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (64-bit) with Desktop Experience
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
• Microsoft Windows Pro 7, 8.1, and 10 for product evaluation

Web Server Requirements

Web services are required for the web-enabled functionality and reporting provided by WhatsUp Gold:

If you install WhatsUp Gold on:	IIS version 7.x	IIS version 8.x	IIS version 10.0
Windows 7 Professional / Enterprise / Ultimate
Windows 8.1
Windows 10
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016

The WhatsUp Gold installer automatically installs/enables IIS 7.x, 8.x, or 10 on platforms where it is supported. If needed, you can verify which IIS 7.x, 8.x, or 10 OS features are installed/enabled and properly configured from the Windows Control Panel. Verify that the Web Server (IIS) Roles Services listed below have been installed and are enabled.

WhatsUp Gold requires the following Web Server Role Services for IIS 7.x, 8.x, or 10 at a minimum:

• Web Server
• ASP .NET
• Static Content
• HTTP Redirection
• Default Document

Framework and Accessibility Requirements

WhatsUp Gold requires the Microsoft .NET Framework and other Microsoft packages for scripting and software accessibility. The following are required software framework and support packages:

• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5, included in installation program.
• PowerShell 2.0 (Optionally required for PowerShell scripting. Not included in the WhatsUp Gold installer. Refer to the Microsoft MSDN web site for more information about installing PowerShell).
• Microsoft Windows Scripting Host v5.7 (or later).
• Microsoft SAPI 5.1 (required for Text-to-Speech actions).

Please note, the Microsoft .NET Framework option is required. However, the following feature/component options cannot be enabled in the Microsoft .NET Framework options:

• .NET Framework Windows Communication Foundation HTTP Activation.
• Windows Communication Foundation Non-HTTP Activation.

Web Interface Requirements

The following web browsers are currently supported for use with WhatsUp Gold 2017:

• WhatsUp Gold Web interface:
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
  • Chrome v57
  • Firefox 53

Supported Virtual Environments

WhatsUp Gold supports virtual hosts and virtual machines running on the following virtual environments:

• VMware vCenter Server versions 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0
• VMware ESX versions 3.5, 4.0, and 4.1
• VMWare ESXi versions 3.5, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0, and 6.5
• Hyper-V Server 2012
• Hyper-V Server 2012 R2
• Windows Server 2012 (Hyper-V Role enabled)
• Windows Server 2012 R2 (Hyper-V Role enabled)

Supported Wireless Devices

WhatsUp Gold supports the following devices:

• 16.2 - Cisco Small Business wireless devices (Cisco WAP321)
• 16.2.9 - Cisco 3650 Series Wireless LAN Controller with lightweight AP
• 16.2.8 - Cisco 5700 Series Wireless LAN controller
• 16.2.2 - Cisco WiSM2 (6500 Series) Wireless LAN controller
• 16.2.2 - Cisco Flex 7500 Series wireless LAN controller
• Cisco Aironet wireless LAN controllers and access points
• Cisco Airespace wireless LAN controllers and access points
• Aruba Mobility wireless LAN controllers and access points
• 16.2 - Meru Networks wireless devices
• 16.2 - Ruckus wireless devices

Supported Storage Devices

WhatsUp Gold supports the following storage devices:

• NetApp FAS series
• Dell EMC Unity
• Dell Compellant

Please see the in-product or online help for special considerations applicable to properly discovering and monitoring storage devices.

Network Traffic Analysis Software Requirements

Network traffic analysis requires:

• At least one routing device that supports one or more of the following protocols to send flow data to WhatsUp Gold:
  • NetFlow versions 1, 5, 7, or 9
    • NetFlow-Lite
    • Flexible NetFlow
    • NetFlow v9 NSEL (NetFlow Secure Event Logging)
  • sFlow versions 2 or 5
  • J-Flow
  • IPFIX

Hardware Requirement Guidelines

Hardware requirements vary depending on the WhatsUp Gold configuration. Increasing the number of devices monitored, number of monitors, types of monitors, polling intervals, or other configuration options can result in additional load on the server and database. Hardware configuration adjustments may be required to optimize performance for your network.

Minimum server recommendations	100 Devices /  500 Monitors* minimum required	2,500 Devices /  12,500 Monitors* minimum required	20,000 Devices /  100,000 Monitors* minimum required
Processor(s)	Quad-core	Quad-core	Quad-core
Processor speed	2.6 GHz or more	2.6 GHz or more	2.6 GHz or more
RAM	8 GB	16 GB	WhatsUp Gold Server: 8 GB Dedicated SQL Server:  32 GB (64 GB recommended)
Database type	SQL Server 2014 Express Edition	Dedicated Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 / Microsoft SQL Server 2012 / Microsoft SQL Server 2014	Dedicated Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 / Microsoft SQL Server 2012 / Microsoft SQL Server 2014
Hard drive	25 GB or more free space	OS/Application - 15 GB or more free space in RAID 1 Database files - 4 x 100 GB in RAID 10	OS/Application - 15 GB or more free space in RAID 1 Database files - 8 x 250 GB in RAID 10 Log files - 2 x 100 GB in RAID 0 Temp database files - 2 x 250 GB in RAID 0
Network interface card	Minimum 100 Mbps (1 Gbps preferred)	100 Mbps (1 Gbps preferred)	1 Gbps
Video display resolution	1280 x 1024 or higher	1280 x 1024 or higher	1280 x 1024 or higher
Sound card	SAPI-capable sound card required for Text-to-Speech actions	SAPI-capable sound card required for Text-to-Speech actions	SAPI-capable sound card required for Text-to-Speech actions
Modem and phone line1	Required for pager, SMS, and beeper actions; modem pooling is not supported	Required for pager, SMS, and beeper actions; modem pooling is not supported	Required for pager, SMS, and beeper actions; modem pooling is not supported
GSM modem1	Required for SMS Direct actions	Required for SMS Direct actions	Required for SMS Direct actions

Please note, SQL Server 2012 SP3 is not supported.
¹ Connection to modem is through a USB or serial port

Recommendations for accessing WhatsUp Gold 2018

Progress recommends accessing the WhatsUp Gold server using a browser installed on a remote machine. The following specifications are recommended for optimal performance when accessing the WhatsUp Gold server.

Minimum server recommendations	100 Devices /  500 Monitors* minimum required	2,500 Devices /  12,500 Monitors* minimum required	20,000 Devices /  100,000 Monitors* minimum required
RAM	8 GB	8 GB	16 GB
Processor	i5 Class	i7 Class	i7 Class
Video display resolution	1280 x 1024 or higher	1280 x 1024 or higher	1280 x 1024 or higher
Sound card	SAPI-capable sound card required for Text-to-Speech actions	SAPI-capable sound card required for Text-to-Speech actions	SAPI-capable sound card required for Text-to-Speech actions

*The performance for the number of devices and monitors supported is dependent upon several system variables such as server processor and memory size, polling frequency, round-trip time (RTT) for polling distance, the amount of time for which data is archived in the database, types of monitors polled (for example, SNMP-type monitors are significantly more efficient than WMI monitors), and other factors.

Poller Requirements

Depending on the network environment and product deployment, WhatsUp Gold can poll up to a maximum of 20,000 devices and up to 100,000 monitors with one WhatsUp Gold server and additional pollers (additional pollers required depend on the amount of SNMP and WMI monitors). Additional pollers installed on your WhatsUp Gold system transmit active monitor and performance monitor data to the WhatsUp Gold server. Extending polling activity across multiple pollers increases the number of devices for which WhatsUp Gold can poll and collect data to send back to the WhatsUp Gold system. Using additional pollers, WhatsUp Gold can efficiently scale polling operations to a larger number of network devices, ultimately providing the capacity to monitor and manage larger networks. Additional pollers may be installed on any Windows system on the network, other than the WhatsUp Gold server.

Minimum required for each additional poller

• Processor(s): Dual-core
• Processor speed: 2 GHz
• RAM: 4 GB
• Hard drive space for application: 2 GB
• Network interface card: 100 Mbps
• OS support: See Operating system and virtual environment requirements section above