https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/windows-2003-server/m-p/3205432#M1388 Ron,<BR />If you're allowed, try setting SNMP to Accept All Hosts, this brings it back to W2000 defaults and retest.<BR />Rerun Discovery, and device identification tasks.<BR />If that works then recheck on the SNMP Settings. It needs to entries in the Allow Hosts, localhost or 127.0.0.1 and the IP Address of your CMS Server. Mon, 01 Mar 2004 14:43:35 GMT Rob Buxton 2004-03-01T14:43:35Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/windows-2003-server/m-p/3205429#M1385 Hello,<BR />when I try do discover a windows 2003 server I have no problem if it is not automatically.<BR />but even then sim does not recognize the OS of the server.<BR />does any one know what to do?<BR />maybe I should change the security settings on the server?<BR />thanks <BR />Ron Mon, 01 Mar 2004 04:24:31 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/windows-2003-server/m-p/3205429#M1385 ron_126 2004-03-01T04:24:31Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/windows-2003-server/m-p/3205430#M1386 Make sure the SNMP service is set to accept requests from you IM7/hpSIM server. MS by default installs it to only accept packets from localhost. Mon, 01 Mar 2004 07:46:37 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/windows-2003-server/m-p/3205430#M1386 David Claypool 2004-03-01T07:46:37Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/windows-2003-server/m-p/3205431#M1387 Thank you David,<BR />I did it and I still get that the system type is unknown.<BR />I get information from SNMP and ping but still the OS is unknown.<BR />and I don't get any software information.<BR />maybe there is something else also.<BR />thanks<BR />Ron Mon, 01 Mar 2004 07:59:23 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/windows-2003-server/m-p/3205431#M1387 ron_126 2004-03-01T07:59:23Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/windows-2003-server/m-p/3205432#M1388 Ron,<BR />If you're allowed, try setting SNMP to Accept All Hosts, this brings it back to W2000 defaults and retest.<BR />Rerun Discovery, and device identification tasks.<BR />If that works then recheck on the SNMP Settings. It needs to entries in the Allow Hosts, localhost or 127.0.0.1 and the IP Address of your CMS Server. Mon, 01 Mar 2004 14:43:35 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/windows-2003-server/m-p/3205432#M1388 Rob Buxton 2004-03-01T14:43:35Z