OneIQ Pulse for Datacenter

Learn about using the OneIQ Pulse connector to collect configuration, performance and network data from datacenter platforms

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Overview

OneIQ Pulse for Datacenter is a Microsoft Windows-based application for connecting the following platforms to an IT environment in OneIQ:

It can be downloaded from the Connectors tab in the IT Environments section of the OneIQ Portal by selecting any of the platforms above.

System Requirements

OneIQ Pulse should be deployed on a dedicated Microsoft Windows Server host meeting the following requirements:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 or above

  • Outbound Internet connectivity via port 443 (SSL) to OneIQ

Sizing Guidelines

Each OneIQ Pulse connector can scale up to 10,000 physical or virtual machines. For deployment guidance in larger environments, please contact our team.

Physical / Virtual Machines

Without network flows

With network flows

Up to 5,000

2 vCPUs and 4GB of memory

4 vCPUs and 8 GB of memory

5,000 - 10,000

4 vCPUs and 8 GB of memory

8 vCPUs and 16 GB of

memory

Network Flow Collection

Inbound port 9995 should be open for collecting network flows. It can be modified in OneIQ Pulse settings. Learn more

Components

OneIQ Pulse UI

OneIQ Pulse UI is a Windows-based console for discovering supported target platforms without installing agents. It communicates with the OneIQ Pulse Service via an API.

OneIQ Pulse Service

OneIQ Pulse Service collects infrastructure configuration, performance and network data from datacenter platforms and synchronizes it over SSL with the OneIQ Central data warehouse.

Passwords entered into the OneIQ Pulse are encrypted using AES-256 and are never displayed in plaintext or transmitted externally. See Application Security for more information about security features in OneIQ.
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OneIQ Deputy Service

OneIQ Deputy Service manages WS-Management Trusted Hosts for Azure Stack HCI, Microsoft Hyper-V and Microsoft Failover Clusters discovered in OneIQ Pulse. This service is only required for these platforms.

Logs

Logs are located in the following locations on the host running OneIQ Pulse:

Component

Path

OneIQ Pulse UI

%LocalAppData%\OneIQ\OneIQ Pulse Console\Logs

OneIQ Pulse Service

%WinDir%\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Local\OneIQ\OneIQ Pulse\Logs

OneIQ Deputy Service

%PROGRAMDATA%\OneIQ\OneIQ Pulse Deputy\Logs

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