Progress WhatsUp Gold Premium 3500-Device Upgrade – Scalable PC Network Monitoring with Reporting

Step into a future-ready network monitoring solution designed to grow with your organization. Progress WhatsUp Gold Premium 3500-Device Upgrade brings enterprise-grade visibility to a PC-based environment, empowering IT teams to monitor, analyze, and optimize network performance with ease. This upgrade license extends an existing WhatsUp Gold Premium deployment, enabling up to 3500 devices to be tracked across your infrastructure—from routers, switches, and wireless gear to servers, applications, and endpoints. Whether you’re managing a single campus, multiple branches, or a distributed enterprise, this upgrade delivers a centralized, intuitive interface that makes complex networks understandable. Expect real-time health checks, proactive fault detection, and comprehensive reporting that helps you reduce downtime, accelerate problem resolution, and plan capacity with confidence. Built for IT operations, network engineering, and managed service providers, the 3500-device upgrade is designed to deliver scalable monitoring without complicating your workflow, ensuring that you can maintain high service levels while controlling costs.

• Up to 3500 devices: Scale your monitoring to cover diverse environments—network gear, servers, endpoints, and services—without sacrificing performance or clarity. The upgrade preserves WhatsUp Gold Premium’s familiar dashboards while expanding capacity to meet growing needs, making it ideal for mid-sized networks and expanding IT ecosystems.
• PC-based deployment for quick, flexible installation: Install directly on a Windows-based PC to achieve fast rollout, lower hardware overhead, and hands-on control over monitoring. This approach is particularly beneficial for teams that prefer local management points and fast iteration during deployment.
• Comprehensive monitoring and analytics: Real-time visibility into device status, traffic patterns, utilization, and fault conditions. The Premium 3500-Device Upgrade supports auto-discovery, performance counters, error bursts, and uptime metrics that help you identify trends and preempt issues before they impact users.
• Advanced reporting and dashboards: Prebuilt templates and customizable reports deliver actionable insights for operators, managers, and executives. Schedule reports, export them for audits, and create role-based dashboards so stakeholders see what matters most—availability, performance, capacity, and compliance indicators.
• Unified alerting and proactive management: Flexible notification policies, escalation rules, and context-rich alerts ensure the right people are informed at the right times. Combine thresholds, anomalies, and correlation rules to reduce alert fatigue while maintaining rapid response to critical events.

Technical Details of Progress WhatsUp Gold Premium 3500-Device Upgrade

• License Type: Upgrade License for Progress WhatsUp Gold Premium that expands coverage to 3500 devices.
• Device Capacity: Scales monitoring to include up to 3500 network devices, servers, interfaces, and endpoints within a single WhatsUp Gold Premium instance.
• Deployment Model: PC-based installation designed for quick on-site setup on a Windows-based desktop or workstation.
• Core Capabilities: Real-time network monitoring, fault detection, performance analytics, auto-discovery, customizable dashboards, and comprehensive reporting.
• Protocols and Data Sources: Supports SNMP, WMI, NetFlow/IPFIX, and syslog for broad device visibility and data collection.
• Reporting and Analytics: Includes prebuilt and customizable reports, dashboards, trend analysis, and capacity planning tools to support informed decision-making.
• License Scope: Intended to upgrade an existing WhatsUp Gold Premium installation to handle 3500 devices with continued access to premium features.

How to Install Progress WhatsUp Gold Premium 3500-Device Upgrade

Follow these steps to deploy the 3500-device upgrade efficiently, with an emphasis on speed, reliability, and minimal disruption to existing monitoring routines.

• Prepare your environment by ensuring you have a valid upgrade license key and access to the existing WhatsUp Gold Premium installation.
• Download the upgrade package from your licensed provider and run the installer on a Windows-based PC that meets general system requirements for WhatsUp Gold Premium.
• During setup, enter the upgrade license key to unlock the 3500-device capacity and activate premium features within your existing deployment.
• Configure the initial integration by linking to your network gear: set up SNMP credentials, WMI access for Windows devices, and any NetFlow or syslog collectors you rely on for deeper visibility.
• Run auto-discovery to enumerate devices, apply monitoring templates, and establish baseline performance metrics across your environment.
• Customize dashboards, create or refine alerting rules, and generate your first round of scheduled reports to share insights with stakeholders and team members.
• Validate data collection and alerting by simulating a common fault or triggering a test alert to confirm the end-to-end notification workflow.
• Document your configuration, establish maintenance windows, and set up regular backups of your WhatsUp Gold configuration to protect your investment.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: What is the maximum number of devices supported by this upgrade?

  A: The Premium 3500-Device Upgrade supports monitoring of up to 3500 devices within a single WhatsUp Gold Premium deployment.

• Q: Is this upgrade compatible with an existing WhatsUp Gold installation?

  A: Yes. This upgrade is designed to expand an existing WhatsUp Gold Premium installation to 3500 devices, preserving current configurations and dashboards while increasing capacity.

• Q: What types of devices and metrics can I monitor?

  A: The solution monitors a broad range of devices using SNMP, WMI, NetFlow/IPFIX, and syslog. You can track uptime, response times, interface utilization, error rates, and other critical performance counters.

• Q: Do I need a server to run WhatsUp Gold, or is it PC-based?

  A: The upgrade is designed for PC-based deployment on a Windows-based desktop or workstation, but it should be installed on a supported platform that meets the typical WhatsUp Gold Premium requirements.

• Q: Can I customize reports and dashboards for different teams?

  A: Yes. WhatsUp Gold Premium provides customizable dashboards and reporting templates, allowing you to tailor views for network operations, security, capacity planning, and executive oversight.