Set up your PI Interface information

The IT Organizer tool needs to know which interfaces you are working with and also which points are associated with which interfaces. PI interfaces collect the data from your monitored device. You can select and save the list of PI interfaces that can be scanned for points in the IT Organizer.

1. Under System Management Tools, click IT Points > IT Organizer.

2. Click Setup > Interfaces.

   The Store your PI Interface Information dialog box appears.

3. Select one or more of the Available Servers.

   The interfaces for those servers that were configured with PI ICU appear on the right.

4. Select the interfaces with points you want to organize.

   In addition to identifying which interface instances are collecting data, you must also label each interface by its interface type (SNMP, PerformanceMonitor, Ping, or TCPResponse). The IT Organizer tool needs to associate each point with an interface type in order to extract the monitored device name properly.

5. Click Save to add the selected interfaces to the Managed Interfaces list.

   You can also add interfaces manually to the Managed Interfaces list by clicking New ().

   Note: We recommend that you use PI ICU. Manually configured interfaces are prone to error and show only the scan class numbers rather than actual scan times in IT Organizer.

6. Click OK.

   Repeat these steps when you add or remove an interface.