Quest KACE Endpoint Systems Management Appliances
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Quest KACE Endpoint Systems Management Appliances

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Quest KACE Endpoint Systems Management Appliances provision, manage, secure, and service network-connected devices.


Adapter Parameters

  1. KACE SMA Domain (required) - The hostname of the KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) server.
  2. User Name and Password (required) - The user name and password for an account that has an assigned role as Read-only administrator.
  3. Organization Name (optional) - The organization name. If the KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) appliance is configured for multiple organizations, the connection is limited to a single specified organization for the requesting user.
    • If supplied, Axonius will use the specified organization name when connecting to the host defined for this connection and authenticating the API request.
    • If not supplied, Axonius will use the "Default" organization name connecting to the host defined for this connection and authenticating the API request.
  4. Quest KACE Version (optional, default: V11) - Select which version of Quest KACE you are using.
  5. Verify SSL - Select to verify the SSL certificate offered by the host supplied in KACE SMA Domain. For more details, see SSL Trust & CA Settings.

Kace

Note:

For details on the common adapter connection parameters and buttons, see Adding a New Adapter Connection.


Advanced Settings

Note:

Advanced settings can either apply for all connections for this adapter, or you can set different advanced settings and/or different scheduling for a specific connection, refer to ​Advanced Configuration for Adapters.

  1. Fetch drive encryption status for devices (optional) - Select to fetch the drive encryption status for all devices, when that information is available.
  1. Fetch machine custom inventory for devices (optional) - Select to fetch device information from the machine custom inventory.
  2. Fetch standard software data (default: false) - Select this option to fetch only standard software data (without additional fields). This can help reduce fetch time and avoid memory errors on the appliance.
Note:

To learn more about Adapter Configuration tab advanced settings, see Adapter Advanced Settings.

APIs

Axonius uses the KACE Systems Management Appliance API.



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