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Determining the Relative Importance of an Object in Your Network

You can define the relative importance of an object in your network infrastructure by assigning a numeric value from 1-100 that specifies the weight. The higher the weight, the more value an object has in your network. Each class of ManagedObject has a default weight assigned to it, and when your network is discovered, each object that is derived from that class inherits the default weight for each class. For example, the default weight of a router is higher than the default weight of a workstation because, typically, a router has more significance in a network than an individual workstation.

You can change this weight value for each object to reflect the value of the object in your network using the Status page of the Properties viewer. You may want to assign a higher weight to a particular router because the router affects more critical processes. For example, you may want to increase the weight of the router that is connected to the computers that process your company's payroll. Assigning a weight to an object helps give you a better indicator of the overall health of your network infrastructure.