How to setup Spiceworks for Hardware inventory

Spiceworks’ discovery is agent-less. This means that you only have to install Spiceworks on one machine. It can scan your entire network using remote management protocols. You can also manually add assets into the Spiceworks inventory. For roaming devices, there is an agent that you can install. Spiceworks can help you keep track of the following types of assets:

Computers running Windows Operating System
Computers running Linux Operating Systems
Computers running Mac OS
VOIP phones
Network printers
Routers, firewalls, and network devices with SNMP support
Machines running web servers on port 80
Network traffic info from switches that support SNMP
Groups set up in Active Directory
Applications installed on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS
Hotfixes installed on Windows
Services installed on Windows
Windows Event Logs
Virtualisation hosts and virtual machines

Note: Ensure WMI is configured:

WMI must be configured properly in order for Spiceworks to gather information about your network. To ensure that WMI is configured properly on the machine in question, try the following command from the machine with Spiceworks installed and to the remote machine. Where you are using the username and yourpassword to access the remotemachine.

c: wmic /user:username /password:yourpassword /node:remotemachine systemenclosure get serialnumber