What are the hardware and software requirements on my laptop to run the scanner?

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• Does the scanner on the laptop keep running even after the scan is completed?

  No. The scanner runs once you initiate a scan and stops running once the collected data is uploaded to the cloud. You are free to terminate the scanner once you see the message “You may close this window now”.

• Is downloading the scanner utility mandatory? (My company does not allow executables to be downloaded from the internet)

  We have an asset-light approach to the scan and do not use an agent approach that requires you to install a software component on any machine in your network. The scanner utility collects data from your SBC, strips out personal and sensitive data ...

• I do not have connectivity to the SBC from my laptop. How do I scan?

  You need to download and run the scanner utility on a machine from where you can access to the management interface of the SBC.

• What pre-requisites are required to run the scan? What ports / firewall configurations are required?

  Please refer the ReadMe document shipped with the scanner utility.

• Can the scan be run during work hours on a production SBC?

  Yes, you can safely run the scan during peak or off-peak hours. The scan only requires read access to the configuration and logs and is not intensive on SBC compute, memory or network. It is preferable to run it during off-peak hours.