# What are the prerequisites to monitor IBM Storewise devices in SapphireIMS?

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**Created:** [April 9, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.sapphireims.com/t/what-are-the-prerequisites-to-monitor-ibm-storewise-devices-in-sapphireims/569 "2021-04-09T14:31:23Z")
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### Author: ![Gireesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@Gireesh](https://community.sapphireims.com/u/Gireesh)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.sapphireims.com/t/what-are-the-prerequisites-to-monitor-ibm-storewise-devices-in-sapphireims/569/1 "2021-04-09T14:31:23Z")

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SapphireIMS uses SSH connection to collect the IBM Storewise device data. Following are the prerequisites.

- SapphireIMS uses SSH client to connect to the IBM Storewise .
- The storage has to be directly reachable from SapphireIMS server (ping/SSH connect on well known port, default SSH port 22).