Discovery Filters

Discovery Filters are used to include/exclude devices based on certain filter conditions. These filters come in handy when there is a wide variety of devices coming under the specific input range and you wish to add devices of a particular type (say Windows devices ).

How to set device filters during Discovery: 

  • In the Discovery wizard, click on 'Add Filter'.

    Device filters in OpManager: Add discovery filter option

    Device filters in OpManager: Add details
  • Discovery Action: Indicates whether the device that satisfies the criteria is to be added or ignored during device discovery
  • Type: The parameter that has to be checked for inclusion (add) / exclusion (ignore)
  • Condition: The logical condition specified must match with the inclusion (add) / exclusion (ignore) type.
  • Enter the value for the condition and click on Add.