Discovery Scopes

Use this page to create or edit a discovery Scope.

Select Discovery Option

Select a discovery option.
Note: If you are editing an existing discovery Scope, you cannot change this field.

Describe the discovery option

Specify the required information for the selected discovery option.

IP address:
If you selected the Single IP address or Host discovery option, specify the IP address of the system that you want to discover.
If you selected the Network or Subnet discovery option, specify the IP address of the network or subnet that you want to discover.
Starting IP address:
Specify the starting IP address of the IP address range that you want to discover.
Ending IP address:
Specify the ending IP address of the IP address range that you want to discover.
Mask:
Specify the subnet mask of the network that you want to discover.
Description:
Optionally, enter an identifying name for the Scope. For example: MyScope.

Exclusions

If you specified a range of IP addresses or a network or subnet, you can specify hosts, IP addresses, or subnets to exclude from the discovery. To create an exclusion, click Add Exclusion. You can also edit existing exclusions.

Host
In the first text box, specify the IP address of the host that you want to exclude from the discovery.
In the second text box, you can enter a description for the excluded host.
Range
In the first text box, specify the first IP address in the range that you want to exclude from the discovery.
In the second text box, specify the last IP address in the range that you want to exclude from the discovery.
In the last text box, you can enter a description for the excluded IP addresses.
Subnet
In the first text box, specify the IP address of the subnet that you want to exclude from the discovery.
In the last text box, you can enter a description for the excluded subnet.
Notes:
  1. You can specify multiple exclusions, by clicking Add Exclusion multiple times.
  2. You cannot reuse an IP address, range of IP addresses, subnet, or description in any scopes or exclusions in a Scope Set.

Click Save to save the specified Scope and exclusions.

Click Cancel to exit without saving.