Discovery Scopes

Use this page to create or edit a discovery Scope.

Select Discovery Option

Select a discovery option.
  • Single IP address or Host - Specify a single IP address to discover.
  • Range of IP addresses - Specify an IP address range to discover.
  • Network or Subnet - Specify the IP address of the network along with its subnet mask.

Describe Address or Host

Specify the required information for the discovering a single IP address.

IP address:
Specify the IP address of the system that you want to discover.

Describe Address Range

Specify the required information for the IP range discovery.

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.
Description:
(Optional) Enter an identifying name for the Scope. For example: MyScope.

Describe Network or Subnet

Specify the required information for the network or subnet.

IP address:
Specify the IP address of the network or subnet that you want to discover.
Mask:
Specify the subnet mask of the network that you want to discover.
Description:
(Optional) 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.

Host
  1. Specify the IP address of the host that you want to exclude from the discovery.
  2. (Optional) In the second text box, you can enter a description for the excluded host.
Range
  1. Specify the first IP address in the range that you want to exclude from the discovery.
  2. Specify the last IP address in the range that you want to exclude from the discovery.
  3. (Optional) Enter a description for the excluded IP addresses.
Subnet
  1. Specify the IP address of the subnet that you want to exclude from the discovery.
  2. (Optional) 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. Click Delete to delete an existing exclusion.
  3. 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.