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Adding Device Attributes to a Rule Filter

A device attribute is any characteristic of a discovered device that is readable by NetMRI. You can select attributes for addition to a filter through the Rule Logic Builder. Attributes that can be used for rules filtering include the following:

Assurance

The assurance level of the device type value (Router, Switch-Router, etc...)

Community

An SNMP community string.

DNS Name

The qualified DNS hostname for the device

First Occurrence

The date/time that this device was first seen on the network.

Group

The array of Device Groups to which the device belongs.

ID

The Device ID of the management server for the device.

IP Address

The management IP address of the device, in dotted (or colon-delimited for IPv6) format.

Network View

The network view assigned to the device through NetMRI.

Model

The discovered vendor's device model name.

Name

The NetMRI name of the device; this will be either the same as DeviceSysName or DeviceDNSName, depending on your NetMRI configuration.

Rank

The device group ranking level associated to the device as determined by NetMRI after discovery

Reboot Time

The date/time this device was last rebooted.

SAA Version

The SAA version running on this device. Used for Cisco VoIP support.

Sys Description

The device sysDescr as reported by SNMP.

Sys Name

Device system name as reported through SNMP.

Vendor

The device vendor name.

Version

The device OS version.