Examples of discovery filters
A discovery filter can
be broad to discover
a broad range of systems, or restrictive to limit the number or type
of discovered systems.
For a filter’s
IP address range, system name, system description, and system OID
fields, you can use wildcards to create a matching pattern. As an
example, in examples-of-discovery-filters.html#GUID-9735DF66-F79C-40C2-A022-D468C3783BDD-en__IP_CONCEPTS_DISCOVERY_83506, the asterisk (*) in the
IP address range, system name, system description, and system OID
fields is a wildcard character that matches any arbitrary string of
characters, including an empty string. The discovery filter in examples-of-discovery-filters.html#GUID-9735DF66-F79C-40C2-A022-D468C3783BDD-en__IP_CONCEPTS_DISCOVERY_83506 will match any candidate
system that is a Switch. Appendix A, “Terminology,” discusses wildcard syntax.
The following
examples illustrate different types of discovery filters.