Adding a New Device Type

Procedure

  1. Click Management > Device Types from the home page.
  2. Click Create.
    The Add New Device Type window appears.
  3. To see Sample Messages over the last 5 minutes:.
    1. Click the Reload button, or click the calendar icon to open the Date and Time Range Picker.
    2. Select the desired timeframe.
    3. Click the Reload button.
  4. Limit the sample messages (10, 100, 1000) by clicking the drop-down arrow on the Limit To button.
  5. Limit the log source by entering a specific IP Address.
  6. In the Device Type Attributes area, enter a Name and a Description for the new Device Type.
  7. In the Regular Expression field enter a regular expression for the new Device Type, or click the Reload button to see Sample Messages displaying the Device Type token that you can use for the regular expression.
    Note: While adding or importing a user-defined device type, .* is automatically added at the beginning of the regular expression for the device type. For example, if the regular expression is abc, the expression saved in the system is .*abc. If the regular expression is abc.*, the expression saved in the system is .*abc.*
  8. The Transport Type is defaulted to the Network radio button. You can change to File Transfer, if appropriate.
  9. Click Enabled to enable the pattern and then click Save.
    The new Device Type name and description appears in the list of all Device Types.