Viewing Devices

You can view devices in different ways.

View: All Devices
The default setting; shows a list of all available devices on an Appliance. (Click drop-down arrow to see other View options.). Click the List link from the Groups column to view the group membership information.
Manage Devices – View All Devices
View: Shared IP Devices
Reveals multiple device entries created for a single physical device. The Appliance records different log entries from the same physical device when the log messages are of a different type. This results in same device appearing multiple times. The user may want to examine the details of the duplicated devices, and possibly remove selected ones. Click the List link from the Groups column to view the group membership information.
View: Stale Devices (0 logs)
Reveals devices that have no incoming log messages. The user can view details of the inactive devices, save the list, and remove selected devices.
Note: “Stale Devices” tend to be localhost or dummy test devices, no longer in use. Or they could be old devices that are not active or have been replaced.

Devices with associated logs will not appear on this list. Click the List link from the Groups column to view the group membership information.

For appliances with many log sources, you can create customized views of the Devices tab that filter the log source information.

Procedure

  1. Under Advanced Options, select the columns you want to display and any filter expressions for what’s included in those columns.
    Note: Days of Inactivity is visible only when Stale Devices (0 Logs) is selected from the Devices > View drop-down menu. 30 days is the default setting; can be set for 1 to 90 days that the selected device has not produced any logs; after which it will be considered “stale” by the Appliance. The Display box and Days of Inactivity radio button will be grayed out because Days of Inactivity is not a displayable field, and hence not sortable.
  2. Click Filter.
    The Devices tab refreshes based on the advanced options selected.
  3. Under Save Custom View, enter a name and description for this customized view, and indicate whether to share the view with other users.
  4. Click Save View.
    The View drop-down menu now includes this view.
    Manage Devices – View Advanced Options and Save Custom View