HP Netsight manual General Page of the Subnet Properties Window

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Figure 3-7. The General Page of the Subnet Properties Window

5.In the Description text box, enter a description for your subnet entry. This description is not displayed in the Discover Properties window, but will be displayed in the View—>Subnetswindow accessible from the primary window menu bar (see Figure 3-20on page 3-28).

6.Enter any additional information about the subnet in the Notes text box.

7.Click OK to save your subnet discovery parameters and exit the Subnet Properties window. The address and name of the defined subnet displays in the Subnets group box on the Device page of the Discover Properties window.

8.Repeat Steps 2-8 to define additional Subnets for your script.

9.To include a defined subnet in your Discover script, click on the checkbox to the left of the subnet address in the Subnets group box. A check mark displays in the checkbox to indicate that the subnet discovery has been selected for inclusion in the script.

10.Define your remaining Discover script parameters as explained in the following sections, or click OK to save your entries and return to the Discover Manager window.

You can combine one or more IP address ranges with one or more subnets in a single

TIP device discover script, as long as the total number of addresses to be queried in a single script does not exceed 2000.

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