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Overview

One of the steps in the Discovery process is assigning a name to the discovered device. When running a Discovery, devices are initially named according to SysName, or, when SysName is empty or unavailable, the IP Address. At the end of discovery, Statseeker will rename devices according to a specified naming hierarchy.

Statseeker's default device naming hierarchy is:

  • Hosts File > SysName > IP Address

In this way, even when running a Discovery via IP Address Ranges, the Hosts file is still referenced for the purpose of device naming.

Note: Statseeker Admin users can manually apply a name to a device record, overriding the name assigned via the naming hierarchy, see Manually Assigning a Device Name for details.

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Modifying the Device Naming Hierarchy

The default device naming hierarchy is Hosts File > SysName > IP Address, this setting can be modified in the Admin Tool see:

  • Administration Tool > Network Discovery - Advanced Options > Advanced Options > Device Naming


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Manually Assigning a Device Name

Statseeker users with the Is Admin permission have the ability to manually assign a device name, overriding any other assigned device name. To manually set a device name:

  • Select the device (or group which contains the device) in the Console
  • In the Reports column, select General > Device Details
  • Click the corresponding entry in the Device column

This will open the NIM Edit Device dialog.

  • Enter the desired name and click Rename
    • Allowed characters: alphanumeric (a-z, A-Z, 0-9), hyphen (-), underscore (_), and period (.)

This applies the manual name to the device's record in Statseeker, it does not write anything back to the device itself. Clicking Reset in the NIM Edit Device dialog will remove any previously set manual name.


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