Users Guide

Resource Management Portlets and Editors | Resource Management
OMNM 6.5.3 User Guide 191
Search by IP or Mac Address
The Search by IP or Mac Address portlet lets you find Managed Equipment, Ports and Interfaces
for the IP or MAC address entered.
The same right-click menus as appear in
Resource Editor , Ports or Interfaces appears in the search
results. The display confines those results to what is found; if only ports satisfy the search criteria,
then Managed Equipment and Interface do not appear. A count of found items appears in the
upper right corner of each panel.
NOTE:
Search by IP or Mac Address portlet supports search by description on both ports and interfaces
Connected Devices
Connected Devices is an enhanced version of the Find Physical Connection for IP or MAC Address
feature. Connected Devices can assist you in locating the port that a device you are searching for is
physically connected to. Additionally, using Connected Devices, you can determine everything that
is connected to a specified managed device - whether those somethings are managed or
unmanaged.
OpenManage Network Manager's Connected Devices feature works by utilizing LLDP, CDP, EDP,
Bridging, and ARP data that is collected during Network Data Collection. At the very end of the
Network Data Collection action, using that data, a list of connected devices is compiled and
maintained for each device being managed by OpenManage Network Manager.
NOTE:
Connected Devices relies on Network Data Collection related data being up to date. It is automatically
scheduled to be run daily, however - depending on your network situation - you may wish to schedule
Network Data Collection to happen more frequently.