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Creating a Search Task

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To create a search task:

Enter the task name in the Task Name field. This name helps you identify the task in the Find
Address Tasks List. Names of the form Task1, Task2 and so on are provided by default.

Define the search targets: in the Enter an Address group box, select either IP or MAC to determine
the format of the address to search for, and enter the address into the fields provided. Click the Add
Address

button to add the address to the Addresses to Find list.

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To find all addresses in the given search domain, click All in the Enter an Address group box,
then click the Add Address button to add All to the to Addresses to Find list

Note that All is added to the search list in addition to any individually-specified addresses. The
All

specification does overlap with the other target addresses. However, this allows the user to

remove the All specification without losing the other addresses in the search list.

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Click the WildCard button to search for a MAC address defined only by the first three
hexadecimal tuples.

The first three hexadecimal tuples in a MAC address are assigned to vendors, such as Extreme
Networks, and they are vendor specific. The wildcard feature allows you to find all MAC
addresses coming from a particular vendor.

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Click the Remove Address button to remove an address from the list

Define the search domain. The Target Domains list specifies the scope of the devices to be included
in the search. Devices not included in this domain will not be searched.

You can define the search space in several ways:

— Devices

lets you select individual devices to include in the search

— Device Groups

lets you search all the devices in a specified device group

— Ports

lets you select individual ports to include in the search

— PortGroups

lets you search all the devices in a specified port group

You can create a target domain that includes a combination of these specifications.

NOTE

The IP/MAC Finder applet does not support hierarchical port groups. If you have created port groups
in the Grouping Manager that include subgroups as members, the subgroups will not appear in the
Target Domains list. Instead, any ports that are members of subgroups will be displayed directly
under the top-level port group, as if they are members of the top-level group.

If you select Devices or Ports as the Source Type, you must also select a Device Group from the
Select Group

field to define the list of devices that will appear in the Devices list. If you select

Domains or PortGroups, this field well be inactive.

Select the Device, Port, Device Group, or Port Group that you want to search and click the Add
button to move it into the Target Domains list.

To remove a member of the Target Domains list, select the item in the list and click Remove. To clear
the Target Domains list, click Remove All.

Define the search type. From the Search Type field, select Network to perform a search from the
network or DataBase to perform a search from the EPICenter database using the collected edge port
information.

If you perform a network search, EPICenter reports unreachable devices. If you perform an
EPICenter database search, EPICenter does not report unreachable devices.

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