glide.discovery.enable_mac_address_verification Enables the MID Server to verify a device’s MAC address during Discovery to detect IP address changes. It is off by default; when enabled, Discovery stops processing the affected IP address and logs a warning while continuing with other IP addresses.
falseThe answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.
| What does it do? | This property activates a verification step that checks if the MAC address remains the same for an IP address during the Discovery phases, enhancing accuracy. |
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| What area does it affect? | Discovery process |
| What does the default mean? | The default value is "false", which means this behavior is disabled by default. |
| When should you review it? | Review this property when IP addresses in your environment change frequently to ensure accurate CI identification. |
Raw metadata from the property record.
| Property name | glide.discovery.enable_mac_address_verification |
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| Sys ID | 9a95c16253330200f0205f43911c088f |
| Type | boolean |
| Application | Global |
| Default value | false |
| Description | MAC address verification should be enabled if IP addresses of discovered CI's change frequently. This provides an additional verification step on the MID server to check that MAC address does not change for an IP address between Identification and Exploration phase of Discovery. |
| Updated | 2015-11-20 18:54:33 |
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