Property reference

glide.discovery.enforce_unique_ips

The glide.discovery.enforce_unique_ips property ensures that each discovered device has a unique IP address. When enabled, it clears the IP address of any previously discovered devices that share the same IP, preventing conflicts in the system.

Default
false
Type
boolean
Application
Global

Key questions about this property

The answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.

What does it do? This property enforces unique IP addresses during device discovery by clearing the IP field of devices that share an IP with a newly discovered device.
What area does it affect? Discovery and Configuration Management
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 configuring device discovery settings or troubleshooting IP address conflicts.

Out of the box property record

Raw metadata from the property record.

Property name glide.discovery.enforce_unique_ips
Sys ID 356c409f4a36231d012ffdb2558563a7
Type boolean
Application Global
Default value false
Description <b>Enforce unique IP addresses:</b> if set to yes, then each time a computer, printer, or network gear is discovered, and that device has a valid IP address, then any other devices with the same IP address have their IP address field cleared.
Updated 2011-11-01 12:39:28

Sources

Official references and nearby text excerpts where this property appears.

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... balancer returned by Discovery in the CI record, rather than substituting it for the IP address of one of the load balancer's NICs. • Type: string • Default value: cmdb_ci_lb glide.discovery.enforce_unique_ips Enforce unique IP addresses: Ignores the IP address after Discovery encounters subsequent devices that use the same IP address. Each time a computer, printer, or network gear with a valid ...

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