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 configures the system to identify hosts for endpoints by matching their location values during top-down discovery. |
| What area does it affect? |
Service Mapping |
| 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 top-down discovery or adjusting host identification criteria. |
Out of the box property record
Raw metadata from the property record.
| Property name |
sm.network_location.detect_host_by_location |
| Sys ID |
2e4d95a95b6b2110876b1c8fb681c775 |
| Type |
boolean |
| Application |
Global |
| Default value |
false |
| Description |
Enable host detection by location during top-down discovery.
Identification of hosts for endpoints chooses host candidates with matching location value.
The Network Location field is added to the entrypoints form.
If this field is left empty, any host location is eligible for a match. |
| Updated |
2023-11-14 13:48:26 |
Sources
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... matching horizontal Discovery history exists for the IP range, affinity will not apply. • Network location: After locations have been assigned to the horizontal discovery schedules, you can enable the sm.network_location.detect_host_by_location system property, which adds a Network Location field to the Entry point form. The top-down discovery process starts with the entry point defined on this form and can then identify ...
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