Device Scan Rules

Scan rules fall into the following categories:

• Virtualization characteristics. VMware and Hyper-V.
• Management object checks. WMI or SNMP information.
• Match all. Always evaluate rule expression to true.
• Active TCP ports. Check if TCP connection can be initiated.
• Hostname. Check system hostname.
• Functional category. Basic role (bridge, firewall, hub ... unknown)
• Information set checking. Checks temporary XPATH-like objects used by Discovery.

See Also Building Rule Sets for Device Detection Querying Infosets