Set the preferred IP version for network adapter discovery
Control which IP version Discovery populates on a Network Adapter CI during Linux, Windows, and Solaris discovery.
Before you begin
Verify that you have at least version 6.32.0 of Visibility Content.
Role required: discovery_admin
About this task
When a network adapter supports both IPv4 and IPv6, Discovery populates the IP Address [ip_address] field on the Network Adapter [cmdb_ci_network_adapter] CI with one IP address. Before Visibility Content version 6.32.0, Discovery selected the value randomly. Starting from this release, IPv4 is populated by default. Use the network_adaptor_preferred_ip_version MID Server property to specify which IP version to populate.
Procedure
Navigate to All > MID Server > Properties.
In the Name column, search for
network_adaptor_preferred_ip_version.Select the network_adaptor_preferred_ip_version property.
In the Value field, enter the accepted value for the IP version to populate.
Values are case-sensitive. Use only the accepted values listed in the table.
IP version Accepted values IPv4 ipv4, IPv4, or v4. IPv6 ipv6, IPv6, or v6. Select Update.
What to do next
Run discovery again or wait for the scheduled run to apply the changes.
Parent Topic:Data collected by ITOM Visibility
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