To remove ports with "lan" in their description from being in the license count please use the Auto Grouping rules to match the interfaces based on the content of one of the device information fields, such as name, description, alias, speed etc.
The Auto Grouping rules can disable polling on large numbers of interfaces using a regex expression to match a pattern.
The procedure to create a new Auto Grouping to do this is below:
- On the Statseeker Admin tool GUI page select “Auto Grouping" in the User "Profile/Grouping" on the left, and then click the “Add” button.
- Give the rule a name; leave the “Groups to be populated” field blank.
- Make sure the Group Type is set to “Interface”.
- Add an "Attribute Filter" (for Cisco interfaces ifAlias is usally set to lan for LAN interfaces) by using the drop down menu to select the interface field you want to match on and enter the pattern you are searching for in the adjacent box.
The pattern entered in the box is a Regular Expression (regex).
Please see the page linked below for more information on Auto Grouping including examples of regex pattern matching at the bottom:
https://docs.statseeker.com/groups/automated-grouping/
Please also read the Notes etc... at the bottom of the Auto Grouping page which contain further examples and information about using Auto Grouping and Regex. - Then select "Show Advanced Options" to open the Configuration section.
- Then select Lock > Lock these items to stop the changes being reversed by the daily discovery.
- Then turn off the interface polling by selecting Items > Add then select > ifPoll in the drop down and then off in the adjacent box.
- Then use the "Test Rule" button to show what will be matched by the rule, what config changes will be done and the changes that will be done to the licensing.
The Test Rule button will not change anything. - When you are happy with what the rule does you can save the rule (using the "Save Rule" button) and run the rule (using the "Run Now" button) which will make the changes.