Searching for Systems and Events
System Criteria

	Introduction

You can select from many criteria when you create a list. Although the task you run is associated with one list, one list can include numerous conditions.

You can also exclude criteria. For example, including all systems of the type server and excluding all systems of a certain processor type provides a more distinct subset of the servers on the network. This filtering is done by selecting is or is not comparison selections. For more information on comparison selections, refer to Searching for Systems and Events - System Criteria Rules.

The more commonly used criteria include system type, IP address, product name, and hardware status. Less frequently used criteria include event category (trap categories), processor, management protocol, and memory range. Event lists include both system criteria and event criteria. Event criteria do not apply to system lists.

When you select multiple criteria, the system must meet all criteria for the system to be included in the list. For example, if you select systems within a specified IP range and with more than 32 MB of RAM, the list does not return a system in the specified IP range if the system has less than 32 MB of RAM.

Complex lists with many individual system selections or with many different selection criteria, take more system resources to execute. If a task is associated with a list, keep the list as simple as possible to minimize the performance impacts.

	Software/Firmware Criterion

	Cleared State Criterion

You can run a search on a certain set of event statuses:

	Server Role Criterion

The Server Role criterion is a system or event list search that enables a user to list the servers of one or more matching roles. The server role is a user-specified value available on HP Insight Management Agents 5.4 or later. To create the criteria, select server role in the Where dropdown list on the Advanced Search page and select the criteria comparison option.

	Assignee Criteria

You can run a search on certain events that are assigned to a particular user. When you select the assignee list criteria, the result is a scrollable list of users of which more than one can be selected.

Note
	If you do not select a user, an error message displays, stating that there are no assignees for these events. Add assignees from the event list page.

	Event Category Criterion

When using the event category criteria, you must select a name and a comparison criteria. Next, in the and type name is box, select a type to search against. Click [Add] to add additional criteria, click [Go] to perform the search immediately, or click [Save as] to save the search. Refer to Monitoring Systems, Events, and Clusters - Saving Lists for more information on using [Save as].

Note
	While it is possible to select a specific version of a trap (for example, Array Accelerator Bad Data (Ver. 1), it is better to select both versions because you might have older or newer agents on some managed systems. Selecting all versions ensures that all agent versions are included in the event list.

	Memory Range Criteria

You can set the memory ranges for systems that you include in the list. You can choose multiple groups, one at a time, from the following ranges:

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