Using the Devices Metadata Dashboard

You use the Devices Metadata Dashboard to view a centralized inventory of monitored devices and their descriptive attributes. Rather than performance metrics, this dashboard focuses on identity, ownership, classification, and contextual details so you can understand what each device is, where it belongs, and how it should be managed.

Device metadata refers to device attributes that are typically static or slow-changing, describing the device beyond performance metrics. Examples include:

Unique device identifiers (device name, system name, serial number)
Network properties (IPv4, IPv6, MAC address, DNS)
Business ownership and context (customer, zone, group)
Logical classification (device type, category, group membership)
Descriptive fields (custom name, description, metadata fields)

The Devices Metadata Dashboard consists of a single panel, titled Devices Metadata Table, which is a customizable OpenSearch Dashboards table. Each row is a device and each column is a metadata attribute.

Devices Metadata Table

This panel shows a table in which each row represents a device. The table includes the following columns:

Device Name: The primary identifier used within the monitoring platform.
Customer: The business owner or tenant associated with the device.
IPv4: The primary IPv4 address assigned to the device.
IPv6: The IPv6 address, if applicable.
MAC Address: The hardware address of the device.
Device Type: The device model.
Zone: The network, security, or geographic zone.
Serial Number: The manufacturer serial number.
Category: The logical classification or grouping.
Groups: The logical collections (for example, region, team, environment).
DNS: The DNS hostname or record.

Note:

Not all devices will have values for every field listed above. Values depend on the device type, integration, and data source.

You can sort the table by Device Name. You can also customize the columns to support audits, reporting, and integrations.

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