Viewing unit properties - Security Center 5.12

Security Center Administrator Guide 5.12
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Security Center
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5.12
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English
Last updated
2024-09-13

The Hardware inventory report shows a list of local and federated units that are part of your system. You can see information such as the unit type, manufacturer, readers, model, IP address, password strength, and certificate status.

What you should know

For example, you can use the Hardware inventory report to see what firmware version a unit has, and determine if it should be upgraded.
NOTE: The Hardware inventory report shows information about local and federated units. However, some functions are not available for federated units: the action commands at the bottom of the screen, the properties Password, Proposed firmware version, Proposed firmware description, all reader-related information, all certificate-related information, and so on.

To view federated units in the Hardware Inventory task, the Forward Directory reports option must be enabled.

Procedure

  1. From the homepage, open the Hardware inventory task.
  2. Set up the query filter for your report. Choose one or more of the following filters:
    Units
    Select individual units or roles to investigate. Selecting a role is equivalent to selecting all units managed by that role.
    Source group
    Select the category of units: access control, ALPR, intrusion detection, or video.
    IP address
    Enter the IP address of the unit.
    NOTE: You can use asterisks (*) as wildcards to replace the following:
    • For IPv4: an entire octet (192.*.1.258), digits within an octet (192.16*.1.25*), or the end of an address (192.*).
    • For IPv6: an entire segment (2001:0db8::*), hexadecimal digits within a segment (2001:0db8::*234), or the end of an address (2001:*).
    Advanced search
    This filter only applies to access control units. Choose whether to display controllers, expanders, locksets, readers, or a combination of these.
    NOTE: Selecting certain options is necessary to view values in specific columns. For example, to see values in the Type of reader and Reader encryption status columns, you must select the Show readers option.
    Custom fields
    Restrict the search to a predefined custom field for the entity. This filter only appears if custom fields are defined for the entity, and if the custom field was made visible to you when it was created or last configured.
  3. Click Generate report.
    The report pane shows the unit properties.