Adding a Custom Attribute to an IP address in Netdot

Introduction

This article is designed to guide IT Staff through the process of adding a custom attribute to an IP address within the Netdot database.

This requires that the user has:

  1. User access to Netdot
  2. IP address block assigned to the user
Note: If you do not have access to Netdot or do not have IP Blocks assigned to your Netdot Account, submit a ticket with Enterprise Systems.
Also note: The terms tag and custom Attribute mean the same thing, for the purposes of this article, and are used interchangeably.

Overview

This is a Process flow diagram that shows the steps in the webpage below.

  1. Log Into Netdot
  2. Access the DNS Record
  3. Access the IP Record
  4. Append the Custom Attribute

Procedure

Log in to Netdot with your credentials

Access the DNS Record Page in Netdot

  1. Enter the IP address of the device  you wish to tag and press <ENTER>
    This image shows where an IP address is entered to look up a DNS record in Netdot
  2. This is what the DNS Record page looks like:

Access the IP Address Record in Netdot

  1. Click the IP Address (172.19.128.244, in this case) under the Address element on the webpage and you will be taken to the IP Address Record page, it looks like this:
    This is an IP Address Record in Netdot

Append the Custom Attribute to the IP Address Record

  1. From the page displaying the IP Address Record, in the Custom Attributes element, Click [add] on the right hand side of the page, to get to the IP Block Attribute page.
    This is the IP Block Attribute Page in NetDot
  2. Select the appropriate Attribute ID from the drop down menu, Click Name (e.g. PCI-DSS).              This is the dropdown menu, 'Name', used to select the Attribute you'd like to tag
     
  3. Type a value of Yes, and click on Insert.This is the IP Block Screen, enter the type 'Yes' in the Value field
  4. And you are now done. The display should look like this:
    Once the tag has been appended, you access the IPBlockAttr page to verify the tag you selected has been applied.
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