Managing Storage and Peripheral Devices

This topic covers three device management procedures: manually adding a new device, adding an exclusion to a device, and editing a device.

To manually add a new device:
1. Click Asset Management > Media Devices > Storage & Peripheral.
2. From the View list, select Manually added devices.
3. Click .
4. Select:
  - Storage Device
    
    The New Storage Device window appears.
  - Peripheral Device
    
    The New Peripheral Device window appears.
5. Enter these:
  - Name - Enter a unique device display name, which cannot contain spaces or special characters (except for the underscore and hyphen characters).
  - Applies to - This setting is valid for peripheral devices only.
  - Connection Type - Select the connection type Internal, External or Unknown (required).
  - Category - Select a device category from the list.
  - Serial Number - Enter the device serial number. You can use wild card characters in the serial number to apply this device definition to more than one physical device. See Using Wild Card Characters.
  - Extra Information - Configure whether the device shows as fixed disk device (Hard Drive with Master Boot Record), a removable device (Media without Master Boot Record) or None.
  - Device ID Filter - Enter a filter string that identifies the device category (class). Devices are included in the category when the first characters in a Device ID match the filter string. For example, if the filter string is My_USB_Stick, these devices are members of the device category:
    - My_USB_Stick_40GB
    - My_USB_Stick_80GB
  - Supported Capabilities:
    - Log device events - Select this option to create a log entry when this device connects to an endpoint computer (Event ID 11 or 20 only).
    - Allow encryption - Select this option if the device can be encrypted (storage devices only).
6. Assign Groups (relevant for storage devices only):
  1. To assign the device to an existing group, from the existing group list, select a group.
  2. To assign the device to a new group, in the create a new group field, enter the new group name.
  3. If you do not want to add the device to any group, select do not add to group.
7. Click Finish.
To add an exclusion to a device:
1. Click Asset Management > Media Devices > Storage & Peripheral.
2. Right-click the applicable device and select Exclude.
  
  The Device Override Settings window appears.
3. Configure the required Read Policy and Write Policy (relevant to storage devices only).
  
  For more information on the configuration options, see Configuring the Read Action and Configuring the Write Action.
4. Define Behavior (relevant for peripheral devices only):
  1. From the Rule(s) list, select a rule.
  2. From the Access type list, select Accept or Block.
  3. From the Log type list, select a log.
  4. Add details in the Description field.
5. Click Finish.
Note:

If a device has an exclusion already in place, the new exclusion overrides an existing exclusion.

The Discovered devices view lists the details of the devices automatically discovered by the Endpoint server.
To edit a device:
1. Click Asset Management > Media Devices > Storage & Peripheral.
2. Right-click the applicable device and select Edit.
  
  The Edit Peripheral Device window opens.
3. Enter these:
  - Name - Enter a unique device display name, which cannot contain spaces or special characters (except for the underscore and hyphen characters).
  - Applies to - This setting is valid for peripheral devices only.
  - Connection Type - Select the connection type Internal, External or Unknown (required).
  - Category - Select a device category from the list.
  - Serial Number - Enter the device serial number. You can use wild card characters in the serial number. See Using Wild Card Characters.
  - Extra Information - Configure whether the device shows as fixed disk device, removable device, or None.
  - Device ID Filter - Enter a filter string. Devices whose Device ID starts with the string are included. For example:
    - My_USB_Stick_40GB
    - My_USB_Stick_80GB
  - Supported Capabilities:
    - Log device events
    - Allow encryption
4. Assign Groups (relevant for storage devices only):
  1. To assign the device to an existing group, select a group.
  2. To assign the device to a new group, enter the new group name.
  3. Select do not add to group if not adding the device to a group.
5. Configure the required Read Policy and Write Policy.
  
  See Configuring the Read Action and Configuring the Write Action.
6. Define Behavior (peripheral devices only):
  1. Select a rule from the Rule(s) list.
  2. Select Accept or Block from Access type.
  3. Select a log from the Log type list.
  4. Add details in the Description field.
7. Click Finish.