Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

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Best Practices for Auto-Discovery Rules

Because NNMi automatically manages all discovered devices, use IP address ranges that closely match the areas of the network that you want to manage.
- You can use multiple IP address ranges within an auto-discovery rule to restrict discovery.
- You can add a large IP address range to an auto-discovery rule and then exclude some IP addresses from discovery within that rule.
The system object ID range specification is a prefix, not an absolute value. For example, the range 1.3.6.1.4.1.11 is the same as 1.3.6.1.4.1.11.*.