scope.special table

The special table defines management IP addresses. A management address is an IP address on a device whose only role is to manage the device. Management addresses do not handle network traffic.

Table 1. scope.special database table schema
Column name	Constraints	Data type	Description
`m_Zones`	NOT NULL	List of type zone	A list of varbinds (name=value) that define the present discovery zone. This takes the form of a list of subnet IP addresses and subnet.
`m_AddressSpace`		Text	Optional address space identifier for a particular scope entry.
`m_Protocol`		Integer	An integer representation of the IP protocol used by the presently-defined zone: 1: IPv4 2: IPv4 that has been through network address translation (NAT) 3: IPv6
`m_OutOfBand`		Int Type Boolean	Indicates whether the management area is out of band. Takes one of the following values: 0: in band 1: out of band
`m_IsManagement`		Int Type Boolean	Indicates whether the address is a management address.
`m_IsValidVirtual`		Int Type Boolean	Indicates whether the address is a valid virtual IP.
m_Identifier		Text	Optional identifier for tracking.
m_Priority		Int	Priority that is used if there are multiple matches. The scope.special entry that has the highest priority is selected. This priority must be set to at least 1.
m_NonPingable		Int	If set to 1, the address is selected even if it cannot be pinged.
m_AdminInterface		Int Type Boolean	Indicates whether the address is an interface.
m_ExtraInfo		Object type vblist	Optional fields with which the target entity can be enriched.