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In SMC 5.0 there is one new shortcut that speeds up the daily administration tasks a bit. You can namely create new hosts wherever you see IP addresses. Just right-click that IP address and select “New Host” action from the menu that opens. This is a nice shortcut when you recognize some IP from the logs and you know you need to use a host element with that IP later e.g. in a security policy.

The pictures below demonstrate what happens if you select that action:

In the future, you can see that host also in the logs like this (assuming you have “Resolve Addresses” option selected in the Log Browser’s data menu):

Enjoy!

written by Tero Jantunen - 1,168 views \\ tags: logs, New Host, Shortcuts, SMC, Tips & Tricks