The Monitor > Device Control page in OneView displays the action taken on USB drives connected to endpoints in the last 90 days and allows you to make exceptions for specific USB drives.
Note: macOS devices and devices utilizing Media Transfer Protocol or Picture Transfer Protocol are not currently supported.
Device control data is historical, so items cannot be deleted from this page. Historical data shows read-only or blocked items based on the policy settings. To configure Device Control, see Protection policy settings in OneView.
NOTICE - The ability to exclude USB devices is being rolled out over the next few months. For more information, see Add USB device to allow list in OneView.
Expand device control details
Under the Name column, click one of the device names to view more details. In the Device Control Details window, you can view the following information:
- Access: Shows whether the device has full access or is read-only.
- Action Taken: Shows allowed and blocked access to a USB device.
- Agent version: Version of the Endpoint agent.
- Date: Date and time of the USB device controlled event.
- Device: The name of the USB device.
- Device file system: File system of the USB device.
- Endpoint: Click the endpoint name to go to the Overview page for the endpoint.
- Group: Assigned group of the endpoint.
- IP address/CIDR: IP address of the endpoint.
- Manufacturer: The manufacturer of the USB device.
- OS platform: The operating system platform of the endpoint.
- OS release name: The operating system release name of the endpoint.
- OS type: Whether the endpoint was a Workstation or Server.
- OS version: The operating system of the endpoint.
- Path: Path of the detected device.
- Product: Name of the USB Device product.
- Serial number: The serial number of the USB device.
- Site: Assigned site of the endpoint.
- User: Logged in user during this detected activity.
- Vendor: Vendor name of the USB device.
- Volume: The drive letter for this USB device on the endpoint.
- Volume serial number: Unique serial number of the volume.
Filter Device Control
The Device Control table helps you manage the available information more efficiently. The following features are available to refine your search results:
- Reset filters: In the upper-right corner of the page, click Reset filters to go back to the default filter settings.
- Add / Remove Columns: In the top-right of the table, click Add / Remove Columns to customize the table columns.
- Column pinning and auto-sizing: Next to a column header, click the filter button to display a checkbox list of different sub-filters you can apply. Click the filter tab to pin or auto size for the selected column.
- Right-click menu: In the table, click and drag to select and highlight a table section. Right-click on your selected information to copy or export a .csv or an .xlsx file.
- Select all: Click the checkbox next to the Device name column header.
Export data
To download data to your local machine:
- Select all or check specific boxes for the rows you want to export.
- At the top-right of the Device Control page, click the ellipsis icon .
- Click Download .csv or Download .xlsx to export your data.