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# Turn off collection of port data for SNMP network devices

# Turn off collection of port data for SNMP network devices {#ariaid-title1}

* Freigeben Version: Australia
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* Aktualisiert 12. März 2026
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 Minute Lesedauer

In some environments you may not want to collect the port data for SNMP network
devices.

## Vorbereitungen

Role required: admin

## Warum und wann dieser Vorgang ausgeführt wird

If the network devices contain an extremely large number of ports and each individual port's information is not critical to the overall management of the devices, you may not want to collect the port data for SNMP network devices. This would affect records from being created in the Switchports table (dscy_switchport). This process only impacts probe discovery.

## Prozedur

1. Navigate to Discovery DefinitionProbes.
2. Go to the SNMP - Switching probe.
3. In the SNMP Fields tab, find the field named ports, double-click the value in the Active column, and change the value to false.  
   The collection and processing of ports information for switches is then disabled. The ports field for the switch CI should have the correct ports count even though the related list switchports is empty.
4. Click the check mark to save the change.