====== Filtering and Searching Devices ======
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Administrators occasionally need to locate specific devices within the network. This can be very tedious if there are hundreds or thousands of managed devices. **Xcalibur W** provides a simple and effective way to locate managed devices via the row of drop-down menus and blank fields across the top of the devices list.

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The text fields use standard wildcard methods. So, for example, to filter for any device with **LNV** in the hostname, simply enter *LNV* in the blank text field in the **Hostname** column. To locate a device with the first four digits of the MAC ID equal to **01:0F**, enter the *01:0F* in the blank text field in the **MAC ID** column.

The drop-down menus in various columns provide an alternate method for sorting and selecting devices.

Finally, the search fields and drop-down menus can be used in combination to allow fine-grained search results.