Storage server discovery device history source is not an ip address instead it is a long hash stringDescription Storage server discovery may lead to storage server device history having 'source' field as a non ip address string. The general expectation being that all device history should have an ip address as value for the 'source' field. This may not be the case always it may also contain a long string which is a hash token value. This usually happens if cim queries are used to discover the storage server and further in doing so CIM device history is created. This CIM device history uses a hash of the device's CIMQL identity string and uses that as the device history source rather than IP, which is used in normal discoveries.IPs cannot be used here uniquely, as CIM probes query the CIMOM - or CIM Server - which may not necessarily be the same physical device as the one we're discovering. The same hash token values would also be present, while viewing the discovery logs. This would be present under the device column. So this shouldn't be treated as an issue but rather it's by design. Example 1 Example 2