Users Guide

• Unmanaged — Select this option to monitor firmware version compliance only. The

discovered resources are not available for a firmware upgrade or deploying services by ASM.

• Reserved — Select this option to monitor firmware version compliance and upgrade

firmware. The discovered resources are not available for deploying services by ASM.

d. Select an existing or create a server pool from the Discover into Server Pool drop-down menu.

This option allows you to discover the resources into the selected server pool instead of the

global pool (default).

NOTE: Selecting the server pool is optional.

e. Select an existing or create a credential from the Credentials drop-down menu to discover

resource types. The default options available are:

• Dell PowerEdge BMC Default — Select PowerEdge servers with the BMC interface.

• Dell PowerEdge iDRAC Default — Select PowerEdge servers with the iDRAC interface.

3. Click Next.

You may have to wait while ASM locates and displays all the resources that are connected to the

managed networks.

NOTE: To discover multiple resources with different IP address ranges, repeat step 2 and 3.

4. On the Initial Chassis Configuration page, perform the following tasks, and click Next.

NOTE: The Initial Chassis Configuration page is displayed only when one or more chassis are

identified in the specified IP range.

NOTE: If you select both PowerEdge M1000e and FX2 chassis during Chassis configuration,

the power configuration options for Enable Server Performance Over Power Redundancy or

Enable Dynamic Power Supply Engagement are not displayed for selection. The two options

are only applicable to PowerEdge M1000e chassis. It is recommended not to select both

PowerEdge M1000e and PowerEdge FX2 chassis for chassis configuration.

a. Under Select Chassis For Initial Configuration, select one or more chassis for which you want

to assign IP address and add credentials during discovery.

b. Under IP Addressing section, select the method for assigning IP address to chassis and servers

and I/O modules within the chassis.

c. Under Credentials section, select credentials to access chassis and servers and I/O modules

within the chassis.

5. On the Discovered Resources page, select the resources from which you want to collect the

inventory data, and click Finish.

The discovered resources are listed in the Resources page.