Users Guide

NOTE: To discover a resource in an IP range, ensure that you provide the starting and ending IP addresses.
NOTE: To discover the EMC storage, type the SP A IP Address and SP B IP Address in the IP Address Range
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d. Select one of the following options from the Resource State drop-down menu:
• Managed — Select this option to monitor the rmware version compliance, upgrade rmware, and deploy services on
the discovered resources. This is the default option.
• Unmanaged — Select this option to monitor rmware version compliance only. The discovered resources are not
available for a rmware upgrade or deploying services by ASM.
• Reserved — Select this option to monitor rmware version compliance and upgrade rmware. The discovered
resources are not available for deploying services by ASM.
e. 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.
f. 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 dierent IP address ranges, repeat step 2 and 3.
4. On the Initial Chassis Conguration page, perform the following tasks, and click Next.
NOTE: The Initial Chassis Conguration page is displayed only when one or more chassis are identied in the
specied IP range.
NOTE: If you select both PowerEdge M1000e and FX2 chassis during Chassis conguration, the power
conguration 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 conguration.
a. Under Select Chassis For Initial Conguration, 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, servers, and I/O modules within the
chassis.
c. Under Credentials section, select credentials to access chassis, 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.
Related links
Collecting the resource inventory
Adding IP Address and Credentials to Chassis
Adding IP Address and Credentials to Chassis
On the Initial Chassis Conguration page, you can congure the IP address and credentials to the chassis and the associated
servers and I/O module during discovery. However, you can congure the global chassis settings and other unique settings for
chassis, servers, and I/O modules using the Congure Resource wizard.
NOTE: The Chassis Conguration page in the Discover Resources wizard is displayed only when the resources that you
discovered include one or more chassis.
1. On the Initial Chassis Conguration page, in the IP Addressing section, perform the following actions:
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