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6 Authentication —You can Create new , or Choose existing authentications. (See Discovery
Profiles on page 60 for details.) Notice that authentications appear with
Edit / Delete icons
and
Up / Down arrows on their right. The Edit icon opens the authentication editor. Click the
arrows to arrange the order in which credentials are tried (top first). Ordering only applies
when two credentials are of the same type.
Actions
7 You can configure Actions to run as part of discovery. By default, the actions screen includes
the
Resync action. Use Add Action to select others to enter here. You can also edit parameters
(if available), delete and re-order the actions listed here by clicking the icons to the right of
them. Dell OpenManage Network Manager executes them in top-to-bottom order.
Inspection
8 Inspect Network using your current settings —This screen lets you preview the discovery
profile’s actions and access to devices. If you clicked
Next rather than Inspect at the bottom of
the previous screen, click
Start Inspection to begin the inspection process for selected
authentications that validates the device’s credentials.
Notice that the
Auth Test Status fields below listed authentications indicates the success or
failure of Ping, Hostname resolution, and the listed Authentications.
If the device does not match all required authentications, you can click the
Fix it icon
(wrench and screwdriver crossed) to edit them for the selected device. You can also click
Te s t
Device
, Create New, or Choose Existing authentications while in the editor clicking the Fix it
icon displays.
When authentications are unsuccessful, you can remove or edit them in this editor too. Click
the icons to the right of listed authentications to do this.
9 Save— Click Save to preserve the profile. You can then right-click it to select Execute and
begin discovery
. If you select Execute from the profile editor, Dell OpenManage Network
Manager does not save the profile to execute later.
Results
10 Execute —Clicking Execute begins discovery, and the message traffic between Dell
OpenManage Network Manager and the device appears on the
Results screen.
This is a standard
Audit screen. See Audit Trail / Jobs Screen on page 85 for more about it.
11 A message ( Discovery Profile Execute is complete ) appears in the Messages at the bottom left
of the status bar.
Tip
You can also schedule discovery profiles to run periodically, updating your Dell OpenManage Network
Manager database with any network changes. For more, see Schedules on page 89.