Users Guide

Working With Licensable Systems
Topics:
• Inventorying Licensable Systems
• Editing an Inventory Range
• Viewing Inventoried Systems
• Removing System Information
• Saving Reports
Inventorying Licensable Systems
Performing discovery and inventory of licensable systems enables you to view the licensing status for those systems. Perform a
system’s inventory before deploying licenses for the system. The inventory process automatically retrieves the installed non-
evaluation licenses for archival purposes.
To inventory systems:
1. In Dell License Manager, click Systems.
2. In Systems, click Run Discovery and Inventory.
3. In the Select IP Address page of Discovery / Inventory Wizard, click Add Range or IP.
4. In Edit Inventory Range window, provide a name for the IP range or address, and perform one of the following:
● To use an IPv4 range for inventorying systems, provide the start address, end address, and subnet mask.
● To use an individual IP address for inventorying systems, select Individual Address (IPv4, IPv6, or hostname), and
provide the IP address or host name.
● To use a text file for inventorying systems, select Text file with IP addresses, click Load, navigate and select the text
file.
NOTE: You must select a text file that includes an IP address or host name on each line.
5. Click OK.
The IP address or range that you provided is added to the IP Addresses and Ranges table.
If you selected a text file, the IP addresses and host names in the text file are verified, and the invalid IP addresses or host
names are displayed in the Validation Report.
NOTE:
● After the IP addresses are added from a text file, they are displayed as individual IP addresses.
● If there are duplicate IP addresses in the text file or if the IP addresses already exist in the IP Addresses and Range
table, they are ignored.
● The text file cannot be edited using License Manager.
6. In the Select IP Address page of Discovery / Inventory Wizard, click Next.
7. In the IP Scan Settings page of Discovery / Inventory Wizard, provide the user credentials and configure the Internet
Control Message Protocol (ICMP) and WS-Man options, and then click Next.
NOTE: For information on certificate settings, see Communication Settings.
8. In the Confirm Settings page of the Discovery / Inventory Wizard:
● Review the discovery settings you provided. Click Back to edit settings.
● If you do not want to view the inventory task progress in the task pane, deselect the Show task pane after launch
option.
9. Click Run Discovery / Inventory.
The Tasks view is displayed. You can go to the Systems view to see the inventoried systems.
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