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Table Of Contents
1. To Discover using WS-Man/Redfish (iDRAC, Server, and/or Chassis)
a. In the Credentials section, enter User Name and Password.
b. In the Connection Settings section:
● In the Retries box, enter the number of repeated attempts that must be made to discover a server.
● In the Timeout box, enter the time after which a job must stop running.
● Enter in the Port box to edit the port number. By default, 443 is used to connect to the device. For supported port
numbers, see Supported protocols and ports in OpenManage Enterprise on page 30
● Select the Enable Common Name (CN) check box if the common name of device is same as the host name used to
access the OpenManage Enterprise.
● Select the Enable Certificate Authority (CA) check box, if needed.
2. To Discover using IPMI (non-Dell via OOB)
a. In the Credentials section, enter User Name and Password.
b. In the Connection Settings section:
● In the Retries box, enter the number of repeated attempts that must be made to discover a server.
● In the Timeout box, enter the time after which a job must stop running.
● In the KgKey box, enter an appropriate value.
3. To Discover using SSH (Linux, Windows, Hyper-V)
NOTE: Only OpenSSH on Windows and Hyper-V is supported. Cygwin SSH is not supported.
a. In the Credentials section, enter User Name and Password.
b. In the Connection Settings section:
● In the Retries box, enter the number of repeated attempts that must be made to discover a server.
● In the Timeout box, enter the time after which a job must stop running.
● Enter in the Port box to edit the port number. By default, 22 is used to connect to the device. For supported port
numbers, see Supported protocols and ports in OpenManage Enterprise on page 30
● Select the Verify the known Host key check box to validate host against known host keys.
NOTE:
Known host keys are added via the /DeviceService/HostKeys REST API service. Please refer to the
OpenManage Enterprise RESTful API Guide for more information on how to manage host keys.
● Select the Use SUDO Option check box if sudo accounts are preferred.
NOTE: For sudo accounts to work, the server(s) /etc/sudoer file must be configured to use NOPASSWD.
4. To Discover using ESXi (VMware)
a. In the Credentials section, enter User Name and Password.
b. In the Connection Settings section:
● In the Retries box, enter the number of repeated attempts that must be made to discover a server.
● In the Timeout box, enter the time after which a job must stop running.
● Enter in the Port box to edit the port number. By default, 443 is used to connect to the device. For supported port
numbers, see Supported protocols and ports in OpenManage Enterprise on page 30
● Select the Enable Common Name (CN) check box if the common name of device is same as the host name used to
access the OpenManage Enterprise.
● Select the Enable Certificate Authority (CA) check box, if needed.
Related information
Discovering devices for monitoring or management on page 39
Specify discovery mode for creating a chassis
discovery job
1. From the Device Type drop-down menu, select CHASSIS.
Based on your selection, the fields change under Settings.
2. Enter the IP address, host name, or IP range in IP/Hostname/Range.
3. Under Settings, enter the username and password of the server to be detected.
4. Type the community type.
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