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4. The Monitor > Server Initiated Discovery page lists the servers that establish contact with the console. Also, the servers
whose credentials have been added in the console, but which are yet to initiate contact are also listed. The following
statuses of the servers based on the previously mentioned conditions are displayed:
● Announced—Server initiates contact with the console, however, the credentials of the server are not added to the
console.
● Credentials Added—The credentials of the server are added in the console, however, the server has not initiated contact
with the console.
● Ready to Discover—The credentials of the server are added and the server has initiated contact.
NOTE: The appliance triggers a Discovery job every 10 minutes to discover all the servers in the 'Ready to Discover'
status. However, if the Discovery-Approval policy in the appliance is set as 'Manual,' then the user should manually
trigger the Discovery job for each server. For more information, see Manage Console preferences on page 141
● Job submitted for Discovery—This status indicates that the discovery job is initiated either automatically or manually for
the server.
● Discovered—The server is discovered and is listed on the All Devices page.
The following tasks can be performed on the Monitor > Server Initiated Discovery page:
1. Import—To import the server credentials:
a. Click Import.
b. In the Import From File wizard, click Upload Service Tags File to navigate and select the .csv file.
To view a sample CSV file of the server credentials, click Download sample CSV file.
c. Click Finish
2. Discover—To manually discover the servers in 'Ready to Discover' status:
a. Select the servers listed on the Server-Initiated Discovery page which are in 'Ready to Discover' Status.
b. Click Discover.
A Discover job is triggered to discover the servers and post discovery these servers are listed on the All Devices page.
3. Delete—To delete the servers listed on the Server-Initiated Discovery page:
a. Select the servers on the Server-Initiated Discovery page which are already discovered and listed on the All Devices
page.
b. Click Delete.
The servers are deleted from the Server-Initiated Discovery page.
NOTE: Entries corresponding to discovered servers are automatically be purged after 30 days.
4. Export—To export the server credentials in HTML, CSV, or PDF formats:
a. Select one or more servers on the Sever-Initiated Discovery page.
b. Click Export.
c. In the Export All wizard, select any of the following file formats: HTML, CSV, and PDF.
d. Click Finish. A job is created, and the data is exported to the selected location.
Create a device discovery job
NOTE:
To perform any tasks on OpenManage Enterprise, you must have necessary user privileges. See Role-based
OpenManage Enterprise user privileges on page 14.
To discover a device:
1. Click Monitor > Discovery > Create.
2. In the Create Discovery Job dialog box, a default job name is populated. To change it, enter the discovery job name.
By default, the dialog box enables you to define properties of similar devices at a time.
● To include more devices or ranges to the current discovery job, click Add. Another set of the following fields is displayed
where you can specify the device properties: Type, IP/Hostname/Range, and Settings.
WARNING:
A maximum of 8,000 devices can be managed by OpenManage Enterprise. Hence, do not
specify large networks that have devices more than the maximum number of devices supported by
OpenManage Enterprise. It may cause the system to abruptly stop responding.
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