Users Guide

When discovering device(s) from all the available devices, you can exclude certain device(s) from getting monitored by
OpenManage Enterprise by doing the following:
1. In the Global Exclusion of Ranges dialog box:
a. In the Description of Exclude Range box, enter the information about the range that is being excluded.
b. In the Enter Ranges to Exclude box, enter address(es) or range of devices to be excluded. The box can take up to
1000 address entries at a time, but separated by a line break. Meaning, every exclusion range must be entered in different
lines inside the box.
The range that can be excluded is same as the supported ranges that are applicable while discovering a device. See
Create a device discovery job on page 107.
2. Click Add.
3. When prompted, click YES.
The IP address or the range is globally excluded, and then displayed in the list of excluded ranges. Such devices are globally
excluded which implies that they do not take part in any activity performed by OpenManage Enterprise.
NOTE: The device that is globally excluded is clearly identified as 'Globally excluded' on the Job Details page.
You can view the list of globally excluded devices by clicking:
● Devices > Global Exclude. The Global Exclusion of Ranges dialog box displays the list of excluded devices.
● Monitor > Discovery > Create > Global Exclude. The Global Exclusion of Ranges dialog box displays the list of
excluded devices.
● Monitor > Discovery > Global Exclusion List. The Global Exclusion of Ranges dialog box displays the list of
excluded devices.
To remove a device from the global exclusion list:
a. Select the check box and click Remove from Exclusion.
b. When prompted, click YES. The device is removed from the global exclusion list. However, a device removed from the
global exclusion list is not automatically monitored by OpenManage Enterprise. You must discover the device so that
OpenManage Enterprise starts monitoring.
NOTE:
Adding devices that are already known to the console (meaning, already discovered by the console) to the Global
Exclusion List will remove the device(s) from OpenManage Enterprise.
NOTE: The newly-included devices to the Global Exclusion List continues to be seen in the All Devices grid till the next
Discovery cycle. To avoid performing tasks on such devices, it is highly recommended that the user manually excludes them
from the All Devices Page by selecting the check box corresponding to the device(s) and then clicking Exclude.
NOTE: Devices listed in the Global Exclusion List are excluded from all tasks in the console. If the IP of a device is in the
Global Exclusion List and a discovery task is created where the range for discovery includes that IP, that device is not
discovered. However, there will be no error indication on the console when the discovery task is being created. If you
expect that a device must be discovered and it is not, you must check the Global Exclusion List to see if the device has
been included in the Global Exclusion List.
Specify discovery mode for creating a server
discovery job
1. From the Device Type drop-down menu, select SERVER.
2. When prompted, select:
● Dell iDRAC: To discover by using iDRAC.
● Host OS: To discover by using an VMware ESXi, Microsoft Windows Hyper-V, or Linux operating system.
● Non-Dell Servers (via OOB): To discover third party servers by using IPMI.
3. Click OK.
Based on your selection, the fields change under Settings.
4. Enter the IP address, host name, or IP range associated with the protocol in IP/Hostname/Range.
5. Under Settings, enter the username and password of the server to be discovered.
6. To customize discovery protocols by clicking Additional Settings, see Creating customized device discovery job template
for servers.
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Discovering devices for monitoring or management