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e. Select the Enable Certificate Authority (CA) check check box.
3. Click Finish.
4. Complete the tasks in Create a device discovery job on page 107.
Create customized device discovery job protocol for
SNMP devices
By default, the Discover using SNMP check box is selected to enable you detect the storage, networking, or other SNMP
devices.
NOTE: Only the IO Modules with Standalone, PMUX (Programmable MUX), VLT (Virtual Link Trunking) Modes are
discoverable. Full switch and Stacked Modes will not be discovered.
1. Under Credentials, select the SNMP version, and then enter the community type.
2. In the Connection Settings section:
a. In the Retries box, enter the number of repeated attempts that must be made to discover a server.
b. In the Timeout box, enter the time after which a job must stop running.
c. In the Port box, enter the port number that the job must use to discover.
NOTE: Currently, the settings in the Retries box and the Timeout box do not have any functional impact on the
discovery jobs for SNMP devices. Hence, these settings can be ignored.
3. Click Finish.
4. Complete the tasks in Create a device discovery job on page 107.
Related information
Discovering devices for monitoring or management on page 105
Specify discovery mode for creating a MULTIPLE
protocol discovery job
1. From the Type drop-down menu, select MULTIPLE to discover devices using multiple protocols.
2. Enter the IP address, host name, or IP range in IP/Hostname/Range.
3. To create customized discovery template by clicking Additional Settings, see Create customized device discovery job
protocol for servers –Additional settings for discovery protocols on page 113.
Related information
Discovering devices for monitoring or management on page 105
Delete a device discovery job
NOTE:
A device can be deleted even when tasks are running on it. Task initiated on a device fails if the device is deleted
before the completion.
To delete a device discovery job:
1. Select the check box corresponding to the discovery job you want to delete, and then click Delete.
2. When prompted indicating if the job must be deleted, click YES.
The discovery jobs are deleted and a message is displayed in the lower-right corner of the screen.
NOTE:
If you delete a discovery job, the devices associated with the job are not deleted. If you want the devices discovered
by a discovery task to be removed from the console then delete them from the All Devices page.
NOTE: A device discovery job cannot be deleted from the Jobs page.
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