Users Guide

13 Using jobs for device control...................................................................................................... 78
View the jobs list..................................................................................................................................................................78
View an individual job information..................................................................................................................................... 79
Create a job to blink device LEDs......................................................................................................................................79
Create a job for managing power devices........................................................................................................................79
Create a Remote command job for managing devices.................................................................................................. 80
Change the virtual console plugin type.............................................................................................................................80
Select target devices and device groups......................................................................................................................... 80
14 Discovering devices for monitoring or management..................................................................... 82
Create a device discovery job............................................................................................................................................83
Onboarding devices.......................................................................................................................................................84
Protocol support matrix for discovering devices.............................................................................................................84
View device discovery job details......................................................................................................................................85
Edit a device discovery job.................................................................................................................................................85
Run a device discovery job.................................................................................................................................................85
Stop a device discovery job............................................................................................................................................... 86
Specify multiple devices by importing data from the .csv file....................................................................................... 86
Globally excluding devices..................................................................................................................................................86
Specify discovery mode for creating a server discovery job......................................................................................... 87
Create customized device discovery job protocol for servers–Additional settings for discovery protocols...........87
Specify discovery mode for creating a chassis discovery job........................................................................................88
Specify discovery mode for creating a Dell storage and network switch discovery job............................................88
Create customized device discovery job protocol for SNMP devices......................................................................... 89
Specify discovery mode for creating a MULTIPLE protocol discovery job................................................................. 89
Delete a device discovery job............................................................................................................................................ 89
Enable WS-Man in HTTPS mode for discovering Windows or Hyper-V servers....................................................... 90
15 Managing device inventory........................................................................................................ 92
Create an inventory job...................................................................................................................................................... 92
Run an inventory job now...................................................................................................................................................93
Stop an inventory job..........................................................................................................................................................93
Delete an inventory job....................................................................................................................................................... 93
Edit an inventory schedule job...........................................................................................................................................93
16 Manage the device warranty...................................................................................................... 94
View device warranty information.....................................................................................................................................94
17 Reports....................................................................................................................................95
Run reports.......................................................................................................................................................................... 96
Run and email reports.........................................................................................................................................................96
Edit reports.......................................................................................................................................................................... 96
Copy reports........................................................................................................................................................................ 97
Delete reports...................................................................................................................................................................... 97
Creating reports...................................................................................................................................................................97
Select a query criteria................................................................................................................................................... 98
Export selected reports......................................................................................................................................................99
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