Users Guide
Specify discovery mode for creating a network
switch discovery job
1. From the Device Type drop-down menu, select NETWORK SWITCH.
2. Enter the IP address, host name, or IP range in IP/Hostname/Range.
3. Under Settings enter the SNMP version and the community type of the device to be detected.
4. Click Additional Settings to customize the respective discover protocol. See Creating customized device discovery job template for
SNMP devices
5. Complete the tasks in Create a device discovery job.
Create customized device discovery job protocol
HTTPS storage devices –Additional settings for
discovery protocols
In the Additional Settings dialog box:
1. Enter username and password of the PowerVault ME to be detected.
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) 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.
d) Select the Enable Common Name (CN) check check box if the common name of device is same as the host name used to
access the OpenManage Enterprise.
e) Select the Enable Certificate Authority (CA) check check box.
3. Click Finish.
4. Complete the tasks in Create a device discovery job.
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.
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.
3. Click Finish.
4. Complete the tasks in Create a device discovery job.
Related information
Discovering devices for monitoring or management
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.
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