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5. Click Finish.
6. Complete the tasks in Create a device discovery job on page 105.
Specify discovery mode for creating a Dell storage
discovery job
1. From the Device Type drop-down menu, select DELL STORAGE.
2. When prompted, select:
• PowerVault ME: To discover the storage devices using the HTTPS protocol like the PowerVault ME.
• Others: To discover storage devices which use SNMP protocol.
Based on your selection, the fields change under Settings.
3. Enter the IP address, host name, or IP range in IP/Hostname/Range.
4. Under Settings, depending on your initial selection — enter the User Name and Password for Storage HTTPS or enter the SNMP
version and the community type of the device to be detected.
5. Click Additional Settings to customize the respective discover protocol. See Creating customized device discovery job template for
SNMP devices or see Create customized device discovery job protocol HTTPS storage devices –Additional settings for discovery
protocols on page 113.
6. Complete the tasks in Create a device discovery job on page 105.
Related information
Discovering devices for monitoring or management on page 103
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 on page 105.
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 on page 28.
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 on page 105.
Discovering devices for monitoring or management
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