Users Guide

Specifying 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 Hyper-V, Windows, 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. Type the IP address, host name, or IP range associated with the protocol in IP/Hostname/Range.

5. Under Settings, type the user name 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

and chassis.

7. Schedule the discovery job. See Schedule job field definitions.

8. Click Finish.

A discovery job is created and displayed in the list of discovery jobs.

Related information

Discovering devices for monitoring or management

Creating customized device discovery job protocol

for servers–Additional Settings for Discovery

Protocols

In the Discovery Wizard dialog box:

1. Select the Enable WSMAN check box to enable the use of WS-Man commands to discover servers.

2. Type user name and password of the server to be detected.

3. Expand Advanced Settings:

a) In the Retries box, type the number of repeated attempts that must be made to discover a server.

b) In the Timeout box, type the time after which a job must stop running.

c) Type 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–Tech Release.

• Generate Trusted key: Disabled by default. Select to generate a trusted device key for communicating with devices.

NOTE:

First time, a user must generate the trust key by using the REST API, only after which this option can

be used. This key is generated per device and enables a trust relationship with the managed device.

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–Tech Release.

e) Select the Enable Certificate Authority (CA) check check box.

4. Select one of the following check boxes to enable discovering by using these protocols. Type the corresponding device credentials:

• Enable SNMP: For discovering SNMP-compatible devices.

• Enable RedFish: For discovering servers.

• Enable IPMI: For discovering servers.

• Enable SSH: For discovering Linux servers.

• Enable VMware: For discovering the ESXi hosts.

5. Click Finish.

6. Complete the tasks in Creating a device discovery job.

Discovering devices for monitoring or management