Users Guide

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Specifying discovery mode for creating a chassis discovery

job

1. From the Type drop-down menu, select CHASSIS.

Based on your selection, the fields change under Settings.

2. Type the IP address, host name, or IP range in IP/Hostname/Range.

3. Under Settings, type the user name and password of the server to be detected.

4. Type the community type.

5. To create customized discovery template by clicking Additional Settings, see Creating customized device discovery job template for

servers and chassis.

NOTE: Currently, for any M1000e chassis that is discovered, the date in the TIMESTAMP column under Hardware Logs

is displayed as JAN 12, 2013 in the CMC 5.1x and earlier versions. However, for all versions of CMC VRTX and FX2

chassis, correct date is displayed.

Specifying discovery mode for creating a Dell

storage and network switch discovery job

1. From the Type drop-down menu, select DELL STORAGE or NETWORK SWTICH.

Based on your selection, the fields change under Settings.

2. Type the IP address, host name, or IP range in IP/Hostname/Range.

3. Under Settings, type the SNMP version of the device to be detected.

4. Type the community type.

5. To create customized discovery template (for SNMP devices such as storage and networking) by clicking Additional Settings, see

Creating customized device discovery job template for SNMP devices.

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

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Creating customized device discovery job protocol for

SNMP devices

By default, the Enable SNMP check box is selected to enable you detect the storage, networking, or other SNMP devices. In the

Discovery Wizard dialog box:

1. Under Credentials, select the SNMP version, and then type the community type.

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

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) In the Port box, type the port number that the job must use to discover.

4. Click Finish.

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

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