Users Guide

Supported with OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) installed.

Supported using the inventory collection method.

Supported; requires iDRAC to be discovered and updated through out-of-band channel.

Supported; requires the RACADM tool.

Devices not reporting Service Tag

Service Tag is not displayed in the OpenManage Essentials console for the following devices:

• KVM

• Dell PowerVault 132T

• PowerVault 136T

• PowerVault ML6000

• Dell Networking W-Series Mobility Controllers

• Dell SonicWALL Firewall appliances (global health status is also not available)

• Printers

• PDU

• UPS

NOTE: Due to lack of Service Tag information, the warranty information of these devices is not available.

Creating a discovery and inventory task

1. From OpenManage Essentials, click Manage → Discovery and Inventory → Common Tasks → Add Discovery Range.

The Discover Devices wizard is displayed. The type of wizard displayed is based on the conguration in Settings → Discovery

Settings. See Conguring Discovery Settings.

2. In Discovery Range Conguration:

a. If you want to create a range group, select Save as Group, and provide the Group Name.

b. Provide the IP address/range or the host name and subnet mask. Click Add.

NOTE: You can add multiple IP addresses, ranges, or host names. You can add multiple host names separated by

a comma delimiter. For example, hostname1, hostname2, hostname3, and so on.

c. To import host names and IP addresses, click Import. You can also import host names and IP addresses included as line

items in .csv le. Using Microsoft Excel, you can create a .csv le containing host names or IP addresses.

NOTE: The discovery range can be exported as a .csv le by right-clicking All Ranges or a given discovery range.

The exported .csv le with the host names and IP addresses can be imported in the same or a dierent

OpenManage Essentials instance.

d. Click Next.

3. If you have selected the Standard Wizard in Discovery Settings — After you have provided at least one IP address, IP range,

host name, or a combination thereof, continue to customize the discovery and inventory options or complete the conguration

using the default options. Clicking

Finish without setting any further congurations immediately runs the discovery and

inventory tasks using the default SNMP and ICMP protocols. It is recommended that you review and revise your protocol

congurations prior to clicking Finish.

For more information about each listed protocol, click the help icon in the appropriate protocol conguration screen.

NOTE: When discovering ESXi-based servers, to view the guest virtual machines grouped with the host, enable and

congure the WS-Man protocol.

NOTE: By default, SNMP is enabled and values are assigned ICMP parameters.

NOTE: ICMP ping is optional for OpenManage Essentials version 2.4. The ICMP parameters are applied depending

on the selection of Skip ICMP ping during discovery setting.