Users Guide

Field Description
attempts have timed out. A valid range is 1–10 retries. The
default is 2.
WMI Conguration
Use the WMI protocol for gathering discovery, inventory, and health information about servers running Windows. This protocol
provides less information about devices than SNMP but is useful if SNMP is disabled on the network. See WMI Conguration
Options to congure WMI parameters for Windows servers only.
WMI Conguration Options
Table 23. WMI Conguration Options
Field Description
Enable WMI discovery Select to enable WMI discovery.
Domain \ User name Provide the domain and user name.
Password Provide the password.
Storage Conguration
Enabling discovery of PowerVault MD or Dell EMC arrays allows OpenManage Essentials to gather inventory and health information
about the arrays. See Storage Conguration Options to discover PowerVault MD arrays or Dell EMC devices.
Storage Conguration Options
Table 24. Storage Conguration Options
Field Description
Enable PowerVault MD array discovery Select to discover PowerVault MD array. This discovery
conguration does not require credentials.
Enable Dell EMC array discovery Select to discover Dell EMC array.
Dell EMC user name Provide the user name.
Dell EMC password Provide the password.
Dell EMC port Increment or decrement the port number. Enter a TCP/IP port
number ranging 1 to 65535. Default value is 443.
WS-Man Conguration
Use the WS-Man protocol to discover and gather inventory and health status for the iDRAC, ESXi based servers, PowerEdge VRTX,
and PowerEdge FX devices. For more information, see WS-Man Conguration Options.
NOTE: You can only discover and inventory servers with iDRAC6 version 1.3 and later. Discovery and inventory of servers
is not supported for iDRAC6 version 1.25 and earlier.
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