Users Guide
Field Description
Password Provide the password.
Port Species the port information. The default port number is 22.
Retries (attempts) Species the maximum number of additional times that the
discovery engine will send an SSH connection request to a
device if the rst request times out. The discovery engine
reissues the request until it is successful, or all retry attempts
have timed out. A valid range is from 1 to 10 retries. The default
value is 3.
Timeout (seconds) Species the maximum number of seconds that the discovery
engine will wait after sending an SSH connection request to a
device. A valid range is from 1 to 360 seconds. The default value
is 3 seconds.
IPMI Conguration
Use the IPMI protocol for out of band discovery of RACs, DRACs, and iDRACs. This option is for Lifecycle controller enabled
discovery and inventory. Ensure that the IP address of the DRAC and iDRAC is selected. See IPMI Conguration Options to
congure the IPMI version 2.0 parameters. This conguration is required for discovery.
IPMI Conguration Options
Table 28. IPMI Conguration Options
Field Description
Enable IPMI Discovery Enables or disables the IPMI protocol by discovery range.
User name Enter the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) or DRAC
user name.
NOTE: The default user name is root. It is recommended
that you change it for security.
Password Enter the BMC or DRAC password.
NOTE: The default password is calvin. It is
recommended that you change it for security.
KG Key Enter the KG key value. DRAC also supports IPMI KG key value.
Each BMC or DRAC is congured to require an access key in
addition to user credentials.
NOTE: The KG key is a public key that is used to
generate an encryption key for use between the
rmware and the application. The KG key value is an
even number of hexadecimal characters.
Timeout (seconds) Species the maximum amount of time the discovery engine
waits after issuing an IPMI request. A valid range is from 1 to 60
seconds. The default is 5 seconds.
Retries (attempts) Species the maximum number of times the discovery engine
reissues an IPMI request after the rst call times out. The
discovery engine reissues the request until it is successful, or all
retry attempts have timed out. A valid range is from 0 to 10
retries. The default is 1.
NOTE: The retries and time-out parameters are used for both the Remote Management Control Protocol (RMCP) ping
and the IPMI connection.
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