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11 Scalability and performance of Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials version 2.5
Discovery and inventory bandwidth utilization by using the Standard
Discovery wizard
The test results of network bandwidth utilized by different protocols for discovery or inventory, and health
status poll by using the Standard Discovery wizard in OME is listed in Table 5.
Table 5: Network bandwidth utilization for discovery and inventory by using Standard Discovery
Device Type
Protocol
OME Workflow
Bandwidth Used
Incoming
(approx)
Outgoing
(approx)
iDRAC
WS-Man
Discovery/Inventory
569 KB
to 756
KB
69 KB to 168 KB
Status Poll
11.6 KB
6 KB
iDRAC
IPMI
Discovery/Inventory
7 KB
6 KB
Status Poll
2 KB
2 KB
iDRAC
SNMP
Discovery/Inventory
11 KB
9 KB
Status Poll
1 KB
868 B
Dell EMC Server
(Inband)
SNMP
(OMSA)
Discovery/Inventory
50 KB to
133 KB
40 KB to 102 KB
Status Poll
4 KB
3 KB
Dell EMC Server
(Inband)
WMI (OMSA)
Discovery/Inventory
3 MB
632 KB
Status Poll
184.7 KB
19 KB
Dell EMC Server
(Inband)
WS-
Man(OMSA/E
SX)
Discovery/Inventory
756 KB
168 KB
Status Poll
330 KB
115 KB
Dell EMC Server
(Inband)
SSH
(Linux Server
without
OMSA)
Discovery/Inventory
24 KB
10 KB
Status Poll
3 KB
2 KB
CMC
WS-Man
Discovery/Inventory
294 KB
80 KB
Status Poll
12 KB
5 KB
CMC
SNMP
Discovery/Inventory
13 KB
10 KB
Status Poll
8.6 KB
7.7 KB
Printer
SNMP
Discovery/Inventory
6 KB to 8
KB
4 KB to 5 KB
Status Poll
4 KB
3 KB
FC Switch
SNMP
Discovery/Inventory
14 KB to
20 KB
12 KB to 17 KB
Status Poll
698 B
565 B
Storage/Compell
ent
SNMP
Discovery/Inventory
14 KB
11 KB
Status Poll
736 B
442 B
Storage/EqualLo
gic
SNMP
Discovery/Inventory
9 KB to
65 KB
7 KB to 53 KB
Status Poll
4 KB to 7
KB
3 KB to 6 KB