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10 Advantages of Command Line Interface in Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials
3.3 Input parameters
• <profile.xml> is a protocol definition associated with the discovery range. The OME discovery profile
template defines the entire variable set that can be entered by using the UI discovery configuration
wizard.
• OME installs a sample discovery protocol profile file that is located in C:\Program
Files\Dell\SysMgmt\Essentials\Tools\CLI\ and it is named DiscoveryProfile.xml. Start with this
template and customize it in a text editor to turn on the desired protocols.
• A sample range list XML and CSV files are also provided in the same directory location. Enter the
desired ranges for discovery using the XML/CSV templates as a guide.
Adding Discovery Range
Output
• A message indicating the operation was successful, or
• A Failure message
Note—Unlike adding a range using the OME console, the range added by the CLI will not automatically be
submitted for discovery. To submit the range for discovery and inventory, run one of the following two
commands:
- Set-RunDiscovery, or
- Set-RunDiscoveryInventory
3.4 Remove discovery range
• PS> Remove-DiscoveryRange –Range <range>
• PS> Remove-DiscoveryRange –RangeList <ranges in xml>
Input Parameters
• Either a range name to remove, or a list of ranges to remove, specified in an XML file
Output
• A message indicating the operation was successful, or
• A Failure message