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13 Simplified discovery of Dell EMC PowerEdge modular infrastructure (MX7000) in Dell EMC OpenManage
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 Click Perform Status Polling Now in the Discovery and Inventory portal. See Figure 8.
 Click Refresh Status in the device tree. See Figure 9.
Performing status poll of MX chassis and all auto discovered devices associated to the MX
chassis by using the MX chassis discovery range right-click option in the Discovery and
Inventory portal.
Performing status poll of MX chassis and all auto discovered devices associated to the MX
chassis by using the MX chassis device right- click option in the device tree.
If these devices were discovered separately, the right-click operations on the auto-discovered blade server
ranges will have the same behavior as in the case. This gives the flexibility to perform the required operation
on auto-discovered devices from the discovery ranges in Discovery Portal.
2.4 Addition and removal of blades in MX chassis
When a new blade server is inserted into MX chassis after a MX chassis is discovered by using the MX
Chassis Discovery - All Components filter, it is auto discovered in the next scheduled discovery or inventory
cycle of the MX chassis. You can also manually initiate the discovery of the blade server by using the Perform
Discovery and Inventory Now or Refresh Inventory option as described in the Discovery, inventory, and status
operations section.
Similarly, if a blade server is removed from the MX chassis after the MX chassis is discovered using the MX
Chassis Discovery - All Components filter, it is removed from the MX chassis group in the next scheduled
discovery or inventory cycle of the MX chassis. You can also manually initiate the removal of the blade server