Users Guide

NOTE: If you discover iDRAC using WS-Man, and if you are using secure mode where a certicate le is required to be
on the local system, specify the entire path to the certicate le. For example, c:\192.168.1.5.cer.
Specifying IPs, ranges, or host names by using XML or CSV les
You must specify ranges during discovery, inventory, and status tasks. A range in this instance is dened either as an individual IP
address, a hostname, or a range of IPs such as 192.168.7.1-50 or 10.35.0.*. Add ranges, IPs, or host names either to an XML or CSV-
based input le and then read the le by specifying it on the command line using the
–RangeList or –RangeListCSV argument.
A sample .xml le (
RangeList.xml) and .csv le (RangeList.csv) are placed in the samples folder at C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt
\Essentials\Tools\CLI\Samples. To create multiple input les, edit and rename either the XML or CSV le.
NOTE: If you are creating discovery range groups, then each group can only have one corresponding subnet. The subnet
for a group is read from the DiscoveryProle.xml le and not from the RangeList.xml or RangeList.csv le. If required,
you can create multiple groups for each subnet.
An example of theRangeList.xml le is outlined as follows:
An example of the RangeList.csv is outlined as follows:
Table 298. Examples of RangeList.csv
Name SubnetMask
192.168.10.* 255.255.255.0
192.168.10.1-255 255.255.255.0
192.168.1-2.* 255.255.255.0
10.35.*.1-2 255.255.255.0
192.168.2.1 255.255.224.0
192.168.2.2 255.255.254.0
192.168.3.3 255.255.128.0
192.168.3.4 255.255.128.0
Specifying input les in PowerShell
To use input les in PowerShell, specify the location of the le in the command line. By default, OpenManage Essentials CLI starts at
the following directory:
PS C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\Essentials\Tools\CLI>
If you are running commands from the default CLI directory, with commands located in the directory one level from it (\samples),
you can use either of the following methods of specifying the path to the input les:
• Enter the entire path name in quotes. For example, Add-DiscoveryRange –Profile “C:\Program Files\Dell
\SysMgt\Essentials\Tools\CLI\Samples\DiscoveryProfile.xml”.
• Use a period (.) to retrieve the le located in the current directory, or .\directory to retrieve the le located one level from the
current directory. For example, Add-DiscoveryRange –Profile .\samples\DiscoveryProfile.xml.
Command Line Interface commands
Access to CLI commands in the OpenManage Essentials is dependent on your access privilege. If your user ID belongs to the
OMEAdministrators group, you can access all the CLI commands. If your user ID belongs to the OMEUsers group, then you cannot
delete or modify any data using the CLI and a warning message is displayed.
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