Users Guide

Field Description

Click Add to add multiple host names.

NOTE: You can add multiple host names by separating

them using commas.

NOTE: Invalid characters in the host name are not

checked. If the host name you provide contains invalid

characters, the name is accepted. However, the device

is not found during the discovery cycle.

Subnet mask Species the subnet mask for the IP address range. The subnet

mask is used to determine the broadcast addresses for the

subnet(s) part of the range. The OpenManage Essentials

Network Monitoring Service does not use the broadcast

address when discovering devices in an IP address range. The

following are examples of valid subnet mask specications:

• 255.255.255.0 (The default subnet mask for a Class C

network.)

• 255.255.0.0 (The default subnet mask for a Class B

network.)

• 255.255.242.0 (A custom subnet mask specication.)

By default, the subnet mask is set to 255.255.255.0.

Import Select this option to import host names and IP addresses from a

le that is in CSV format. However, you can import only 500 line

items per task. You can import dierent discovery ranges with

dierent subnet masks. For example, 192.168.10.10,

255.255.255.128, 10.10.1.1, 255.255.0.0, and 172.16.21.1,

255.255.128.0.

You can use an Active Directory export le in a.CSV format as

input. You can also create a .CSV le in a spreadsheet editor

using the header Name and lling in system IP addresses or host

names in the rows below the header (one per cell). Save the le

in a .CSV format and use it as the input with the import feature.

If there are any invalid entries in the le, a message is displayed

when the data is imported by OpenManage Essentials. For an

example of a CSV le, see Specifying IPs, Ranges, or Host

Names.

Device Type Filtering

The Device Type Filtering options are displayed in the Discover Devices wizard, if Guided Wizard is selected in Discovery Settings.

This window enables you to select device types for discovery. After the device types are selected, the required protocols for

discovering and managing the selected device types are added to the Discover Devices wizard. For example, if you select ESXi

Host, SNMP Conguration and WS-Man Conguration options are added to the wizard. The following table describes the elds

displayed in the Device Type Filtering window.

NOTE: The device range that was discovered in the earlier version of OpenManage Essentials may have discovered both

chassis and iDRAC using WS-Man protocol. In OpenManage Essentials version 2.5, if Discover the selected Device Types

only option is enabled in Discovery settings, then only the specic device selected in the guided wizard will be discovered

and other devices are classied as unknown devices. For example: Selecting iDRAC device type with WS-Man protocol

will discover only iDRAC devices using WS-Man protocol.