Users Guide
Field Description
attempts have timed out. A valid range is 1–10 retries. The
default is 2.
WMI Conguration
Use the WMI protocol for collection data about discovery, inventory, and health information of Windows servers. This protocol
provides less information about devices than SNMP but is useful if SNMP is disabled on the network. See WMI Conguration
Options to congure WMI parameters for Windows servers only.
WMI Conguration Options
Table 23. WMI Conguration Options
Field Description
Enable WMI discovery Select to enable WMI discovery.
Domain \ User name Provide the domain and user name.
Password Provide the password.
Storage Conguration
Enabling discovery of PowerVault MD or Dell EMC arrays allows OpenManage Essentials to collect data about inventory and health
information about the arrays. See Storage Conguration Options to discover PowerVault MD arrays or Dell EMC devices.
Storage Conguration Options
Table 24. Storage Conguration Options
Field Description
Enable PowerVault MD array discovery Select to discover PowerVault MD array. This discovery
conguration does not require credentials.
Enable Dell EMC array discovery Select to discover Dell EMC array.
Dell EMC user name Provide the user name.
Dell EMC password Provide the password.
Dell EMC port Increment or decrement the port number. Enter a TCP/IP port
number ranging 1 to 65535. Default value is 443.
WS-Man Conguration
Use the WS-Man protocol to discover and collect data about inventory and health status for the iDRAC, ESXi based servers,
PowerEdge VRTX, PowerEdge FX devices,and VxFlex Ready Nodes. For more information, see WS-Man Conguration Options.
NOTE: You can only discover and inventory servers with iDRAC6 version 1.3 and later. Discovery and inventory of servers
is not supported for iDRAC6 version 1.25 and earlier.
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