Users Guide
REST conguration options
NOTE: During the discovery of MX7000 chassis, if Secure Mode is not selected under REST Conguration Options then
OpenManage Essentials ignores the following certicate errors:
• Common name errors
• Untrusted certicate authority errors
• Revocation errors
However, other certicate errors are not ignored by OpenManage Essentials.
Table 27. REST conguration Options
Field Description
Enable REST Discovery Select to discover the MX7000 chassis.
User ID Enter an authenticated user ID.
Password Enter the chassis password.
Timeout (seconds) Enter a number to indicate the time that the discovery engine
must wait for before timing out after requesting for a REST
connection. The valid range is from 1 to 360 seconds. The
default time is 15 seconds.
Retries (attempts) By default, four attempts. If the rst request times out, indicates
the maximum number of repeated attempts that the discovery
engine makes by resending a REST connection request to a
device. Valid range is 1–10 attempts.
Port Enter the port information. The default port number is 443.
Secure Mode Select to securely discover devices and components.
SSH Conguration
Use the SSH protocol to discover and inventory servers running Linux. See SSH Conguration Options to congure the SSH
conguration parameters.
SSH Conguration Options
Table 28. SSH Conguration Options
Field Description
Enable SSH discovery Enables or disables the SSH protocol by discovery range.
User name Enter the username.
Password Enter the password.
Port Species the port information. The default port number is 22.
Retries (attempts) By default, three attempts. If the rst request times out,
indicates the maximum number of repeated attempts that the
discovery engine makes by resending an SSH connection
request to a device. Valid range is 1–10 attempts.
Timeout (seconds) Enter a number to indicate the time that the discovery engine
must wait for before timing out after requesting for an SSH
connection. The valid range is from 1 to 360 seconds. The
default time is 3 seconds.
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