Users Guide

REST conguration options
NOTE: During the discovery of MX7000 chassis, if Secure Mode is not selected under REST Conguration Options then
OpenManage Essentials ignores the following certicate errors:
Common name errors
Untrusted certicate authority errors
Revocation errors
However, other certicate errors are not ignored by OpenManage Essentials.
Table 27. REST conguration 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 Conguration
Use the SSH protocol to discover and inventory servers running Linux. See SSH Conguration Options to congure the SSH
conguration parameters.
SSH Conguration Options
Table 28. SSH Conguration 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 Species 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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