Users Guide

About Dell EMC device discovery utility
To run the Dell Device Discovery Utility, navigate to <NAGIOS_HOME>/dell/scripts, and run the following Python
command:
python dellemc_nagios_discovery_service_utility.py -h
All the available Dell EMC device discovery utility options are displayed.
Table 10. Dell EMC Device Helper Utility options
Options Description
-h
Displays the help message.
--host
Host IP address or HostName to be discovered.
--File
Provides a filename with path containing the IP addresses / Hostname /
Subnet with mask, separated by new line.
--subnet
To get the Subnet with mask.
--all
This option is used to display detailed services.
If --all parameter is added, the result displays all the detailed services. By
default, only basic services are displayed.
--prefProtocol
PrefProtocol used for monitoring. Allowed options are 1 (SNMP), 2
(WSMan) and 3 (Redfish). This value is optional.
NOTE: This parameter is applicable only for Dell EMC servers.
By default, Server will be discovered using WSMan Protocol if
the WSMan parameters are passed. Else the discovery will happen
through SNMP if SNMP parameters are passed.
--output.file
This displays the location where the host file will be created in .cfg
format.
--logLoc
This parameter takes the log location from the user.
NOTE: If this attribute is not passed, the logs will be created in the
default location /<NAGIOS_HOME>/var/dell
--snmp.version
Version of SNMP protocol. Allowed options are 1(SNMP v1), 2(SNMP
v2c)
--snmp.community
Community string for SNMP communication. Default value is Public.
--snmp.port
For SNMP port value. Allowed value is [1-65535]. Default value is 161.
--snmp.retries
For SNMP retries count. Allowed value is [1-10]. Default value is 1.
--snmp.timeout
SNMP timeout values (in seconds). Allowed values is [1-1440]. Default
value is 3.
--http.user
WSMan / REST authentication username.
--http.password
WSMan / REST authentication password.
--http.timeout
WSMan / REST timeout (in seconds). Allowed value is [1-1440]. Default
value is 30.
--http.retries
WSMan / REST retries count. Allowed value is [1-10]. Default value is 1.
--http.port
WSMan / REST port details. Allowed value is [1-65535]. Default value is
443.
--enableLog
To enable or disable the logs.
If --enable parameter is passed, the logs are created else the logs are not
created.
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