Users Guide

Task management
The Tasks feature enables you to perform device discovery and power control tasks such as power-on and power-o, on a specic device
or a group of devices.
In the left pane, click Tasks. The Tasks screen comprises the following tabs:
• Discovery Tasks
• Power Control Tasks
By default, the Discovery Tasks tab is displayed.
On the Tasks screen you can:
• Create new discovery and power control tasks
• Edit or delete discovery and power control tasks
• Start, stop, or re-run discovery and power control tasks
• Refresh the list of discovery or power control tasks
• View the summary of the discovery or power control tasks
NOTE
: If you schedule a task at a non-existent time when the daylight saving is eective, the Web browsers align themselves to
the accurate time.
Topics:
• Discovery tasks
• Power control tasks
• Protocol prole
Discovery tasks
The Device Discovery privilege enables you to discover network devices. Users without this privilege can view the Devices screen, but
cannot make any changes.
To manage devices in OpenManage Power Center, you must have Manage Device/Group privileges, and you must rst add the devices to
the OpenManage Power Center management console. OpenManage Power Center discovers devices using IP ranges and collects basic
information about each device, such as:
• Device name
• Connection status
• Device type
• Device model
• IP address
• Hostname
This information enables you to track device status and data center information. You can also manage these discovered devices in Power
Center. If there is a new or changed device in your data center, you can use the device discovery function to rediscover the devices.
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