Users Guide

Discover and classify Dell EMC Network Switch using Dell EMC
OMIMSSC Operations Manager
The Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager enables you to discover and classify
Dell EMC Network switches such as M-Series, Z-Series, N-Series, and S-Series switches.
The following table lists the details of the hardware discovery and grouping by the Network switch monitoring feature:
Table 34. Dell hardware discovery and grouping
Group Diagram View Hardware type
Dell EMC Network Switch Dell EMC Network Switch Diagram
Views
Switch instances on the network, switch,
and its components.
Discovering Dell EMC Network switches using Dell EMC OMIMSSC
Import the Dell EMC Network Switch Management Pack into the Operations Manager from OMIMSSC.
You can discover the switches by using an IP address or an IP range. To discover switches, provide the switch IP address and
the device credential profile of the switch. When you are discovering switches by using an IP range, specify an IP (IPv4) range
(within a subnet) by including the start and end IP in the range.
To discover a switch:
1. In OMIMSSC, perform the following steps:
● On the navigation pane, click Monitoring > Network Switch View > Discover.
2. In the Discover page, select the required option:
● Discover Using an IP Address—to discover a switch using an IP address.
● Discover Using an IP Range—to discover multiple switches using an IP range.
3. In Discover Using an IP Address or IP Address Range, do the following:
● In IP Address Start Range, and IP Address End Range, provide the IP address range of the switches you want to
discover, which includes the start and end IP range.
● (Optional) Select Enable Exclude Range if you want to exclude an IP address range.
In IP Address Start Range and IP Address End Range, provide the range that you want to exclude.
4. In Apply this Credential Profile, select the device type credential profile.
The selected profile is applied to all the switches.
5. Select the device credential profile, or click Create New to create a device credential profile.
The selected credential profile is applied to discover the switch or switches.
6. Select the Device Credential Profile in the credential type.
The Credentials fields get enabled.
7. Provide the Credential details and click Finish.
8. In Network Switch IP address, provide the IP address of the switch that you want to discover.
9. Provide a unique job name, and click Finish.
10. (Optional) to track the job, select Go to the Job List option.
The Jobs and Logs Center page is displayed. Expand the discovery job to view the progress of the job in the Running tab.
Discovering Dell EMC Network Switches in Operations Manager
The Dell EMC Network switches can be discovered as network devices in the Operations Manager console. The Dell EMC
Network switch Management Pack can be imported into the Operations Manager from OMIMSSC.
To discover Network switch in Operations Manager:
1. Log in to the management server as an Operations Manager administrator.
2. On the Operations Manager console, click Administration.
3. At the bottom of the navigation pane, click Discovery Wizard.
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