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Discovering and Classifying Dell Devices
Network manager facilitates discovery and classification of all Dell PowerEdge and Dell PowerVault systems (9G to
12G), iDRAC7, iDRAC6, DRAC5, DRAC/MC, CMC, VRTX CMC and Dell storage devices such as Dell EqualLogic Storage
Arrays and Dell PowerVault MD Storage Array systems.
To discover and classify Dell devices configure the following on Tivoli Integrated Portal (TIP):
• Scope tab — Using full Subnet with mask or using Subnet with wildcard characters (*)
• Seed tab — Using a direct IP or subnet IP
• SNMP Password menu — Using SNMP community strings for SNMP version 1 and version 2
After the devices are discovered, they are displayed in the Network View and Network Hop View, along with their
details.
Discovering and Classifying Dell PowerEdge 9G to 12G Servers
Make sure the DellServerSNMP discovery agent is enabled for discovering Dell servers running Windows and Linux
operating systems and the DellServerWsman discovery agent is enabled for systems running VMware ESXi
operating systems.
The discovered Dell servers are classified under the following class names:
• DellServerMonolithicLinux — For monolithic servers running Linux operating systems
• DellServerModularWindows — For modular servers running Windows operating systems
• DellServerModularLinux — For modular servers running Linux operating systems
• DellServerMonolithicWindows — For monolithic servers running Windows operating systems
• DellServerModularESXi — For modular servers running ESXi operating systems
• DellServerMonolithicESXi — For monolithic servers running ESXi operating systems
In the left pane on the Tivoli Integrated Portal (TIP), click Availability → Network Availability → Network View → Dell
Managed Systems. The Dell Managed Systems pane is displayed on the right-hand side. For more information, see:
• Viewing Dell Monolithic Servers.
• Viewing Dell Modular Servers.
• Viewing Servers running Windows.
• Viewing Servers Running Linux.
• Viewing Servers Running ESXi.
By default, the 12G in-band server discovery is enabled. When you use both in-band and OOB discovery methods for 12G
servers, they may create redundant information. You can avoid the redundant information by disabling the in-band
discovery.
The Dell 12G in-band server discovery can be controlled using a configured value. The discovery and classification is
based on the values:
• Enable
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