Users Guide

WS-Man Configuration
Use the WS-Man protocol to discover and gather inventory and health status for the iDRAC, ESXi based servers, and
Dell PowerEdge VRTX devices. For more information, see WS-Man Configuration Options.
NOTE: You can only discover and inventory servers with iDRAC6 version 1.3 and above. Discovery and inventory of
servers is not supported for iDRAC6 version 1.25 and below.
WS-Man Configuration Options
Field Description
Enable WS-Man Discovery Select to discover Dell PowerEdge VRTX, iDRAC6,
iDRAC7, and ESXi installed devices.
User ID Provide authenticated user ID.
Password Provide password.
Timeout Provide the time after which the discovery attempts must
stop.
Retries Provide the number of attempts to discover the devices.
Port Provide the port information.
Secure Mode Select to securely discover devices and components.
Skip Common name check Select to skip common name check.
Trusted Site Select if the devices you are discovering is a trusted
device.
Certificate file Click Browse to navigate to the file location.
SSH Configuration
Use the SSH protocol to discover and inventory servers running Linux. See SSH Configuration Options to configure the
SSH configuration parameters.
SSH Configuration Options
Field Description
Enable SSH discovery Enables or disables the SSH protocol by discovery range.
User name Provide the user name.
Password Provide the password.
Port Provide the port information. The default port number is
22.
Retries Provide the number of attempts to discover the devices.
The default value is 3.
Timeout Provide the time after which the discovery attempts must
stop. The default value is 3 seconds.
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