Users Guide

Field Description
Perform both discovery and inventory Select this option to perform both discovery and
inventory.
Summary
View the configuration selections. To change configurations, click Back.
Add Exclude Range
From OpenManage Essentials, select Manage → Discovery and Inventory → Common Tasks → Add Exclude Range.
Register new ranges to exclude from discovery or to remove a previously set exclude range.
You can also right-click Exclude Ranges and select Add Exclude Range.
Add Exclude Range Options
Field Description
IP Address / range Register a device to exclude from the discovery process
by specifying the IP address or IP address range of the
device.
The following are examples of valid discovery range type
address specifications (* is the wildcard character, which
includes all possible addresses in the specified range):
• Exclude range — 193.109.112.*
• 193.104.20-40.*
• 192.168.*.*
• 192.168.2-51.3-91
• Exclude range — 193.109.112.45-99
• System IP address — 193.109.112.99
Exclude Range Name
Add the exclude range name for the IP address / range.
Host name Register to exclude from the discovery process by
specifying the host name of the device, for example,
mynode.mycompany.com.
NOTE: OpenManage Essentials does not check for
invalid characters in the host name. If the host name
you specify contains invalid characters, the name is
accepted. However, the device with that name is not
found during the discovery cycle.
Configuration
The Configuration page contains the following information:
• Discovery Schedule
• Inventory Schedule
• Status Schedule
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