Users Guide

Discovery Schedule
You can configure OpenManage Essentials to discover devices and display them in the Device tree.
• Enable device discovery.
• Initiate device discovery.
• Set the discovery speed.
• Specify how devices are discovered.
• For failed discovery attempts, use the Troubleshooting Tool.
Related Links
Discovery Schedule Settings
Viewing Discovery Configuration
To view discovery configuration, click Manage → Discovery and Inventory → Discovery Schedule.
Discovery Schedule Settings
Configure OpenManage Essentials to discover new devices on a network. The settings apply to all discovery ranges.
OpenManage Essentials records all agents, IP addresses, and the health of the devices.
Field Description
Enable Discovery Select to schedule device discovery.
Configure Global Device Discovery interval Set the frequency of discovery in weekly or daily intervals.
• Every Week On—Specify the day or days to
schedule discovery and the time for the discovery
to begin.
• Every <n> Days <n> Hours interval—Specify the
intervals between discovery cycles. The
maximum discovery interval is 365 days and 23
hours.
Discovery Speed Specify the amount of resources (system and network)
available for accelerating the discovery speed. The faster
the speed, more resources are required to perform
discovery, but less time is required.
Discover Specify how the devices are discovered.
• All Devices—Select to discover all devices that
respond to an Internet Control Message Protocol
(ICMP) ping.
• Instrumented Devices—Select to discover only
devices that have instrumentation (such as Dell
OpenManage Server Administrator, Dell
OpenManage Array Manager, and Dell
PowerConnect) for Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP), Windows management
Instrumentation WMI), Intelligent Platform
Management Interface (IPMI) management, or
WS-Management (WS-Man). See agents
supported for more information about systems
management instrumentation agents.
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