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5. Click Next.
6. On the ICMP Configuration screen, enter the ping time out and ping re-tries values.
7. Click Next.
8. On the SNMP Configuration screen (Figure 2), enter the Get community string for SNMP. The
community string should be the same as the community string configured for the particular device.
The Timeout and Retries values for SNMP can also be configured.
Figure 2. SNMP Configuration
9. Click Finish to start the discovery process.
Managing Dell modular chassis from OpenManage Essentials
Viewing modular chassis components from OpenManage Essentials
Once the discovery of CMC, DRAC/MC, modular blades, modular switches and modular storage is
complete, customers can view and manage these devices using OpenManage Essentials. Discovered
modular chassis (along with CMC, blades, switches and storage) is categorized under Modular Systems
as shown in Figure 3.
A sub-group Chassis_xxxx (where xxxx is the CMC service tag) is created under Modular Systems. All
CMCs, servers, switches, and storage devices are displayed under their respective nodes within the
Chassis_xxxx sub-group: CMCs are displayed immediately under the Chassis_xxxx sub-group, blades
are displayed under Servers, switches are displayed under Switch, and storage devices are displayed
under Storage.