Users Guide

NOTE: You can only discover and inventory servers with iDRAC6 version 1.3 and later. Discovery and
inventory of servers is not supported for iDRAC6 version 1.25 and earlier.
WS-Man Configuration Options
Field Description
Enable WS-Man Discovery Select to discover Dell PowerEdge FX, Dell
PowerEdge VRTX, iDRAC6, iDRAC7, iDRAC8, and
ESXi installed devices.
User ID Provide authenticated user ID.
Password Provide password.
Timeout (seconds) Specifies the maximum number of seconds the
discovery engine waits after issuing a WS-Man
connection request. A valid range is from 1 to 360
seconds. The default is 15 seconds.
Retries (attempts) Specifies the maximum number of additional times
that the discovery engine will send a WS-Man
connection request to a device if the first request
times out. The discovery engine reissues the
request until it is successful, or all retry attempts
have timed out. A valid range is from 1 to 10
retries. The default is 4.
Port Provide the port information. The default port
number is 623.
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.
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