Users Guide

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

Networking Ethernet switches) 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.

Name Resolution Specify how the device names are resolved. If you

are managing a cluster, use the NetBIOS name

resolution to discern each independent system. If

you are not managing a cluster, a DNS name

resolution is recommended.

• DNS — Select to resolve names using the

Domain Naming Service.

• NetBIOS — Select to resolve names using

system names.

Related References

Discovery Schedule