Users Guide

Protocol / Mechanism Simple Network
Management
Protocol (SNMP)
Windows
Management
Instrumentation
(WMI)
Web Services-
Management (WS-
Man)
Health – active and
inactive
Switch Role
Dell SonicWALL firewall
appliances
Discovery
Classification
Application launch
Traps/alerts
Not supported Not supported
Dell Networking Ethernet
switches
Discovery
Correlation
Classification
Application launch
Traps/alerts
Health
Switch Role
Not supported Not supported
Brocade Fibre Channel switches
Discovery
Classification
Application launch
Traps/alerts
Health
Switch role
Not supported Not supported
NOTE: For full functionality of chassis support in OpenManage Essentials, the chassis and the
associated devices must be discovered using the appropriate protocols.
NOTE: OpenManage Essentials supports in-band (OMSA) and out-of-band (iDRAC) discovery of the
following PowerEdge C-Series servers only: PowerEdge C4130 and PowerEdge C6320.
NOTE: You can also perform discovery and inventory of a server out-of-band (iDRAC) using the
credentials of the iDRAC user account that has Read Only privileges. However, you will not be able
to perform operations that require elevated privileges such as system update, device configuration
deployment, and so on.
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