Users Guide

NOTE: Storage devices hosted by the PowerEdge M1000e chassis are not classified under the

Storage node of the chassis until the PowerEdge M1000e chassis is inventoried.

NOTE: When an EqualLogic group that is associated with a NAS appliance is discovered, the

EqualLogic group is displayed in the device tree under NAS Clusters and Storage Devices → Dell

EqualLogic Groups. However, the members of the EqualLogic group are displayed only under Dell

EqualLogic Groups.

Legend and Definitions

• Discovery: Capability to discover the devices on the network.

• Correlation: Capability to correlate:

– CMC with servers, switches, RAC, and storage.

– Discovered server and DRAC, iDRAC, or BMC devices.

– Discovered modular systems or switches.

– ESX, ESXi, or Hyper-V host and guest virtual machines.

• Classification: Capability to classify the devices by type. For example, servers, network switches,

storage, and so on.

• Hardware Inventory: Capability to obtain detailed hardware inventory of the device.

• Monitoring or Health: Capability to obtain health status and connection status of the device.

• Traps, alerts, or PETs: Capability to receive SNMP traps from the device.

• Application Launch: Provides a right-click action menu item on the discovered device to launch 1x1

console or application.

• OpenManage Server Administrator CLI: Capability to run OpenManage Server Administrator

supported commands on the remote (discovered) servers.

• Deploy OpenManage Server Administrator: Capability to deploy OpenManage Server Administrator

to the remote (discovered) servers.

• Server Updates: Capability to deploy BIOS, firmware, and driver updates to the remote (discovered)

servers.

• RACADM CLI: Capability to run RACADM tool supported commands on the remote (discovered)

devices.

• IPMI CLI: Capability to run IPMITool supported commands on the remote (discovered) devices.

• Switch Role: Indicates the type of the unit, such as management or stack.

Using the Discovery and Inventory Portal

To access the discovery and inventory portal, click Manage → Discovery and Inventory.