Users Guide

The Device Type Filtering page is displayed.
6. Select Chassis (CMC) Discovery - All Components and click Next.
The ICMP Configuration page is displayed.
7. If required, change the Timeout and Retries values based on your preference.
8. Click Next.
The WS-Man Configuration page is displayed.
9. Type the CMC username and password in the appropriate fields.
10. If you want to disable auto discovery of the chassis components or if you want to provide alternate
credentials for discovering the iDRACs, click Alternate WS-Man Configuration for iDRACs.
• To disable the auto discovery of iDRACs and switches, clear the Auto discover iDRACs and
switches in the CMC option.
• To provide alternate credentials for discovering the iDRACs, clear the Use same credentials of
CMC for discovering iDRACs option, and type the iDRAC username and password in the
appropriate fields.
11. Click Next.
The Summary page is displayed.
12. Click Finish.
Discovery of the chassis and its components (iDRACs and IOA switches) is initiated.
Excluding Ranges
Configure exclude ranges to prevent servers from being discovered/rediscovered or limit the number of
devices displayed in the device tree.
To exclude a range from discovery task:
1. From OpenManage Essentials, select Manage → Discovery and Inventory → Common Tasks → Add
Exclude Range.
2. In Exclude Range Configuration, provide IP address/range, discovery range name or host name and
click Add.
3. Click Finish.
Related References
Discovery and Inventory Portal
Last Discovery and Inventory
Discovered Versus Inventoried Devices
Task Status
Viewing Configured Discovery and Inventory Ranges
From OpenManage Essentials, click Manage → Discovery and Inventory → Discovery Ranges → All
Ranges.
Related References
Discovery and Inventory Portal
Last Discovery and Inventory
Discovered Versus Inventoried Devices
Task Status
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