Users Guide

• Summary
Discovery Configuration
A discovery range is a network segment registered in OpenManage Essentials for the purpose of
discovering devices. OpenManage Essentials attempts to discover devices on all registered discovery
ranges that are enabled. A discovery range includes subnet, a range of IP addresses on a subnet, an
individual IP address, or an individual host name. Specify the IP address, IP address range, or host name
for the discovery process. For more information, see Discovery Configuration Options.
Discovery Configuration Options
Field Description
Save as Group Select this option to save the discovery range as a
group.
Group Name Specifies the group name for the discovery range.
IP address / range Specifies the IP address or IP address range.
The following are examples of valid discovery
range type address specifications (* is the wildcard
character, meaning all possible addresses in the
specified range):
• 193.109.112.*
• 193.104.20-40.*
• 192.168.*.*
• 192.168.2-51.3-91
• 193.109.112.45-99
• System IP address—193.109.112.99
NOTE: Click Add to add multiple ranges of IP
addresses. IPV6 addresses are not supported.
Discovery Range Name Specifies the discovery range name for the IP
address/range.
Host name Specifies the host name, for example,
mynode.mycompany.com.
Click Add to add multiple host names.
NOTE: You can add multiple host names by
separating them using commas.
NOTE: Invalid characters in the host name are
not checked. If the host name you provide
contains invalid characters, the name is
accepted. However, the device is not found
during the discovery cycle.
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