Users Guide

Field Description
Do not perform discovery or inventory Select this option to set up a schedule to perform
discovery and inventory (at a later time).
Perform only discovery Select this option to perform discovery.
Perform both discovery and inventory Select this option to perform both discovery and
inventory.
Summary
View the configuration selections. To change configurations, click Back.
Add Exclude Range
From OpenManage Essentials, select Manage → Discovery and Inventory → Common Tasks → Add
Exclude Range
. Register new ranges to exclude from discovery or to remove a previously set exclude
range.
You can also right-click Exclude Ranges and select Add Exclude Range.
Add Exclude Range Options
Field Description
IP address / range Register a device to exclude from the discovery
process by specifying the IP address or IP address
range of the device.
The following are examples of valid discovery
range type address specifications (* is the wildcard
character, which includes all possible addresses in
the specified range):
• Exclude range — 193.109.112.*
• 193.104.20-40.*
• 192.168.*.*
• 192.168.2-51.3-91
• Exclude range — 193.109.112.45-99
• System IP address — 193.109.112.99
Name
Add the exclude range name for the IP address /
range.
Host name Register to exclude from the discovery process by
specifying the host name of the device, for
example, mynode.mycompany.com.
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