Users Guide

Field Description

Discover Specify how the devices are discovered.

• All Devices — Select to discover all devices that

respond to an Internet Control Message

Protocol (ICMP) ping.

• Instrumented Devices — Select to discover

only devices that have instrumentation (such as

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator, Dell

OpenManage Array Manager, and Dell

Networking Ethernet switches) for Simple

Network Management Protocol (SNMP),

Windows management Instrumentation WMI),

Intelligent Platform Management Interface

(IPMI) management, or WS-Management (WS-

Man). See agents supported for more

information about systems management

instrumentation agents.

Name Resolution Specify how the device names are resolved. If you

are managing a cluster, use the NetBIOS name

resolution to discern each independent system. If

you are not managing a cluster, a DNS name

resolution is recommended.

• DNS — Select to resolve names using the

Domain Naming Service.

• NetBIOS — Select to resolve names using

system names.

Related References

Discovery Schedule

Inventory Schedule

Use Inventory Polling to specify the default inventory settings for OpenManage Essentials. OpenManage

Essentials collects inventory information such as software and firmware versions, as well as device-

related information about memory, processor, power supply, Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)

cards, and embedded devices, and storage.

Related References

Inventory Schedule Settings

Field Description

Enable Inventory Select to schedule inventory.

Configure Global Inventory Polling Interval Set the frequency of the inventory in weekly or

daily intervals.