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c. To import host names and IP addresses, click Import. You can also import host names and IP addresses included as line
items in .CSV file. Using Microsoft Excel, you can create a .CSV file containing host names or IP addresses.
d. Click Next.
3. If you have selected the Standard Wizard in Discovery Settings — After you have provided at least one IP address, IP range,
host name, or a combination thereof, continue to customize the discovery and inventory options or complete the configuration
using the default options. Clicking Finish without setting any further configurations immediately runs the discovery and
inventory tasks using the default SNMP and ICMP protocols. It is recommended that you review and revise your protocol
configurations prior to clicking
Finish.
For more information about each listed protocol, click the help icon in the appropriate protocol configuration screen.
NOTE: When discovering ESXi-based servers, to view the guest virtual machines grouped with the host, enable and
configure the WS-Man protocol.
NOTE: By default, SNMP is enabled and values are assigned ICMP parameters.
NOTE: After completing any of the following steps, click either Next to continue or click Finish to complete the
Discovery Range Configuration.
• In ICMP Configuration, to detect devices on the network, edit the ICMP parameters.
• In SNMP Configuration, to discover servers, provide the SNMP parameters. Ensure that the SNMP community string
specified in Get Community matches the SNMP community string of the device or devices you want to discover.
NOTE: iDRAC only supports only the default SNMP port 161. If the default SNMP port is changed, iDRAC may
not get discovered.
• In WMI Configuration, to authenticate and connect to remote devices, provide the WMI parameters. The format for
entering credentials for WMI must be domain\user name for domain-based networks or localhost\user name for non-
domain based networks.
• In Storage Configuration, to discover PowerVault modular disk array or EMC devices, edit parameters.
• In WS-Man Configuration, to enable discovery of Dell PowerEdge VRTX, iDRAC 6, iDRAC 7, and ESXi installed servers,
provide WS-Man parameters.
• In SSH Configuration, to enable discovery of Linux-based servers, provide the SSH parameters.
• In IPMI Configuration, to enable server discovery, provide the IPMI parameters. IPMI is typically used to discover BMC or
iDRACs on Dell servers. You can include the optional KG key when discovering RAC devices.
• In Discovery Range Action, choose to discover, inventory, or perform both tasks. The default option is to perform both
discovery and inventory.
• Select Perform only discovery or Perform both discovery and inventory to run the task immediately.
• To schedule the task to run at a later time, select Do not perform discovery or inventory, and follow the instructions in
Scheduling Discovery and Scheduling Inventory.
4. If you have selected the Guided Wizard option in Discovery Settings — After you have provided at least one IP address, IP
range, host name, or a combination thereof, click Next. The Device Type Filtering window is displayed. See Device Type
Filtering.
a. Select the device types that you want to discover and manage.
The required protocols for discovering the selected devices are added to the Discover Devices wizard.
b. Provide the configuration details for all the protocols listed in the wizard and click Next.
5. Review your selections in the Summary screen and click Finish. To change any of the parameters in previous configuration
screens, click Back. When complete, click Finish.
Related links
Discovery and Inventory Portal
Last Discovery and Inventory
Discovered Versus Inventoried Devices
Task Status
Changing the Default SNMP Port
SNMP uses the default UDP port 161 for general SNMP messages and UDP port 162 for SNMP trap messages. If these ports are
being used by another protocol or service, you can change the settings by modifying the local services file on the system.
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