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NOTE: The retries and time-out parameters are used for both the Remote Management Control Protocol (RMCP) ping
and the IPMI connection.
Discovery Range Action
Select these options to discover or inventory devices, components, and servers.
Table 31. Discovery Range Action
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
Table 32. 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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