Owner's Manual

Configuring Dell OpenManage IT Assistant to Monitor Your Systems 117
10 In step 8 of the wizard, Tom reviews his selections and clicks Finish to
complete the wizard.
NOTE: IT Assistant versions 8.0 and later can discover printers, tapes, and storage
devices. For more information, see the Dell OpenManage IT Assistant Online Help.
NOTE: In a network consisting of systems that have both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses,
post SNMP discovery, only IPv4 addresses are displayed by IT Assistant.
Exclude Systems From Discovery
IT Assistant also provides the capability to exclude specific systems from
discovery. This feature is normally used in larger enterprise environments to
improve speed, to isolate a system with a problematic agent, or to enhance
security and convenience.
Tom has one system in his enterprise that contains highly sensitive
information. So sensitive, in fact, that he doesn’t even want the system visible
to his system administrators. Therefore, he sets an Exclude Range to isolate
that system from routine network discovery.
1
Tom selects Discovery and Monitoring  Ranges from the menu bar.
The
Discovery Ranges navigation tree is displayed on the left side of the
IT Assistant window.
2 Tom expands Discovery Ranges , right-clicks Exclude Ranges and selects
New Exclude Range .
The
New Exclude Range dialog box appears.
3 Tom enters the IP address for the system and clicks OK .
As a result, that system is hidden from routine discovery by IT Assistant.
Changing Discovery, Inventory, and Status Polling Settings After
Original Setup
Tom can return to the Discovery and Monitoring menu at any time and edit
the settings he entered. The new settings will become effective the next time
he performs the corresponding action.
For information on how Tom can view devices on his network, and the
applications that he can launch to manage the health of his devices,
see "Viewing Devices and Launching Applications."