Owner's Manual

Configuring Dell OpenManage IT Assistant to Monitor Your Systems 115
3 Under Discovery Speed , Tom uses the sliding bar to indicate how much
network bandwidth and system resources he wants to allocate to discovery.
Tom sets the discovery speed to
Fast (all the way to the right). Tom wants
to discover all of the systems he is going to manage with IT Assistant
rapidly and get them in the database. For subsequent discoveries, if Tom
finds that this setting dramatically impacts the network performance while
he is attempting to perform other tasks on the network, he can change the
Discovery Speed to consume fewer network resources.
4 Under Discover , Tom can choose whether to discover all devices or only
instrumented devices.
5 Under Name Resolution , Tom can select DNS Name Resolution or
Instrumentation Name Resolution .
6 Domain Name System (DNS) name resolution matches the IP address of
a system to a host name. Instrumentation name resolution queries the
managed system’s agent instrumentation for its name. See your device
or system documentation for more information on how to configure
instrumentation name resolution.
. NOTE: If you are managing a cluster, you must use instrumentation name
resolution to be able to discern each independent node (system); otherwise,
using DNS name resolution is recommended.
7 Tom clicks OK .
Configuring Inventory Settings
Next, Tom enters inventory settings. IT Assistant collects inventory
information about software and firmware versions, as well as device-related
information about memory, processor, power supply, PCI cards and embedded
devices, and storage. This information is stored in the IT Assistant database
and can be used to generate customized reports.
To set inventory settings, Tom performs the following steps:
1
Tom selects Discovery and Monitoring  Inventory Configuration from
the menu bar.
The
Inventory Poll Settings dialog box is displayed. Enable Inventory is
selected by default.
2 In the dialog box under Initiate Inventory , Tom selects when he wants
IT Assistant to perform inventory.