Owner's Manual
Configuring Dell OpenManage IT Assistant to Monitor Your Systems 103
Using IT Assistant to Find and Manage Jane’s Networked Systems
If this is the first time IT Assistant has been launched since installation,
Jane is presented with a welcome screen indicating that IT Assistant has not
yet been configured. The four basic steps of configuration are listed:
Step 1—Discovery Configuration – controls how often IT Assistant polls
the network for the addition of new systems
Step 2—Inventory Configuration – controls how often IT Assistant
retrieves a detailed inventory of all discovered systems
Step 3—Status Polling – controls how often IT Assistant retrieves the
health and network connectivity status of discovered systems
Step 4—Ranges – identifies specific ranges for IT Assistant to either limit
or expand its discovery, inventory, or polling tasks
Clicking any of the steps will take her to the corresponding dialog box under
the Discovery and Monitoring menu bar in IT Assistant. Steps 1 through
3 are single-window dialog boxes; step 4 is a wizard-based procedure for
defining discovery ranges.
Configuring Discovery Settings
Jane begins by configuring the discovery settings for her systems using the
Discovery Configuration Settings dialog box. This dialog is displayed either
automatically when she clicks Step 1: Discovery Configuration from the
IT Assistant or by choosing Discovery Configuration from the menu bar.
Here, Jane enters information that IT Assistant will use for discovery.
These values remain unchanged and apply to the corresponding discovery
ranges that she will create later in this procedure. However, she can change
these values at any time.
To configure discovery settings in IT Assistant, Jane performs the
following steps:
1
Jane selects
Discovery and Monitoring
Discovery Configuration
from
the IT Assistant menu bar.
The
Discovery Configuration Settings
dialog box appears.
Enable Device
Discovery
is selected by default.
2
In the dialog box under
Initiate Device Discovery
, Jane selects the period
she wants IT Assistant to perform discovery.