Owner's Manual
Configuring Dell OpenManage IT Assistant to Monitor Your Systems 107
NOTE: The Import Node List utility offers a convenient way to specify a list of host
names, IP addresses, and subnet ranges for IT Assistant to discover. See the
IT Assistant Online Help for instructions on how to run the utility from the
command line. The importnodelist.exe file is in the bin directory of the
IT Assistant base directory.
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In step 2 of the wizard, Jane uses the default values for Internet Control
Message Protocol (ICMP) time-out and retry for the range. She uses the
Troubleshooting Tool to determine these values.
NOTE: IT Assistant offers a troubleshooting tool that can be useful in
gathering system information and subnet ranges. Access the tool by selecting
ToolsTroubleshooting Tool from the menu bar. For more information,
open the Troubleshooting Tool dialog box and click Help.
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In step 3 of the wizard, Jane configures the SNMP parameters to be used
during discovery:
• Jane ensures the
Enable SNMP Discovery
option is selected.
• She enters a case-sensitive value for the
Get Community
name.
Jane’s considerations:
Jane is managing 50 servers, so she wants to configure SNMP.
The
Get Community
name is a read-only password that SNMP agents
installed on managed systems use for authentication. Jane considers
the following as she selects a
Get Community
name:
Each SNMP-enabled managed system has a
Get Community
name.
Jane ensures that she lists each of the community names on all of the
systems that she wants to manage. If Jane’s managed systems have
more than one community name, she enters multiple community
names separated by commas in the
Get Community
name field.
Although the
Get Community
name affects read-only information
retrieved by IT Assistant from managed systems, such as the results of
discovery, status polling, and alert logs, Jane wants to limit access to
this data. Therefore, she changes the default
Get Community
name
(
public
) to a name known only to her and her designated backup.
NOTE: Community names entered in the SNMP Get and Set community
name fields for the managed system’s operating system must match the
Get Community and Set Community names assigned in IT Assistant.