Owner's Manual

192 Discovery
Resource Discovery
The Resource Discovery screen sets up the process of retrieving network and device information for
the OpenManage Network Manager database See Example Workflow on page 190 for an example
of how to use this capability.
To begin, select
Resource Discovery from the File -> Open -> Inventory menu, or from the
Navigation Window, or by clicking the magnifying glass icon in the toolbar to launch the Discovery
screen, open to the
Discovery tab.
The
Discovery Tab lets you select discovery targets in its upper panel (Select Network Type and
Address), and combine them with authentications you configure in its lower panel (Select
Authentication). You can also create new, or edit existing authentications with the New / Edit
Authentication screen.
Check the
Exclude checkbox to exclude the entry from discovery, and click Cancel to abandon your
edits. Click
Apply to accept the target and authentication combination you configure. This opens
the Select Network Address(es) and Authentication(s) screen.
Clicking the
Inspect button at the bottom of the screen previews discovery so you can confirm
whether the target devices are online and the authentications you have configured are correct. See
Inspect on page 200 for details of this process. If you click
Discover , you initiate the discovery
process that queries devices, storing them in the OpenManage Network Manager database. See
Discover on page 202 for details.