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Discovery profiles configure
equipment discovery for Dell
OpenManage Network Manager.
The summary view displays the
Name, Description, Default (the
green check indicates the default
profile), whether the profile is
Scheduled and Next Execution
Date
for scheduled discovery.
Follow these steps to start
discovering equipment on your
network.
1 Click the Resource Discovery button in Quick Navigation or right-click the Discovery Profiles
list and select
New. (If you have previously exported profiles, you can Import them. You can
also
Export Selection, or Export all profiles in this manager. Open an existing profile to edit
it.)
2 After this beginning, if you clicked the Resource Discovery button, the Quick Discovery
screen appears where you can enter device identifiers (typically IP Address(es)), and
authentications, then execute discovery. The Quick Discovery screen can also discover the
default Discovery profile if you have configured one already.
If you clicked
New in the Discovery portlet, the Discovery Profile Editor appears, with a step-
by-step set of screens to configure resource discovery, as described below.
You can navigate through the Profile Editor by clicking the screen tab names at the top, or by
clicking the
Next button at the bottom of the page.
Discovery Profile Editor
Use this editor to configure discovery. Follow these steps to discover equipment on your network:
General
3 General Parameters —Set the Name, Description .
4 Profile Options —Select the Device Naming Format (how the device appears in lists, once
discovered), whether to
Manage by IP address or hostname, and check whether to Resolve
Hostname(s), ICMP Ping Device(s), Manage ICMP-only Device(s),
or Manage Unclassified
Device(s).
This last checkbox determines whether Dell OpenManage Network Manager
attempts to manage devices that have no device driver installed. Management may be
possible, but more limited than for devices with drivers installed, provided this capability is
one you have licensed.