Users Guide

About Dell device discovery utility
To run the Dell Device Discovery Utility, navigate to<NAGIOS_HOME>/dell/scripts, and run the
following PERL script:
perl dell_device_discovery.pl –h
All the available Dell device discovery utility options are displayed.
perl dell_device_discovery.pl -H <Host or IP address> | -F <IP address list
file> | -S <Subnet with mask> [-P <Protocol>] [-c <Protocol specific config
file>] [-t <Service template file>] [-f] [-d]
Table 9. Dell device discovery utility options
Options Short Description Description
-h
help Display help text.
-H
host Host IP address or FQDN name.
-S
subnet Subnet with mask.
-F
file File with absolute path containing
list of newline separated IP
address or FQDN name.
-P
protocol Protocol used for monitoring.
Allowed options 1 (SNMP) and 2
(WS-MAN).
If -P is not used, the Dell server
will be discovered using SNMP
Protocol by default.
This value is optional.
-c
config file Protocol specific configuration
file.
The default file
is .dell_device_comm_params
.cfg. For more information see
About Protocol Parameters.
-t
template Template file with absolute path
for customized service
monitoring.
The default file is
dell_device_services_temp
late.cfg
-f
force Force rewrite of config file.
This option is used to rediscover
an already discovered device.
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