Users Guide

About Dell EMC 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 EMC 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 10. Dell EMC 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
le 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 (WSMan).
If -P is not used, the Dell EMC Server will
be discovered using SNMP Protocol by
default.
This value is optional.
-c
cong le Protocol specic conguration le.
The default le
is .dell_device_comm_params.cfg.
For more information see About Protocol
Parameters.
-t
template Template le with absolute path for
customized service monitoring.
The default le is
dell_device_services_template.c
fg
-f
force Force rewrite of cong le.
This option is used to rediscover an already
discovered device.
-d
detailed services All services monitor option based on
services dened in service template le.
If you run the utility without this option, then
the basic three services are created. For
more information, see Table 3. Default
services created based on selected protocol.
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