User's Manual

11 Dell OpenManage Plug- in Version 2.0 for Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c | A00
4 Using OpenManage Plug- in for Oracle Enterprise Manager
4.1 Discovering and promoting devices
After completing the initial setup process of the plug- in, all devices from the monitored Dell OpenManage
Essentials environment at that time will have been discovered, and based on your preference, promoted.
If additional devices are added to the environment, you will need to take additional action to collect data
from these devices. The OpenManage plug- in will automatically discover these new devices and add them
in the plug- in, however, the plug- in will not collect the device-specific data.
Note: The new device will be displayed in the tree view of the OpenManage Essentials target as a greyed
out node and in an unknown status until the device is promoted.
From the discovered state, you must promote each additional new device from the list of discovered
targets by performing the following steps:
1. Log in to an Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control web console with administrative privileges.
2. From the Enterprise Manager web console, navigate to Setup → Add Target → Auto Discovery
Results. The Agent-based Targets table displays any new devices that have been discovered or
any device that was chosen to not be promoted during the initial setup.
Note: Oracle Enterprise Manager sets the default interval for running discovery of devices at one day.
This can be reconfigured by going to Setup → Add Target → Configure Auto Discovery and clicking
the Dell OME Discovery Module. Here, choose Use following discovery schedule for all target types
on all hosts and then fill in the frequency text box with a desired interval.
3. Select the newly discovered devices and click the Promote button.
Note: Multiple devices may be promoted at the same time by utilizing multi-select. However, for
multiple devices to be promoted simultaneously, the devices must be of the same target type.
4. After all the desired devices have been promoted and the plug- in has completed a new collection
interval, the OpenManage Essentials target displays the new devices with data.
For more information on the initial setup and configuration of the OpenManage Essentials target, see the
Dell OpenManage Plug- in Version 2.0 for OEM Installation Guide at dell.com/openmanagemanuals.