Owner's Manual

Device Discovery

The

Device Discovery

privilege enables a user to discover network devices. Users without this privilege can view the

Settings page, but cannot make any changes.

New Device Discovery

To manage devices in Power Center, you must first add the devices to the Power Center management console. You must

have

Manage Device/Group

and

Discover Device

privileges to add a device to Power Center.

Power Center device discovery includes both the automatic detection of all devices on your data center and the

collection of basic information about each device, such as:

• Device name

• Connection status

• Device type

• Device model

• IP address

• Hostname

• Communication protocol

This information enables you to track device status and data center information. You can also manage these discovered

devices in Power Center. If there is a new or changed device in your data center, you can use the device discovery

function to rediscover the devices.

There are two ways to add a device in Power Center:

• Discover a device from the network — Discovered devices will be automatically added to the Device List.

• Manually add a device — Use the Power Center management console to specify device properties and add a

device to the Device List.

NOTE: If you use a network security policy, the discovery function may not work properly.

Supported and Unsupported Devices

You can add or discover supported devices, and create a group structure to build out the data center. Power Center

cannot discover or manage all device types, and unsupported devices must be manually added to make the data center

group structure complete.

For supported devices:

• Device types include chassis, server, UPS, and PDU.

• Set the connection protocol and credential information so that the device can communicate with Power Center.

• Add or discover a supported device to the device list in the Devices page. Perform management functions

including discovery, adding to the group structure, monitoring power and temperature, applying power

management policies, and sending events.