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.

Discovery

To manage devices in Dell OpenManage Power Center, you must have

Manage Device/Group

privileges, and you must

first add the devices to the Power Center management console. Power Center automatic device discovery using IP

ranges includes both the detection of all devices in 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:

• Automatically discover devices — Use IP ranges to automatically discover devices on the network.

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

discover devices.

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

After a device is discovered, it is automatically added to the Unassigned Devices and All Devices tabs on the Devices

screen, and can be assigned to a group and otherwise managed by Power Center.

Once you have created a discovery job, you can also re-run the job when needed. Jobs may also be scheduled to run at

a later time.

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.