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6. To discover devices by using the hostname or IP addresses:
a. Select Devices.
b. Enter the hostname or IP address of devices as comma-separated values in the following formats:
• 10.34.10.2, 10.34.10.3, 10.34.10.22
• hostname1, hostname2, hostname3
• 10.34.10.22, hostname2, 10.34.10.24
7. Select an option based on your preference:
• Run now—discover the devices immediately.
• Run once—discover the devices at a specific date and time.
• Recur—schedule the discovery of devices at periodic intervals.
8. Click Next.
The Discovering Devices window is displayed. Based on the device types in the Credential Profile, the device types are selected
automatically.
9. If desired, clear the device types that you do not want to discover.
10. In the Configuration Settings section, clear the following options based on your preference:
• Perform deep discovery—discover a device and its associated device types. See Deep discovery on page 138.
• Enable Monitoring—enables SupportAssist Enterprise to detect hardware issues that may occur on the discovered devices.
• Configure SNMP to receive alerts from this device—automatically configure the SNMP settings of the discovered device to
forward alerts (SNMP traps) to SupportAssist Enterprise.
• Install latest version of OMSA—enables SupportAssist Enterprise to install the latest version of OMSA or iDRAC Service
Module (iSM) on the discovered servers. OMSA or iSM is required for collecting system information and to generate alerts from
servers.
NOTE:
If a device within the range is running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 operating system, you must
manually install OMSA on the device.
11. Click Add Rule.
The discovery rule is added and listed on the Manage Discovery Rules page. If you selected Run now, discovery of devices is
initiated.
View the device discovery rule overview pane
About this task
The Manage Discovery Rules page enables you to view the Discovery Rule Details, Discovery Rule Current Iteration Status, Recent
Activity, and Current v/s Previous Discovery Rule Status panes. For more information about the attributes displayed in these panes,
see Discovery Rule Details on page 183, Discovery Rule Current Iteration Status on page 183, Recent Activity on page 184, and Current
versus Previous Discovery Rule Status on page 184.
Steps
1. Point to Devices and click Manage Rules for Device Discovery.
The Manage Discovery Rules page is displayed.
2. Select a discovery rule.
The Discovery Rule Details, Discovery Rule Current Iteration Status, Recent Activity, and Current v/s Previous Discovery
Rule Status panes are displayed.
Edit device discovery rule
Prerequisites
You must be logged in to SupportAssist Enterprise with elevated or administrative privileges. See Granting elevated or administrative
privileges to users.
About this task
You can edit the discovery rule based on your requirement.
NOTE: You cannot edit a discovery rule when the device discovery is in progress.
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