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6 Monitoring Dell PowerVault MD Series Storage Arrays Using Dell SupportAssist | Version 1.0 | December 2013
1 Discovery and inventory
Discovery and inventory aids understanding of what hardware and software are installed across your
organization and is the most basic step to effective systems management. Areas such as license
compliance, health monitoring, security and upgrades, and migrations all require the networked hardware
to be available to the System Administrator on a single console to help ease the process. OpenManage
Essentials provides these capabilities to initialize the discovery and inventory process and perform required
actions on these devices.
1.1 Prerequisites
The following are the prerequisites for performing discovery and inventory:
Credentials: The discovery process in OpenManage Essentials communicates with the PowerVault MD
storage arrays using SNMP protocol. You may also be required to provide the SNMP community string
during the discovery process.
Setting up the system to be managed: There are a few settings to be performed on the managed nodes
to make them discoverable over the network. For more infomation, see the
Making Your Environment
Manageable with Dell OpenManage Essentials
technical whitepaper at delltechcenter.com/ome.
Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager: PowerVault MD Storage Manager must be installed on
the management station to allow the Dell Lasso tool to generate the log collection. You can download
the appropriate PowerVault MD Storage Manger at dell.com/support.
1.2 Discovery range configuration
This section provides information about providing a discovery range for discovering devices in
OpenManage Essentials.
1. In OpenManage Essentials, navigate to Manage Discovery and Inventory.
The Discovery Range Summary page is displayed.
2. Under Discovery Ranges, right-click All Ranges, and click Add Discovery Range.