Discovery Profiles; How To: Discover Your Network; Discovery Profile Editor - Dell OpenManage Network Manager Client Manual

Discovery Profiles

Discovery profiles configure
equipment discovery for Dell
OpenManage Network Manager.
The summary view displays the
Name, Description, Default (the
green check indicates the default
profile), whether the profile is
Scheduled and Next Execution
Date for scheduled discovery.
The Expanded portlet adds a
Reference Tree snap panel that
displays a tree of associations
between selected profiles and
authentication and tasks that they execute. See Discovery Profiles on page 153 for more about this
portlet.
How To:
Discover Your Network
Right click the Discovery Profiles list and select New.
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The Discovery Profile Editor appears, with a step-by-step set of screens to configure resource
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discovery. You can navigate through it by clicking the screen tab names at the top, or by
clicking the Next button at the bottom of the page.

Discovery Profile Editor

Use this editor to configure discovery once you have started Discover Your Network. Baseline
discovery is the initial discovery to compare to later discoveries. Follow these steps to discover
equipment on your network:
General
General Parameters—Set the Name, Description and whether this profile is the baseline
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default.
Profile Options—Select the Device Naming Format (how the device appears in lists, once
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discovered), whether to Manage by IP address or hostname, and check whether to Resolve
Hostname(s), ICMP Ping Device(s), Manage ICMP-only Device(s), or Manage Unclassified
Device(s). This last checkbox determines whether Dell OpenManage Network Manager
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