Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Version 3.3.1 User's Guide

Create customized device discovery job protocol for servers –Additional settings for discovery protocols

1. To Discover using WS-Man/Redfish (iDRAC, Server, and/or Chassis)
   1. In the Credentials section, enter User Name and Password.
   2. In the Connection Settings section:
      • In the Retries box, enter the number of repeated attempts that must be made to discover a server.
      • In the Timeout box, enter the time after which a job must stop running.
      • Enter in the Port box to edit the port number. By default, 443 is used to connect to the device. For supported port numbers, see Supported protocols and ports in OpenManage Enterprise
      • Select the Enable Common Name (CN) check box if the common name of device is same as the host name used to access the OpenManage Enterprise.
      • Select the Enable Certificate Authority (CA) check box, if needed.
2. To Discover using IPMI (non-Dell via OOB)
   1. In the Credentials section, enter User Name and Password.
   2. In the Connection Settings section:
      • In the Retries box, enter the number of repeated attempts that must be made to discover a server.
      • In the Timeout box, enter the time after which a job must stop running.
      • In the KgKey box, enter an appropriate value.
3. To Discover using SSH (Linux, Windows, Hyper-V)
   1. In the Credentials section, enter User Name and Password.
   2. In the Connection Settings section:
      • In the Retries box, enter the number of repeated attempts that must be made to discover a server.
      • In the Timeout box, enter the time after which a job must stop running.
      • Enter in the Port box to edit the port number. By default, 22 is used to connect to the device. For supported port numbers, see Supported protocols and ports in OpenManage Enterprise
      • Select the Verify the known Host key check box if needed.
      • Select the Use SUDO Option check box if sudo accounts are preferred.

        NOTE: For sudo accounts to work, the server(s) /etc/sudoer/etc/sudoer file must be configured to use NOPASSWD.

4. To Discover using ESXi (VMware)
   1. In the Credentials section, enter User Name and Password.
   2. In the Connection Settings section:
      • In the Retries box, enter the number of repeated attempts that must be made to discover a server.
      • In the Timeout box, enter the time after which a job must stop running.
      • Enter in the Port box to edit the port number. By default, 443 is used to connect to the device. For supported port numbers, see Supported protocols and ports in OpenManage Enterprise
      • Select the Enable Common Name (CN) check box if the common name of device is same as the host name used to access the OpenManage Enterprise.
      • Select the Enable Certificate Authority (CA) check box, if needed.