OpenManage Enterprise 4.1.x User's Guide

Create a custom discovery job for the chassis

Use the Additional Settings dialog box to enter the details for the protocol with which you want to discover the chassis.

1. Select the Discover using WS-Man/Redfish (iDRAC, Server, and/or Chassis) .
   NOTE:For chassis, the Discover using WS-Man/Redfish check box is selected by default. This section implies that the chassis can be discovered by using either of these two protocols. The CMC VRTX, and FX2 chassis support the WS-Man commands. The MX7000 chassis supports the Redfish protocol.
2. Enter username and password of the chassis to be detected.
3. In the Connection Settings section:
   1. In the Retries box, enter the number of repeated attempts that must be made to discover a server.
   2. In the Timeout box, enter the time after which a job must stop running.
   3. To check the WS-MAN response from a target before establishing a connection, set the WS-MAN Service Check Timeout. By default the value is set to 1 s with a hard coded number of attempts. Increase the timeout value beyond the default if a target iDRAC is slow to respond or experiences network delays to prevent connection failures. If the device fails to connect, the console generates CDEV6131 alerts.
   4. 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 Management ports and protocols.
   5. If the common name of the device is the same as the hostname used to access the appliance, Enable Common Name (CN) check
   6. Select the Enable Certificate Authority (CA) check check box.
      NOTE: When a certificate is used for device discovery with CA entries, the device is identified with the DNS name, not the IP address.
4. Select the Enable SSH Credentials for FX2 IO Module actions to enable template actions for FX2 I/O modules.
   1. Select Use chassis credentials if the M I/O Aggregator user credentials are the same as the chassis.
   2. Select Use different credentials if the M I/O Aggregator user credentials are different from the chassis credentials and do the following:
      NOTE: If WS-MAN or Redfish discovery encounters different credentials or port numbers for a chassis and its sleds, the discovery group job fails, and the sleds are discovered with a Proxied state.
      • To check the WS-MAN response from a target before establishing a connection, set the WS-MAN Service Check Timeout. By default the value is set to 1 s with a hard coded number of attempts. Increase the timeout value beyond the default if a target iDRAC is slow to respond or experiences network delays to prevent connection failures. If the device fails to connect, the console generates CDEV6131 alerts.
      • Enter the User Name and Password.
      • Change the default values for Retries, Timeout, and Port if required.
      • Select Verify known Host key, to validate the host against known host keys.
        NOTE:Known host keys are added using /DeviceService/HostKeys REST API service. See the OpenManage Enterprise RESTful API Guide for more information about how to manage host keys.
      • Select Use SUDO Option if needed.
5. Click Finish.
6. Complete the tasks in Create a device discovery job.