Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise 3.9 User's Guide

Global exclusion of ranges

Using the Global Exclusion of Ranges wizard, you can enter the address(es) or range of the devices that must be excluded from OpenManage Enterprise monitoring and management activities. The following steps describe how you can exclude the range of devices:

1. To activate the Global Exclusion of Ranges wizard, you can do one of the following:
   • From the All Devices page (OpenManage Enteprise > Devices), Discovery drop-down menu, click Edit Exclude Ranges.
   • From the Monitor > Discovery , click the Global Exclusion List on the top right corner.
2. In the Global Exclusion of Ranges dialog box:
   1. In the Description of Exclude Range box, enter the information about the range that is being excluded.
   2. In the Enter Ranges to Exclude box, enter address(es) or range of devices to be excluded. The box can take up to 1000 address entries at a time, but separated by a line break. Meaning, every exclusion range must be entered in different lines inside the box.
      The range that can be excluded is same as the supported ranges that are applicable while discovering a device. See Create a device discovery job.
   NOTE

   • The range size is limited to 16,385 (0x4001).
   • The IPv6 and IPv6 CIDR formats too are supported.
3. Click Add.
4. When prompted, click YES.
   The IP address or the range is globally excluded, and then displayed in the list of excluded ranges. Such devices are globally excluded which implies that they do not take part in any activity performed by OpenManage Enterprise.

   NOTE The device that is globally excluded is clearly identified as 'Globally excluded' on the Job Details page.

   To remove a device from the global exclusion list:

   1. Select the check box and click Remove from Exclusion.
   2. When prompted, click YES. The device is removed from the global exclusion list. However, a device removed from the global exclusion list is not automatically monitored by OpenManage Enterprise. You must discover the device so that OpenManage Enterprise starts monitoring.