OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center Version 7.2 for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Virtual Machine Manager User’s Guide

Discovering MX7000 by using manual discovery

To manually discover PowerEdge MX7000 Modular System by using an IP address or an IP range, provide a Modular System’s IP address and device type credentials of the Modular System. When you are discovering Modular Systems by using an IP range, specify an IP (IPv4) range within a subnet by including the start and end range and the device type credentials of the Modular Systems.

1. In OMIMSSC, click Configuration and Deployment, click Modular Systems View, and then click Discover.
2. In the Discover page, select the required option:
   • Discover Using an IP Address—to discover a Modular System using an IP address.
   • Discover Using an IP Range—to discover all Modular Systems within an IP range.
3. Select the device type credential profile, or click Create New to create a device type credential profile.
   The selected profile is applied to all the servers.
4. In IP address, provide the IP address of the Modular System that you want to discover.
5. In Discover Using an IP Address or IP Address Range, do one of the following:
   • In IP Address Start Range, and IP Address End Range, provide the IP address range that you want to include, which is the starting and ending range.
   • Select Enable Exclude Range if you want to exclude an IP address range and in IP Address Start Range and IP Address End Range, provide the range that you want to exclude.
6. In Modular Systems Discovery Methods, select one of the following:
   • Shallow discovery—discovers Modular Systems and also number of servers in the Modular System.
   • Deep discovery—discovers Modular Systems and devices present in the Modular System such as Input Output Modules (IOM) and storage devices.

     NOTE: To deep discover MX7000 and its components, ensure that PowerEdge MX7000 and all its components are enabled with IPv4 address.

7. Provide a unique job name, and click Finish.

   To track this job, the Go to the Job List option is selected by default.

   To view the progress of the job in the Running tab, expand the discovery job in Jobs and Logs Center.