Secure Connect Gateway 5.x — Virtual Edition User's Guide

Add a server or hypervisor

1. Go to Device management > Manage devices > Devices > Add device.
2. From the Device type list, select Server / Hypervisor.
3. Enter the hostname or IP address of the device.
4. Optionally, enter a name for the device that can be used to represent the device in secure connect gateway. If you do not enter a name, the IP address or hostname is used to represent the device.
5. Select an account credential that you want to assign to the device. To create a new account credential, click Create a new account. See Add account credentials.
   NOTE:You cannot add account credentials for a server or hypervisor running Windows operating system. For the list of supported operating systems, see the Secure Connect Gateway 5.x — Virtual Edition Support Matrix available on the Secure Connect Gateway - Virtual Edition documentation page.
6. Select a custom group to which you want to assign the device. If you do not select a custom group, the device is automatically assigned to the default device group. To create a new custom group, click Create group. See Create a device group.
7. By default, Enable and configure alerts and events check box is selected. This enables secure connect gateway to monitor the device for hardware issues and automatically configure the device settings to receive the alert traps or event subscriptions. If you want to manually configure alert and event forwarding for the device, clear the Enable and configure alerts and events check box.
   CAUTION:If the device alerts and event settings are not configured, secure connect gateway cannot monitor hardware issues that may occur on the device.

   NOTE:If monitoring is disabled, secure connect gateway does not create service requests for issues that are detected on the device. However, periodic collections are performed on the device.
8. Click Next.

Results

The Devices page is displayed. If the device is discovered successfully through Redfish, a success message is displayed and the device details are displayed on the Devices page.Click on the Devices page to view the device discovery progress or the error message if the device discovery failed.

NOTE:You can use other features in secure connect gateway during the device discovery process.