2.5 Discovering Dell OpenManage or iDRAC Resources

Use the Discovery_Dell Knowledge Script to discover Dell server configuration and resources. This Knowledge Script requires SNMP and the Dell OpenManage agent, that is, Hardware Instrumentation Program (HIP), to be running on the computer you are discovering. If a required service is not found or is not running, the Discovery job fails with a Not a Dell server event.

Run Discovery_Dell on Dell server objects. By default, this script is only run once for each computer.

Use the Discovery_Dell Knowledge Script to discover Dell server configuration and resources. This Knowledge Script requires SNMP and the Dell OpenManage agent (Hardware Instrumentation Program or HIP) to be running on the computer you are discovering. If a required service is not found or is not running, the Discovery job fails with a “Not a Dell server” event.

By default, this script is only run once for each computer.

Set the Values tab parameters as needed.

Description

How To Set It

Raise event if discovery succeeds?

This Knowledge Script always raises an event when the job fails for any reason. In addition, you can set this parameter to y to raise an event when the job succeeds. The default is n.

Community

Set the community string in Security Manager for Dell OpenManage server Agent or Dell-IDRAC resources:

  • Provide the SNMP community string that is required to access Dell OpenManage or IDRAC resources. If it is empty, then the community string configured in the security manager will be used. Refer Section 2.8, “Configuring SNMP,” of Management Guide to know how to configure the security manager.

    If community string is not configured in the security manger, then by default, Public will be used as the community string.

Event severity when discovery...

Set the event severity level, from 1 to 40, to reflect the importance when the job:

  • ...succeeds. If you set this Knowledge Script to raise an event when the job succeeds, set the event severity level for a successful discovery. The default is 25.

  • ...partially succeeds. Set the event severity level for a discovery that returns some data but also generates warning messages. The default is 10.

  • ...fails. The default is 5.

  • ...is not applicable. Set the event severity level for a discovery that fails when the target computer does not have a Dell Server installed. The default is 15.

NOTE:If the required services, such as SNMP or Dell OpenManage HIP are not running on the computer you are discovering, you might see a severity 15 event (Not a Dell server). If you see this type of event, see the detail message for more information about what caused the discovery to fail.

Discovery options

 

Discover only physical interfaces (for Dell OpenManage)?

Select Yes to only discover interfaces associated with the physical NIC cards that are on the target computer.

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 provide virtual interfaces, which are interfaces that are not associated with a physical NIC card. Other software programs, such as VMware, also provide virtual interfaces to emulate NIC cards.

If you do not select this parameter, AppManager discovers physical and virtual interfaces.

The default is selected, which results in discovering only physical NIC cards and not discovering virtual interfaces.

Discover using IDRAC?

Select Yes to use IDRAC resources. The default is unselected.

Comma separated list of servers to discover

You can use this parameter to provide IP addresses of Dell-IDRAC resources. Use commas to separate more than one name or address.

For example:

10.71.112.101,10.71.112.102