DELL Version 5.3 User Manual

Discovery Profiles | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager

Discover Your Network

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Right click the Discovery Profiles list and select New.

NOTE:

If you have a multitenant environment, you can create

2

The Discovery Profile Editor appears, with a step-by-step set of screens to configure resource 

discovery. You can navigate through it by clicking the screen tab names at the top, or by 

clicking the Next button at the bottom of the page.

Use this editor to configure discovery once you have started Discover Your Network. Baseline 

discovery is the initial discovery to compare to later discoveries. Follow these steps to discover 

equipment on your network:
General

3

General Parameters—Set the Name, Description and whether this profile is the baseline 

default.

4

Profile Options—Select the Device Naming Format (how the device appears in lists, once 

discovered), whether to Manage by IP address or hostname, and check whether to Resolve 

Hostname(s), ICMP Ping Device(s), Manage ICMP-only Device(s), or Manage Unclassified 

Device(s). This last checkbox determines whether Dell OpenManage Network Manager 

attempts to manage devices that have no device driver installed. Management may be 

possible, but more limited than for devices with drivers installed, provided this capability is 

one you have licensed.

NOTE:

Some packages disable ICMP ping by default.

The Filters (by Location, Vendor, or Device Type) let you narrow the list of devices discovered 

by the selected item(s). As the screen says, this filtering will not have any impact on the 

processing that occurs during the Inspection step.
Make sure you Save profiles you alter, or these selections have no impact when you execute 

discovery.

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After you click Next, the Network screen appears.