Dell OpenManage Network Manager, Client Manual

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Discovery Profiles | Resource Management
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Discovery Profiles
The discovery profiles set up equipment discovery for Dell OpenManage Network Manager.
The summary view displays the Name, Description, Default (the green check indicates the default
profile), whether the profile is Scheduled and Next Execution Date for scheduled discovery
.
NOTE:
When Dell OpenManage Network Manager discovers unknown devices, it examines the RFC1213 MIB
for hints of the device's capabilites, determining if it looks similar to a layer 3 router or a layer 2 switch.
Since some device can do both, Dell OpenManage Network Manager classifies such ambiguous devices
as routers.
Menu Options
When you right-click a profile, the following menu options appear (in addition
to the Common Menu Items):
New —Opens Discovery Profile Editor in new profile mode. (see General on
page 154)
Edit — Opens Discovery Profile Editor.
Copy — Opens Discovery Profile Editor, and renames the selected profile as
“CopyOf[Original Name]”.
Execute —Executes a discovery profile. This also produces an Audit trail (see
Audit Trail / Jobs Screen on page 91
). A message appears indicating the
success or failure of discovery execution.
Tip
Discovery execution continues in the background even when you close the audit trail / jobs screen, but
the message indicating success / failure still appears when the discovery process is done.