Discover MX7000 Modular Systems
Prerequisites
Ensure that
the default credential profile of a Modular System you want to discover
is available.
About this task
To discover Modular Systems, perform the following steps:
Steps
Click Discover.
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.
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.
In IP address, provide the IP address of the Modular System that you want to discover.
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.
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.
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.