HP SIM V5.1 User Guide (356920-009, January 2007)

3. In the Name field, enter a name for the task. This field is required.

4. In the Schedule section, select Automatically execute discovery every, and enter how often the

task should run. The default is one a day. If you clear the Automatically execute discovery every

option, the task is disabled after it is created.

5. In the Ping inclusion ranges, templates and/or hosts files field, specify the IP addresses to include

for pinging. If you want to use this task to discover SMI-S

storage systems

, include the IP address of

each

SMI CIMOM

. See “IP ranges” for more information on entering IP ranges.

6. Click OK to save the task or Cancel to close the New Discovery section and not save any settings.

Note: If you have selected a large number of systems, a message appears, stating The automatic

discovery task is configured with a large number of addresses: [NUM]. Click

OK to continue anyway, or click Cancel to change the IP address range.

Command line interface

Users with

full configuration rights

can use mxtask to create an automatic discovery task from the command

line interface (CLI).

See “Using command line interface commands” for information on accessing the manpage.

Related procedures

• Configuring automatic discovery general settings

• Editing a discovery task

• Disabling or enabling a discovery task

• Deleting a discovery task

• Running a discovery task