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the IP address, IP address range, or host name for the discovery process. For more information, see Discovery

Configuration Options.

Discovery Configuration Options

Field Description

Group Name Specifies the group name for a set of devices.

IP address / range Specifies the IP address or IP address range.

The following are examples of valid discovery range type

address specifications (* is the wildcard character,

meaning all possible addresses in the specified range):

• 193.109.112.*

• 193.104.20-40.*

• 192.168.*.*

• 192.168.2-51.3-91

• 193.109.112.45-99

• System IP address—193.109.112.99

NOTE: Click Add to add multiple ranges of IP

addresses. IPV6 addresses are not supported.

Discovery Range Name Specifies the discovery range name for the IP address/

range.

Host name Specifies the host name, for example,

mynode.mycompany.com.

Click Add to add multiple host names.

NOTE: You can add multiple host names by

separating them using commas.

NOTE: Invalid characters in the host name are not

checked. If the host name you provide contains

invalid characters, the name is accepted. However,

the device is not found during the discovery cycle.

Subnet mask Specifies the subnet mask for the IP address range. The

subnet mask is used to determine the broadcast

addresses for the subnet(s) part of the range. The

OpenManage Essentials Network Monitoring Service

does not use the broadcast address when discovering

devices in an IP address range. The following are

examples of valid subnet mask specifications:

• 255.255.255.0 (The default subnet mask for a Class

C network.)

• 255.255.0.0 (The default subnet mask for a Class B

network.)

• 255.255.242.0 (A custom subnet mask

specification.)

By default, the subnet mask is set to 255.255.255.0.