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Field Description

NOTE: The KG key is a public key that is used to

generate an encryption key for use between the

firmware and the application. The KG key value is an

even number of hexadecimal characters.

Timeout Specifies or edits the amount of time that OpenManage

Essentials waits after issuing a get or set call before it

considers the call failed. A valid range is from 1 to 60

seconds. The default is 5 seconds.

Retries Specifies or edits the number of times that OpenManage

Essentials reissues a get or set call after the first call

times out. A valid range is from 0 to 10 retries. The default

is 1.

NOTE: The retries and time-out parameters are used for both the Remote Management Control Protocol (RMCP)

ping and the IPMI connection.

Discovery Range Action

Select these options to discover or inventory devices, components, and servers.

Field Description

Do not perform discovery or inventory Select this option to set up a schedule to perform

discovery and inventory (at a later time).

Perform only discovery Select this option to perform discovery.

Perform both discovery and inventory Select this option to perform both discovery and

inventory.

Summary

View the configuration selections. To change configurations, click Back.

Add Exclude Range

From OpenManage Essentials, select Manage → Discovery and Inventory → Common Tasks → Add Exclude Range.

You can also right-click Exclude Ranges and select Add Exclude Range.

Add Exclude Range Options

Field Description

IP Address / range Register a device to exclude from the discovery process

by specifying the device's 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):