Dell License Manager Version 1.7 User's Guide

Inventorying licensable systems

Performing discovery and inventory of licensable systems enables you to view the licensing status for those systems. Perform a system’s inventory before deploying licenses on the system. The inventory process automatically retrieves the installed non-evaluation licenses for archival purposes.

1. Click Systems.
2. In Systems, click Run Discovery and Inventory.
3. On the Select IP Address page of Discovery / Inventory Wizard, click Add Range or IP.
4. In Edit Inventory Range window, type a name for the IP range or address, and do one of the following:
   • To use an IPv4 range for inventorying systems, type the start address, end address, and subnet mask.
   • To use an individual IP address for inventorying systems, select the Individual Address (IPv4, IPv6, or hostname) check box, and then type the IP address or host name.
   • To use a text file for inventorying systems, select the Text file with IP addresses check box, and then click Load.
   • Browse the file system and select the text file.
     NOTE You must select a text file that includes an IP address or host name on each line.
     NOTE To inventory the PowerEdge storage sleds, provide the IP address of only the chassis. License Manager automatically inventories the PowerEdge storage sleds while inventorying the chassis.
     NOTE For PowerEdge storage sleds, License Manager displays the license level of the host CMC as the current license.
5. Click OK.
   The IP address or range that you provided is added to the IP Addresses and Ranges table.

   If you selected a text file, the IP addresses and host names in the text file are verified, and the invalid IP addresses or host names are displayed in the Validation Report.

   NOTE

   • After the IP addresses are added from a text file, they are displayed as individual IP addresses.
   • If there are duplicate IP addresses in the text file or if the IP addresses already exist in the IP Addresses and Range table, they are ignored.
   • The text file cannot be edited by using License Manager.
6. On the Select IP Address page of Discovery / Inventory Wizard, click Next.
7. On the IP Scan Settings page of Discovery / Inventory Wizard, provide the user credentials and configure the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) and WS-Man options, and then click Next.
   NOTE For information about the certificate settings, see Communication Settings.
8. On the Confirm Settings page of the Discovery / Inventory Wizard:
   • Review the discovery settings you provided. Click Back to edit the settings.
   • If you do not want to view the inventory task progress in the task pane, clear the Show task pane after launch check box.
9. Click Run Discovery / Inventory.
   The Tasks view is displayed. You can go to the Systems view to see the inventoried systems.

   NOTE If you have cleared the Show task pane after launch check box in step 8, the Systems view is displayed.