Configuring discovery preferences for BladeCenter Chassis

The BladeCenter® Chassis page allows you to customize the discovery parameters for BladeCenter Chassis.

Complete the following steps to configure discovery preferences for BladeCenter Chassis:
  1. In IBM Director Console, click Options > Discovery Preferences.
  2. In the Discovery Preferences window on the BladeCenter Chassis page, configure the general preferences for discovering BladeCenter chassis:
    1. In the Auto-discover period (hours) field, select the frequency with which IBM Director Server attempts to discover BladeCenter chassis automatically. The possible range is one to 168 hours (seven days). By default, autodiscovery is disabled.
    2. In the Presence Check period (minutes) field, select the frequency that IBM® Director Server checks the status of each BladeCenter chassis. A presence check detects whether an SNMP device is online or offline. The possible range is one to 240 minutes (four hours); this feature also can be disabled. By default, a presence check is set to occur every 15 minutes.
  3. Specify the conventions that IBM Director Server uses when you rename BladeCenter chassis automatically. By default, this naming template is set to IBM %CHASSIS_MACHINE_TYPE_MODEL% %CHASSIS_SERIAL_NUMBER%.
    1. Click a parameter in the Selected Parameters field; then, click Remove. Continue until you have removed the default parameters.
    2. In the Available Parameters field, click a parameter; then, click Add. The parameter is added to the Selected Parameters list and the Naming Template field. Continue until you have selected all the parameters that you want to use.
    To restore the renaming conventions to the default setting, select the Reset to default value check box.

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