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Discovering Windows on a Lenovo server

The following procedure describes how to discover a Lenovo server using the Microsoft System Center Operations Manager Discovery Wizard (hereinafter referred to as the Discovery Wizard). The Discovery Wizard deploys Lenovo XClarity Integrator Hardware Management Pack to the discovered server.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Operations Manager console.
  2. Click Administration > Device Management > Agent Managed > Discovery Wizard. The Computer and Device Management Wizard starts.
  3. Click Discovery Type > Windows computers, and click Next.
  4. Select the Advanced discovery check box.
  5. Select Servers and Clients from the Computer and Device Classes list, and select a Lenovo server to be added.
  6. Select the Verify discovered computers can be contacted check box, and click Next.
  7. Select the Browse for, or type-in computer names check box.
  8. Click Browse to detect the Lenovo server or manually type the Lenovo server name in the input box, and click Next.
  9. On the Administrator Account page, do one of the following:

    • To select an existing server, select the Use selected Management Server Action Account check box, and click Next.

    • To add a new server, select the Other user account check box, and type the new Lenovo server name.

  10. Click Discover to start the discovery process. When the discovery process is completed, the discovery results are displayed on the Summary page.
    Note
    The discovery time depends on the number of Lenovo servers in the network.
  11. On the Summary page, click Finish. The Agent Management Task Status page opens.
  12. Click Monitoring > Task Status to check the management task status. The Lenovo server is discovered when the status is changed from Queued to Success.