3.Select Step 1 at the top of the page.

4.Do one of the following:

Select the IP addresses and/or IP ranges you want to remove from the list. Then, click the Delete button.

Click the button corresponding to the elements you want to remove from the Addresses to Discover list.

IMPORTANT: The elements associated with these addresses are not removed from the management server. See Deleting Elements from the Product” on page 78 for information about how to remove an element from the management server.

Importing Discovery Settings from a File

If you have a previous discovery list you can import it, rather than re-entering the information.

Discovery from HP SIM

To import a list of hosts:

NOTE: Refer to the HP SIM documentation for more information about importing a list of discovered elements.

1.Click Options > Discovery.

2.Click the Hosts File tab.

3.Click the New button.

4.In the Hosts file name field, enter a name for the new hosts file. This field is required.

5.Under Initialize contents select Systems loaded from hosts file. Enter the file name and location (for example, c:\ doc.txt) or click Browse to browse to the location of the hosts file. This option reads the contents of the specified file and displays it in the Contents window.

6.If you did not select Empty File, click Initialize Now to load the hosts file. Otherwise, enter the contents of the hosts file in the Contents section.

7.Click OK to save the hosts file, or click Cancel to cancel any changes you have made.

Discovery from HP SE

The import discovery settings feature lets you import the following information to the Discovery list:

IP addresses to discover

Default user names and passwords, which are encrypted

Discovery information for applications

To prevent re-entering the information for each management server instance, you can import the same file for multiple management server instances.

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