# Manually Discovering Servers

LSI Storage Authority discovers servers that are in the same subnet automatically. However, using the Manual Discovery option that is available on the Remote Server Discovery page, you can manually discover the servers using either the IP address or the host name of the server. Manual Discovery option enables you to discover and manage servers that are outside the subnet.

Manual Discovery server health will not get updated unless the server is part of Auto Discovered list. If the Manual Discovery server is part of the Auto Discovered list, then the Manual Discovery server will be removed and will be displayed as Auto Discovered Server.

Adding the same server to Manual Discovery in different forms (different IP/Hostname) is not recommended. Adding a server with the same name will cause the same server to appear multiple times in the Manual Server or Remote Discovery pages.

Perform the following steps from the Remote Server Discovery page to manually discover servers that are outside the subnet.

1. On the Remote Server Discovery page, click Manual Discovery

   The Manual Discovery dialog appears.

   Figure 1. Manual Discovery Dialog
2. Specify either the IP address or the host name of the server that is outside the LSA subnet, which you wish to discover.
   1. If you are searching for a server that is on the VMware ESXi platform, select the VMware [Select if entered IP/Hostname is VMware] check box.
3. Click Search

   Based on the IP address or the host name of the server specified by you, the corresponding server is displayed.

4. Click Add to add the newly discovered server to the list of Managed Servers.
   1. (Optional) If you do not need this server to be listed in the Managed Servers list, click the Remove Manually Added Server icon to remove the server.
5. Click Sign In to login to the server
6. Specify the administrator credentials for the server and click Sign In.

   The manually added server is now displayed or listed on the Remote Server Discovery page.

   Figure 2. Remote Server Discovery – Manually Added Server

You can also choose to remove this server from the Remote Server Discovery list by clicking on the Remove Manually Added Server icon.