Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Active System Manager Release 8.3.1 User’s Guide
- Overview
- Getting started with ASM 8.3.1
- Initial Setup
- Dashboard
- Services
- Deploying service
- Add existing service
- Viewing service details
- Editing service information
- Deleting service
- Exporting service details
- Retrying service
- Viewing all settings
- Migrating servers (service mobility)
- Migrating servers
- Upgrading components
- Adding components to an existing service deployment
- Deleting resources from service
- Templates
- Managing templates
- Viewing template details
- Creating template
- Editing template information
- Building template overview
- Building and publishing template
- Importing template
- Exporting template
- Uploading external template
- Editing template
- Viewing template details
- Deleting template
- Cloning template
- Deploying service
- Deploying multiple instances of service
- Adding Attachments
- Decommissioning services provisioned by ASM
- Component types
- Component combinations in templates
- Additional template information
- Managing templates
- Resources
- Resource health status
- Resource operational state
- Port View
- Resource firmware compliance status
- Updating firmware
- Removing resources
- Viewing firmware and software compliance report
- Discovery overview
- Configuring resources or chassis
- Removing discovered resources
- Configuring default firmware repository
- Running firmware compliance
- Configuring global chassis settings
- Configuring unique chassis settings
- Configuring unique server settings
- Configuring unique I/O module settings
- I/O module configuration
- Completing the chassis configuration
- Adding or editing Chassis Management Controller (CMC) user
- Adding or editing Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) user
- Updating resource inventory
- Viewing resource details
- Understanding server pools
- Settings
- Troubleshooting

Edit name/category/
description
Yes
No No
Publish template Yes
No No
Delete template Yes
No No
View All Settings Yes
No No
Import template Yes
No No
Template Details View Yes
Participant Yes
Deploy Service Yes
Participant No
Edit Yes
No No
View All Settings Yes
Participant Yes
Delete Template Yes
No No
Resources View Yes
Participant
NOTE: Users can
view resources that
part of a server
pool for which they
are granted
permission. They
can also view
common and shared
resources that are
not part of a pool.
However, users
with this role can
only run inventory
update on the
resources.
yes
View All Resources tab Yes
Participant yes
Run Discovery Yes
No No
Remove resources Yes
No No
Manage or unmanage
resources
Yes
No No
Run inventory Yes
Participant No
View details (all tabs) Yes
Participant Yes
Launch resource element
manager (in details)
Yes
Participant No
Server Pools tab View Yes
Participant Yes
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