User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About This Guide
- Chapter 1
- Active System Manager Overview
- Chapter 2
- Getting Started
- Chapter 3
- Account Management
- Chapter 4
- User Profile Management
- Managing Security Functions
- Managing Groups
- Defining Permissions
- Modifying Permissions
- Managing Authentication Repositories
- Chapter 5
- Inventory Management
- Understanding Resource Modeling
- Building a Standard Active System Manager Inventory
- Configuring Discovery Setup
- Running Discovery
- Using Resource Types
- Using Resource Instances
- Building Resource Instances
- Modifying Core Properties for Resource Instances
- Modifying Resource Instance Resource Availability Dates
- Modifying Resource Instance Interfaces
- Displaying the Resource Availability Calendar View
- Deleting Resource Instances
- Setting Inventory Parameter Values
- Resolving Resource Dependencies
- Using Resource Interface Types
- Linking Resources
- Importing Inventory
- Importing Connectivity
- Exporting Connectivity
- Managing Resource Pools
- Managing Maintenance Windows
- Managing Virtual Resources
- Chapter 6
- Firmware Management
- Creating Active System Manager Software Repositories
- Updating Dell Chassis Firmware from the Operations Center
- Updating Dell Server Firmware
- Updating Dell Blade/Rack Servers Firmware from the Operation Center
- Updating Dell Blade/Rack Servers Firmware from an Active Session
- Updating Dell Blade/Rack Servers Firmware Using the Attach Server Profile Virtual Operation
- Updating Dell Blade/Rack Servers Firmware through an Orchestration
- Updating Dell Blade/Rack Servers Firmware Using the Attach Server Profile Custom Operation
- Minimum Firmware Versions for Active System Manager Components
- Chapter 7
- Server Template and Profiles
- Creating a Server Template
- Editing a Server Template
- Adding or Editing BIOS Information on a Server Template
- Adding or Editing RAID Information on a Server Template
- Adding or Editing Firmware Settings on a Server Template
- Adding or Editing Networks Settings on a Server Template
- Naming Conventions when using Orchestrations
- Server Profiles
- Chapter 8
- Using Inventory
- Chapter 9
- Repository Management
- Chapter 10
- Network Management
- Chapter 11
- Template Management
- Template Types
- Working with Templates
- Creating New Templates
- Saving Templates
- Changing Template Ownership and Permissions
- Opening Templates
- Closing Templates
- Deleting Templates
- Managing Template History Details
- Filtering Templates
- Validating Templates
- Importing Templates
- Exporting Templates
- Attaching a Template Image
- Scheduling Templates
- Archiving Templates using the Templates View
- Restoring Archived Templates
- Updating Templates using the Template Editor
- Viewing and Modifying Template Properties
- Adding Resource Types
- Setting Resource Type Properties for Scheduling
- Deleting Resource Types
- Adding Resource Types Based on Manufacturer Only
- Adding Resource Instances
- Modifying Resource Properties
- Deleting Resource Instances
- Defining Provisioning Policies
- Supporting Layer 2 Switching
- Using Annotations
- Updating Templates using the Link Editor
- Associating an Orchestration Workflow with Templates
- Chapter 12
- Session Management
- Introducing the Sessions Perspective
- Working with Running Sessions
- Scheduling a Session Using Templates
- Creating an Instant Session
- Opening Sessions
- Opening the Session Editor
- Using the Sessions Calendar
- Viewing Session Properties
- Editing Default Session Properties
- Assigning and Changing Session Ownership
- Canceling Sessions
- Deleting Sessions
- Purging Sessions
- Rescheduling Sessions
- Managing Session Links
- Handling Link Preemption
- Managing Session Resources
- Associating Scripts to Sessions
- Archiving Sessions
- Supporting Layer 2 Switching
- Saving Sessions
- Configuring Session Notifications and Reminders
- Starting and Stopping ASAP Rescheduling
- Managing Virtual Resources
- Chapter 13
- Orchestration Management
- Chapter 14
- Working with Test and Script Execution
- Chapter 15
- Reports
- Chapter 16
- Settings
- Chapter 17
- Dashboard
Organization
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• Chapter 7, “Server Template and Profiles,”
Describes Active System Manager Server Templates. Server Templates allow you to configure a
server’s BIOS, RAID, firmware, networking, virtual NIC, and boot mode.
• Chapter 8, “Using Inventory”
Describes the Active System Manager Inventory perspective and all of the functions available for using
your inventory.
• Chapter 9, “Repository Management”
Describes the Active System Manager Inventory perspective and all of the functions available for you
to manage repositories and Resource Adapters.
• Chapter 10, “Network Management”
Describes the Active System Manager Networking perspective and associated tools that you use to
configure the global virtual identity pools and networks to reflect the existing identity pools and
networks in your environment.
• Chapter 11, “Template Management”
Describes the Templates perspective and all of the functions available for you to create, open, update,
save, and close templates. It also describes how to import and export templates directly from the Active
System Manager Topology view into the Templates perspective. Lastly, it describes how to work with
configuration files to use in a template for equipment provisioning.
• Chapter 12, “Session Management”
Describes the Active System Manager Sessions perspective and all of the functions available for you to
view, modify, and save the template of an running session, and remotely run test cases associated with
it. You can also start and stop resource console sessions, execute remote commands, or power on and
power off managed resources.
• Chapter 13, “Orchestration Management”
Describes how to work with Orchestrations in the Active System Manager and helps you learn how to
create, update, and delete orchestrations. The advanced feature allows you to view the graphical view
of orchestration while execution, error handling in orchestration, and linking orchestrations with a
selected template.
• Chapter 14, “Working with Test and Script Execution”
Describes how to work with test cases and resource script execution and Active System Manager views.
• Chapter 15, “Reports”
Describes the Active System Manager report generation feature and all of the functions available for
you to create and print user reports for your inventory.
• Chapter 16, “Settings”
Describes the Active System Manager Settings feature and all of the functions available for you to
manage your inventory settings.
• Chapter 17, “Dashboard”
Describes the Active System Manager Dashboard feature and all of the functions available.