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
Repository Management 9-1
Chapter 9
Repository Management
The Active System Manager software provides a set of provisioning capabilities, including major features
to software, firmware, and configuration file management. Those features include the following:
• Support of virtually any software repository type, including file servers, change control systems, and
Storage Area Network (SAN)- and Network Attached Storage (NAS)-based storage arrays.
• An enhanced user Setup perspective interface, which allows single or multiple software or firmware
images or configuration files to be easily selected from associated repositories, and applied to resources
in proper sequence and method.
Introducing the Setup Perspective
The Setup perspective controls the layout of the user interface the Active System Manager software uses
to display information for your inventory, including which views are displayed and their positions within
the Active System Manager application. You can save the modifications you make to the Setup perspective
as you create them, making your own custom user interface.
Table 9-1 outlines the default views available when you open the Setup perspective; see Figure 9-1 for a
graphical representation of the views, which appear in tabular form.
Table 9-1 Setup Perspective Elements
View or
Editor Name
View
or
Editor Description
Resource
Types
View Displays all of the resource types that have been added to the inventory. This view can
be filtered, grouped, and sorted to increase data accessibility.
Resource
Instances
View Displays all of the resource instances that have been added to the inventory. This view
can be filtered, grouped, and sorted to increase data accessibility, and includes the
resource availability calendar.
Outline View Lists the selected inventory resources in an outline format. It represents a high-level
summary of an open editor and allows you to navigate or find information.
Workspace
Area
Area where most of the data entry and modification takes place. It contains the data
editors and most of the tools used in the Setup perspective. Tabs in the Workspace
indicate the resources that are currently open for editing. An asterisk (*) indicates that an
editor has unsaved changes.