Users Guide
Managing devices
By clicking OpenManage Enterprise > Devices you can view the devices and device groups managed by OpenManage
Enterprise. The System groups are default groups created by OpenManage Enterprise when shipped, and Custom groups are
created by users such as administrators and device managers. You can create child groups under these two parent groups. For
information about the parent-child rules, see Device Groups. In the working pane, a Donut chart graphically displays the health
and number of devices in the group selected in the left pane. For more information about Donut chart, see Donut chart.
The table after the Donut chart lists the properties of device(s) selected in the left pane. To view properties of a device and edit
the configuration, click the device name or IP address in the list. For more information about the device list, see Device list.
NOTE:
● To perform any tasks on OpenManage Enterprise, you must have necessary user privileges. See Role-based
OpenManage Enterprise user privileges on page 14.
● After you upgrade OpenManage Enterprise to the latest version, the devices list will be updated after the discovery jobs
are rerun.
● In the Devices list, click the device name to view device configuration data, and then edit. To log in to the management
application installed on the device (say, iDRAC), click the IP address. See Viewing and configuring devices on page 48.
● Some of the device-related tasks that you can perform on the All Devices page—such as firmware update, inventory
refreshing, status refreshing, server control actions—can also be performed on the Devices <device name> page.
You can select a maximum of 25 devices per page and navigate the pages to select more devices and perform tasks. You can
perform the following device-related tasks:
● Create new group and add devices. See Adding devices to new group and Adding devices to existing group.
● Delete a device from OpenManage Enterprise. See Delete devices from OpenManage Enterprise on page 43.
● Exclude a device from OpenManage Enterprise monitoring. See Exclude devices from OpenManage Enterprise on page 44.
● Update the firmware version of a device. See Updating the device firmware version.
● Update the hardware and software inventory of selected devices. See Refreshing device inventory.
● Collect the latest working status of selected device(s).
● Onboard devices. See Onboarding devices.
● Export the items in a device group list to PDF, HTML, and CSV format. See Exporting device group inventory.
● Export data about selected or all devices from the More Actions tab. See Exporting data.
● View complete information and manage a device. See Viewing and configuring devices on page 48.
● Start the iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller management application. See Starting Management application (iDRAC) of a
device.
● Start the virtual console. See Start the Virtual Console on page 51.
For device group-related tasks, see Organize devices into groups on page 35.
In the upper-right corner, in the QUICK LINKS section, use the quick links to the following features of OpenManage Enterprise:
● Discovering devices
● Running inventory schedule job now
● Globally excluding device(s) from discovery results
When you select a device in the list, the right pane displays the preview about the selected devices. When multiple devices are
selected, the preview about the last selected device is displayed. Under Quick Actions, the management links that are
correlated to the respective device are listed. To clear selections, click Clear Selection.
NOTE:
For more information about specific events and errors that are displayed on the GUI or stored in the log for
information purposes, see the latest Event and Error Message Reference Guide for Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers available
on the support site.
Topics:
• Organize devices into groups
• Viewing and configuring devices
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