Users Guide

Assigning a webserver certificate to OpenManage Enterprise using
the Microsoft Certificate Services
1. Generate and download the Certificate Signing Request (CSR) in OpenManage Enterprise. See Generate and download the
certificate signing request on page 155
2. Open a web session to the certification server (https://x.x.x.x/certsrv) and click on the Request a certificate link .
3. On the Request a Certificate page, click on the submit an advanced certificate request link.
4. On the Advanced Certificate Request page, click on the Submit a certificate request by using a base-64-encoded CMC
or PKCS#10 file, or submit a renewal request by using a base-64-encoded PKCS#7 file link.
5. On the Submit a Certificate Request or Renewal Request page do the following:
a. In the base-64-encoded cerficate request (CMC or PKCS#10 file or PKCS#7) field, copy and paste the entire
content of downloaded CSR.
b. For Certificate Template select Web Server.
c. Click Submit to issue a certificate.
6. On the Certificate Issued page, select the option Base 64 encoded and then click the Download Certificate link to
download the certificate.
7. Upload the certificate in OpenManage by navigating to the Application Settings > Security > Certificatespage and then
clicking Upload.
Manage Console preferences
NOTE:
To perform any tasks on OpenManage Enterprise, you must have the necessary user privileges. See Role and
scope-based access control in OpenManage Enterprise on page 15.
By clicking OpenManage Enterprise > Application Settings > Console Preferences, you can set the default properties of
the OpenManage Enterprise GUI. For example, default time after which a device health is automatically checked and updated on
the dashboard, and preferred settings used for discovering a device. The following options are available:
1. Report Settings: To set the maximum number of rows that you can view on OpenManage Enterprise reports:
a. Expand Report Settings.
b. Enter a number in the Reports row limit box. The default limit is set at 1,000 rows, however, the maximum rows
permitted is 2,000,000,000.
c. Click Apply. A job is run and the setting is applied.
2. Device Health: To set the time after which the health of the devices must be automatically monitored and updated on the
OpenManage Enterprise Dashboard:
a. Expand Device Health.
b. Enter the frequency at which the device health must be recorded and data stored.
c. Select:
● Last Known: Display the latest recorded device health when the power connection was lost.
● Unknown: Display the latest recorded device health when the device status moved to 'unknown'. A device becomes
unknown to OpenManage Enterprise when the connection with iDRAC is lost and the device is not anymore
monitored by OpenManage Enterprise.
d. Click Apply to save the changes to the settings or click Discard to reset the settings to default attributes.
3. Discovery Setting: Expand the Discovery Setting to set the device naming used by the OpenManage enterprise to identify
the discovered iDRACs and other devices using the General Device Naming and the Server Device Naming settings.
NOTE:
The device naming choices in the General Device Naming and the Server Device Naming are independent of
each other and they do not affect each other.
a. General Device Naming applies to all the discovered devices other than the iDRACs. Select from one of the following
naming modes:
● DNS to use the DNS name.
● Instrumentation (NetBIOS) to use the NetBIOS name.
NOTE:
● The default setting for General Device Naming is DNS.
● If any of the discovered devices do not have the DNS name or the NetBIOS name to satisfy the setting, then the
appliance identifies such devices with their IP addresses.
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