Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Version 3.6 User's Guide
- Contents
- Tables
- About Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise
- Security features in OpenManage Enterprise
- Install OpenManage Enterprise
- Installation prerequisites and minimum requirements
- Deploy OpenManage Enterprise on VMware vSphere
- Deploy OpenManage Enterprise on Hyper-V 2012 R2 and earlier host
- Deploy OpenManage Enterprise on Hyper-V 2016 host
- Deploy OpenManage Enterprise on Hyper-V 2019 host
- Deploy OpenManage Enterprise by using Kernel-based Virtual Machine
- Deploy OpenManage Enterprise programmatically
- Get started with OpenManage Enterprise
- Log in to OpenManage Enterprise
- Configure OpenManage Enterprise by using Text User Interface
- Configure OpenManage Enterprise
- Recommended scalability and performance settings for optimal usage of OpenManage Enterprise
- Supported protocols and ports in OpenManage Enterprise
- Use case links for the supported protocols and ports in OpenManage Enterprise
- OpenManage Enterprise Graphical User Interface overview
- OpenManage Enterprise Home portal
- Discovering devices for monitoring or management
- Discover servers automatically by using the server-initiated discovery feature
- Create a device discovery job
- Protocol support matrix for discovering devices
- View device discovery job details
- Edit a device discovery job
- Run a device discovery job
- Stop a device discovery job
- Specify multiple devices by importing data from the .csv file
- Global exclusion of ranges
- Specify discovery mode for creating a server discovery job
- Create customized device discovery job protocol for servers –Additional settings for discovery protocols
- Specify discovery mode for creating a chassis discovery job
- Create customized device discovery job protocol for Chassis – Additional settings for discovery protocols
- Specify discovery mode for creating a Dell storage discovery job
- Specify discovery mode for creating a network switch discovery job
- Create customized device discovery job protocol HTTPS storage devices –Additional settings for discovery protocols
- Create customized device discovery job protocol for SNMP devices
- Specify discovery mode for creating a MULTIPLE protocol discovery job
- Delete a device discovery job
- Manage devices and device groups
- Organize devices into groups
- Create a custom group (Static or Query)
- Create a Static device group
- Create a Query device group
- Edit a static group
- Edit a query group
- Rename a static or query group
- Delete a static or query device group
- Clone a static or query group
- Add devices to a new group
- Add devices to existing group
- Refresh health on group
- All Devices page - devices list
- All Devices page — device list actions
- Delete devices from OpenManage Enterprise
- Exclude devices from OpenManage Enterprise
- Run inventory on devices
- Update the device firmware and drivers by using baselines
- Refresh the device health of a device group
- Refresh health on devices
- Roll back an individual device's firmware version
- Export the single device inventory
- Performing more actions on chassis and servers
- Hardware information displayed for MX7000 chassis
- Export all or selected data
- View and configure individual devices
- Device Overview
- Device hardware information
- Run and download Diagnostic reports
- Extract and download SupportAssist reports
- Managing individual device hardware logs
- Run remote–RACADM and IPMI–commands on individual devices
- Start Management application iDRAC of a device
- Start the Virtual Console
- Refresh device inventory of a single device
- Organize devices into groups
- Managing device inventory
- Manage the device firmware and drivers
- Manage device deployment templates
- Create a deployment template from a reference device
- Create a deployment template by importing a template file
- View a deployment template information
- Edit a server deployment template
- Edit a chassis deployment template
- Edit IOA deployment template
- Edit network properties of a deployment template
- Deploy device deployment templates
- Deploy IOA deployment templates
- Clone deployment templates
- Auto deployment of configuration on yet-to-be-discovered servers or chassis
- Create auto deployment targets
- Delete auto deployment targets
- Export auto deployment target details to different formats
- Overview of stateless deployment
- Define networks
- Edit or delete a configured network
- Export VLAN definitions
- Import network definitions
- Manage Profiles
- Managing the device configuration compliance
- Monitor and Manage device alerts
- Monitor audit logs
- Using jobs for device control
- Manage the device warranty
- Reports
- Managing MIB files
- Managing OpenManage Enterprise appliance settings
- Configure OpenManage Enterprise network settings
- Manage OpenManage Enterprise users
- Role and scope based access control in OpenManage Enterprise
- Add and edit OpenManage Enterprise local users
- Edit OpenManage Enterprise user properties
- Enable OpenManage Enterprise users
- Disable OpenManage Enterprise users
- Delete OpenManage Enterprise users
- Import AD and LDAP groups
- Transfer of ownership of Device Manager entities
- Ending user sessions
- Directory services integration in OpenManage Enterprise
- OpenManage Enterprise login using OpenID Connect providers
- Add an OpenID Connect provider to OpenManage Enterprise
- Configure an OpenID Connect provider policy in PingFederate for role-based access to OpenManage Enterprise
- Configure an OpenID Connect provider policy in Keycloak for role-based access to OpenManage Enterprise
- Test the registration status of OpenManage Enterprise with the OpenID Connect provider
- Edit an OpenID Connect provider details in OpenManage Enterprise
- Enable OpenID Connect providers
- Delete OpenID Connect providers
- Disable OpenID Connect providers
- Security Certificates
- Set the login security properties
- Manage Console preferences
- Customize the alert display
- Configure SMTP, SNMP, and Syslog alerts
- Manage incoming alerts
- Manage warranty settings
- Check and update the version of the OpenManage Enterprise and the available plugins
- Execute remote commands and scripts
- OpenManage Mobile settings
- Enable or disable alert notifications for OpenManage Mobile
- Enable or disable OpenManage Mobile subscribers
- Delete an OpenManage Mobile subscriber
- View the alert notification service status
- Notification service status
- View information about OpenManage Mobile subscribers
- OpenManage Mobile subscriber information
- Troubleshooting OpenManage Mobile
- Other references and field descriptions
- Schedule Reference
- Firmware baseline field definitions
- Schedule job field definitions
- Alert categories after EEMI relocation
- Token substitution in remote scripts and alert policy
- Field service debug workflow
- Unblock the FSD capability
- Install or grant a signed FSD DAT.ini file
- Invoke FSD
- Disable FSD
- Catalog Management field definitions
- Firmware/driver compliance baseline reports— devices with 'Unknown' compliance status
- Generic naming convention for Dell EMC PowerEdge servers
Table 22. Job Types and description (continued)
Job Type Description
Backup
Chassis Profiles
Debug Logs Collects Debug logs of the application monitoring tasks, events, and the task execution
history.
Device Action Creates actions on devices such as Turn LED On, Turn LED Off, IPMI CLI, RACADM
CLI, and so on.
Diagnostic_Task Download/Run of Diagnostic/TSR or SupportAssist tasks are related to Diagnostic
task. See Run and download Diagnostic reports.
Import VLAN Definition
Import of VLAN definitions from excel or from MSM.
OpenID Connect Provider Configuration on OpenID connection. See OpenManage Enterprise login using OpenID
Connect providers.
PluginDownload_Task Plugin Download task is being tracked and this task helps to identify wether the
downloading of Plugins RPM are completed and ready for installation. See Check and
update the version of the OpenManage Enterprise and the available plugins.
Post_Upgrade_Task PostUpgrade task is been tracked to set the appliance settings peformed in N-1 or N-2
Version also runs the discovery task which were created in Previous Version to make
sure all devices are being listed.
Report_Task Report Task is being tracked when user runs the report (for Canned as well for
Custom).
Restore
Settings Update Settings Update task is being tracked when user applies a new setting under
Application Settings tab.
Software Rollback Rollback is task being tracked when user performs Rollback operation on a target
device.
Update Update task is being tracked when user performs the Firmware or Driver Update on
the target devices.
Upgrade_Bundle_Download_Task Upgrade bundle download task is being tracked and this task helps to identify wether
the downloading of OMEnterprise RPM are completed and ready for installation
OpenManage Enterprise default jobs and schedule
OpenManage Enterprise has many internal maintenance jobs which are triggered automatically by the appliance on a set
schedule.
Table 23. The following table lists the OpenManage Enterprise Default job names and their schedule.
Job Name Cron Expression Cron Expression Description Example
Configuration Inventory 0 0 0 1/1 * ? * At 00:00:00am, every day starting on the
1st, every month
● Tue May 18 00:00:00 UTC
2021
● Wed May 19 00:00:00 UTC
2021
Default Console Update
Task
0 0 12 ? * MON * At 12:00:00pm, on every Monday, every
month
● Mon May 24 12:00:00 UTC
2021
● Mon May 31 12:00:00 UTC
2021
Default Inventory Task 0 0 5 * * ? * At 05:00:00am every day
● Tue May 18 05:00:00 UTC
2021
124 Using jobs for device control