Users Guide

Refresh health on group
The following steps describe how you can refresh the health and online status of a selected group.
NOTE:
● To perform any tasks on OpenManage Enterprise, you must have necessary role-based user privileges and scope-based
operational access to the devices. See Role and scope based access control in OpenManage Enterprise on page 15.
● For the in-band devices discovered using the ESXi and Linux operating systems, the Health State ( ) is displayed as
Unknown ( ).
1. Go to the All Devices page by clicking OpenManage Enterprise > Devices.
2. On the left pane, select the group on which you want to refresh the health.
After selection of the group, the devices' list will list the selected group's devices.
3. Click the Refresh Heatlh drop-down menu and then click Refresh Health on Group. The Health wizard is displayed.
4. In the Health wizard, Job Name displays the appliance-generated job name for the refresh-health task. If needed, you can
change the job name.
5. The Select Group drop down will show the group that you had selected.
6. From the Scheduling drop down, you can select one of the following options:
a. Run Now— To immediately run the Refresh Health on the selected group.
b. Run Later— You can select Run Later and then select the Date and Time when the Refresh Health job on the group will
run.
c. Run on Schedule— You can select this option then choose the Daily or Weekly and select a time if you want to refresh
the health on the group on Daily or Weekly basis at a particular time.
A job to refresh the health and online status of the group is created. You can view the job details on the Jobs page
(OpenManage Enterprise > Monitor > Jobs).
All Devices page - devices list
The list of devices displays the device properties such as IP address and Service Tag. You can select a maximum of 25 devices
per page and navigate the pages to select more devices and perform tasks. For more information about the tasks you can
perform on the All Devices page, see All Devices page — device list actions on page 59.
NOTE:
By default, the Devices list displays all the devices considered while forming the Donut chart. To view a list of
devices that belong to a specific health status, click the corresponding color band in the Donut chart, or click the health
status symbol. Devices that belong only to the selected category are listed.
● Health State indicates the working state of the device. The health statuses—Normal, Critical, and Warning—are identified
by respective color symbols. See Device health statuses on page 38
● Power State indicates if the device is turned on or off
● Connection State indicates whether or not the device is connected to OpenManage Enterprise
● Name indicates device name.
● IP Address indicates the IP address of the iDRAC installed on the device
● Identifier indicates the service tag of the device
● Model indicates the model number
● Type indicates the type of device—Server, Chassis, Dell Storage, and Networking switch
● Chassis Name indicates chassis name
● Slot Name indicates the slot name for the chassis devices
● Managed State column indicates if the device is monitored, managed, or is proxied. See Discovering devices for monitoring
or management on page 39.
To filter data in the table, click Advanced Filters or the Filter symbol. To export data to HTML, CSV, or PDF file format, click
the Export symbol in the upper-right corner.
NOTE:
In the Devices list, click the device name or IP address to view device configuration data, and then edit. See View
and configure individual devices on page 64.
NOTE: The working pane displays the Donut chart of the selected device group. By using the Donut chart, you can view
the list of devices that belongs to other health statuses in that group. To view devices of other health status, click the
58 Manage devices and device groups