Users Guide
1 About Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise........................................................................................ 9
New in this release...............................................................................................................................................................10
Other information you may need....................................................................................................................................... 10
Contacting Dell EMC........................................................................................................................................................... 10
OpenManage Server Configuration Management License............................................................................................. 11
License-based features in OpenManage Enterprise...................................................................................................11
2 Security features in OpenManage Enterprise.................................................................................12
Role-based OpenManage Enterprise user privileges.......................................................................................................12
OpenManage Enterprise user role types...........................................................................................................................13
3 Deploying and managing OpenManage Enterprise..........................................................................15
Installation prerequisites and minimum requirements......................................................................................................15
Minimum recommended hardware.............................................................................................................................. 15
Minimum system requirements for deploying OpenManange Enterprise...............................................................16
Deploy OpenManage Enterprise on VMware vSphere................................................................................................... 16
Deploy OpenManage Enterprise on Hyper-V 2012 R2 and earlier host........................................................................ 17
Deploy OpenManage Enterprise on Hyper-V 2016 host................................................................................................. 17
Deploy OpenManage Enterprise by using Kernel-based Virtual Machine.....................................................................17
4 Getting started with OpenManage Enterprise............................................................................... 19
Log in to OpenManage Enterprise.....................................................................................................................................19
Configure OpenManage Enterprise by using Text User Interface.................................................................................19
Configure OpenManage Enterprise.................................................................................................................................. 20
Recommended scalability and performance settings for optimal usage of OpenManage Enterprise.......................21
Supported protocols and ports in OpenManage Enterprise...........................................................................................21
5 OpenManage Enterprise Graphical User Interface overview........................................................... 24
6 OpenManage Enterprise Home portal...........................................................................................26
Monitoring devices by using the OpenManage Enterprise dashboard.........................................................................26
Manage firmware baseline by using the OpenManage Enterprise dashboard.......................................................27
Manage device warranty by using the OpenManage Enterprise dashboard......................................................... 27
Manage the device compliance baseline by using the OpenManage Enterprise dashboard............................... 27
Organize devices into groups.............................................................................................................................................28
Donut chart.......................................................................................................................................................................... 29
Device health statuses........................................................................................................................................................30
7 Managing devices .......................................................................................................................31
Organize devices into groups.............................................................................................................................................32
Create or delete a Static device group.......................................................................................................................33
Create or edit a Query device group...........................................................................................................................33
Adding or editing devices in a Static child group.......................................................................................................35
Rename child groups of Static or Query Dynamic groups....................................................................................... 35
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