Users Guide

About Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise
OpenManage Enterprise is a systems management and monitoring application that provides a comprehensive view of the Dell EMC
servers, chassis, storage, and network switches on the enterprise network. With OpenManage Enterprise, a web-based and one‑to‑many
systems management application, you can:
• Discover and manage devices in a data center environment.
• Create and manage OpenManage Enterprise users.
• Group and manage devices.
• Monitor the health of your devices.
• Manage device firmware versions and perform system updates and remote tasks.
• Create and deploy device configuration templates.
• Create and assign identity pools, and perform stateless deployment on target devices.
• Create configuration compliance baselines and remediate devices
• View and manage system alerts and alert policies.
• View hardware inventory and compliance reports.
• Monitor and report about warranty and licenses.
NOTE:
• OpenManage Enterprise's system management and monitoring is best suited for enterprise LANs and is not
recommended for usage over WANs.
• For information about supported browsers, see the OpenManage Enterprise Support Matrix available on the support
site.
Some of the security features of OpenManage Enterprise are:
• Role-based access that limits access to console settings and device actions.
• Hardened appliance with Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) and an internal firewall.
• Encryption of sensitive data in an internal database.
• Use of encrypted communication outside the appliance (HTTPs).
• Create and enforce firmware and configuration-related policies.
• Provision for configuring and updating the bare-metal servers.
OpenManage Enterprise has a domain-task-based GUI, where the navigation is designed by considering the sequence of tasks that are
predominately used by an administrator and device manager. When you add a device to an environment, OpenManage Enterprise
automatically detects the device properties, places it under relevant device group, and enables you to manage the device. The typical
sequence of tasks performed by OpenManage Enterprise users:
• Deploy and manage OpenManage Enterprise on page 17
• Configure OpenManage Enterprise by using Text User Interface on page 24
• Discovering devices for monitoring or management on page 103
• Managing devices on page 38
• Monitor devices by using the OpenManage Enterprise dashboard on page 34
• Organize devices into groups on page 35
• Manage the device firmware and drivers on page 52
• Viewing and configuring devices on page 47
• Monitoring device alerts on page 87
• View archived alerts on page 89
• View and renew device warranty on page 118
• Manage device configuration templates on page 60
• Managing the device configuration compliance on page 81
• Manage compliance baseline templates on page 82
• Manage audit logs on page 97
• Managing OpenManage Enterprise appliance settings on page 128
• Run an inventory job now on page 116
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