Users Guide
1 About Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise........................................................................................ 9
New in this release...............................................................................................................................................................10
Other information you may need....................................................................................................................................... 10
Contacting Dell EMC............................................................................................................................................................ 11
OpenManage Enterprise Advanced license.......................................................................................................................11
License-based features in OpenManage Enterprise...................................................................................................11
2 Security features in OpenManage Enterprise.................................................................................13
Role-based OpenManage Enterprise user privileges.......................................................................................................13
OpenManage Enterprise user role types...........................................................................................................................14
3 Deploy and manage OpenManage Enterprise................................................................................. 16
Installation prerequisites and minimum requirements......................................................................................................16
Minimum recommended hardware.............................................................................................................................. 16
Minimum system requirements for deploying OpenManange Enterprise............................................................... 17
Deploy OpenManage Enterprise on VMware vSphere....................................................................................................17
Deploy OpenManage Enterprise on Hyper-V 2012 R2 and earlier host........................................................................ 18
Deploy OpenManage Enterprise on Hyper-V 2016 host.................................................................................................18
Deploy OpenManage Enterprise on Hyper-V 2019 host.................................................................................................19
Deploy OpenManage Enterprise by using Kernel-based Virtual Machine....................................................................20
Deploy OpenManage Enterprise programmatically..........................................................................................................21
4 Get started with OpenManage Enterprise.....................................................................................23
Log in to OpenManage Enterprise.................................................................................................................................... 23
Configure OpenManage Enterprise by using Text User Interface................................................................................23
Configure OpenManage Enterprise.................................................................................................................................. 25
Recommended scalability and performance settings for optimal usage of OpenManage Enterprise......................25
Supported protocols and ports in OpenManage Enterprise.......................................................................................... 26
Use case links for the supported protocols and ports in OpenManage Enterprise.................................................... 28
5 OpenManage Enterprise Graphical User Interface overview........................................................... 29
6 OpenManage Enterprise Home portal........................................................................................... 31
Monitor devices by using the OpenManage Enterprise dashboard...............................................................................31
Manage firmware baseline by using the OpenManage Enterprise dashboard.......................................................32
Manage device warranty by using the OpenManage Enterprise dashboard.........................................................32
Manage the device compliance baseline by using the OpenManage Enterprise dashboard............................... 33
Organize devices into groups.............................................................................................................................................33
Donut chart.......................................................................................................................................................................... 34
Device health statuses........................................................................................................................................................35
7 Managing devices ...................................................................................................................... 36
Organize devices into groups.............................................................................................................................................37
Create or delete a Static device group.......................................................................................................................38
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