Users Guide

Managing devices
By clicking OpenManage Enterprise > Devices you can view the devices and device groups managed by OpenManage Enterprise. The
System groups are default groups created by OpenManage Enterprise when shipped, and Custom groups are created by users such as
administrators and device managers. You can create child groups under these two parent groups. For information about the parent-child
rules, see Device Groups. In the working pane, a Donut chart graphically displays the health and number of devices in the group selected in
the left pane. For more information about Donut chart, see Donut chart.
The table after the Donut chart lists the properties of device(s) selected in the left pane. To view properties of a device and edit the
configuration, click the device name or IP address in the list. For more information about the device list, see Device list.
NOTE: After you upgrade OpenManage Enterprise to the latest version, the devices list will be updated after the
discovery jobs are rerun.
NOTE: In the Devices list, click the device name to view device configuration data, and then edit. To log in to the
management application installed on the device (say, iDRAC), click the IP address. See Viewing and configuring devices.
NOTE: Some of the device-related tasks that you can perform on the All Devices page—such as firmware update,
inventory refreshing, status refreshing, server control actions—can also be performed on the Devices <device name>
page.
NOTE: To perform any tasks on OpenManage Enterprise, you must have necessary user privileges. See Role-based
OpenManage Enterprise user privileges.
You can select a maximum of 25 devices per page and navigate the pages to select more devices and perform tasks. You can perform the
following device-related tasks:
• Create new group and add devices. See Adding devices to new group and Adding devices to existing group.
• Delete a device from OpenManage Enterprise. See Delete devices from OpenManage Enterprise.
• Exclude a device from OpenManage Enterprise monitoring. See Exclude devices from OpenManage Enterprise.
• Update the firmware version of a device. See Updating the device firmware version.
• Update the hardware and software inventory of selected devices. See Refreshing device inventory.
• Collect the latest working status of selected device(s).
• Onboard devices. See Onboarding devices.
• Export the items in a device group list to PDF, HTML, and CSV format. See Exporting device group inventory.
• Export data about selected or all devices from the More Actions tab. See Exporting data.
• View complete information and manage a device. See Viewing and configuring devices.
• Start the iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller management application. See Starting Management application (iDRAC) of a device.
• Start the virtual console. See Start the Virtual Console.
For device group-related tasks, see Organize devices into groups.
In the upper-right corner, in the QUICK LINKS section, use the quick links to the following features of OpenManage Enterprise:
• Discovering devices
• Running inventory schedule job now
• Globally excluding device(s) from discovery results
When you select a device in the list, the right pane displays the preview about the selected devices. When multiple devices are selected,
the preview about the last selected device is displayed. Under Quick Actions, the management links that are correlated to the respective
device are listed. To clear selections, click Clear Selection.
NOTE:
For more information about specific events and errors that are displayed on the GUI or stored in the log for
information purposes, see the latest Event and Error Message Reference Guide for Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers
available on the support site.
Topics:
• Organize devices into groups
• Viewing and configuring devices
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