Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Version 3.5 User's Guide
- Contents
- Tables
- About Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise
- Security features in OpenManage Enterprise
- Install OpenManage Enterprise
- Installation prerequisites and minimum requirements
- Deploy OpenManage Enterprise on VMware vSphere
- Deploy OpenManage Enterprise on Hyper-V 2012 R2 and earlier host
- Deploy OpenManage Enterprise on Hyper-V 2016 host
- Deploy OpenManage Enterprise on Hyper-V 2019 host
- Deploy OpenManage Enterprise by using Kernel-based Virtual Machine
- Deploy OpenManage Enterprise programmatically
- Get started with OpenManage Enterprise
- Log in to OpenManage Enterprise
- Configure OpenManage Enterprise by using Text User Interface
- Configure OpenManage Enterprise
- Recommended scalability and performance settings for optimal usage of OpenManage Enterprise
- Supported protocols and ports in OpenManage Enterprise
- Use case links for the supported protocols and ports in OpenManage Enterprise
- OpenManage Enterprise Graphical User Interface overview
- OpenManage Enterprise Home portal
- Managing devices
- Organize devices into groups
- Create or delete a Static device group
- Create or edit a Query device group
- Adding or editing devices in a Static child group
- Rename child groups of Static or Query Dynamic groups
- Clone a Static or Query group
- Add devices to a new group
- Add devices to existing group
- Delete devices from OpenManage Enterprise
- Exclude devices from OpenManage Enterprise
- Update the device firmware and drivers by using baselines
- Roll back an individual device's firmware version
- Refresh the device inventory
- Refresh the device status
- Export the single device inventory
- Devices list
- Performing more actions on chassis and servers
- Hardware information displayed for MX7000 chassis
- Export all or selected data
- Viewing and configuring devices
- Start Management application iDRAC of a device
- Start the Virtual Console
- Organize devices into groups
- Manage the device firmware and drivers
- Manage device deployment templates
- Create a deployment template from a reference device
- Create a deployment template by importing a template file
- View a deployment template information
- Edit a server deployment template
- Edit a chassis deployment template
- Edit IOA deployment template
- Edit network properties of a deployment template
- Deploy device deployment templates
- Deploy IOA deployment templates
- Clone deployment templates
- Auto deployment of configuration on yet-to-be-discovered servers or chassis
- Create auto deployment targets
- Delete auto deployment targets
- Export auto deployment target details to different formats
- Overview of stateless deployment
- Define networks
- Edit or delete a configured network
- Export VLAN definitions
- Import network definitions
- Manage Profiles
- Managing the device configuration compliance
- Monitoring device alerts
- Manage audit logs
- Using jobs for device control
- Discovering devices for monitoring or management
- Discover servers automatically by using the server-initiated discovery feature
- Create a device discovery job
- Protocol support matrix for discovering devices
- View device discovery job details
- Edit a device discovery job
- Run a device discovery job
- Stop a device discovery job
- Specify multiple devices by importing data from the .csv file
- Globally excluding devices
- Specify discovery mode for creating a server discovery job
- Create customized device discovery job protocol for servers –Additional settings for discovery protocols
- Specify discovery mode for creating a chassis discovery job
- Create customized device discovery job protocol for Chassis – Additional settings for discovery protocols
- Specify discovery mode for creating a Dell storage discovery job
- Specify discovery mode for creating a network switch discovery job
- Create customized device discovery job protocol HTTPS storage devices –Additional settings for discovery protocols
- Create customized device discovery job protocol for SNMP devices
- Specify discovery mode for creating a MULTIPLE protocol discovery job
- Delete a device discovery job
- Managing device inventory
- Manage the device warranty
- Reports
- Managing MIB files
- Managing OpenManage Enterprise appliance settings
- Configure OpenManage Enterprise network settings
- Manage OpenManage Enterprise users
- Ending user sessions
- Directory services integration in OpenManage Enterprise
- OpenManage Enterprise login using OpenID Connect providers
- Add an OpenID Connect provider to OpenManage Enterprise
- Configure an OpenID Connect provider policy in PingFederate for role-based access to OpenManage Enterprise
- Configure an OpenID Connect provider policy in Keycloak for role-based access to OpenManage Enterprise
- Test the registration status of OpenManage Enterprise with the OpenID Connect provider
- Edit an OpenID Connect provider details in OpenManage Enterprise
- Enable OpenID Connect providers
- Delete OpenID Connect providers
- Disable OpenID Connect providers
- Security Certificates
- Set the login security properties
- Manage Console preferences
- Customize the alert display
- Configure SMTP, SNMP, and Syslog alerts
- Manage incoming alerts
- Manage warranty settings
- Check and update the version of the OpenManage Enterprise and the available plugins
- Execute remote commands and scripts
- OpenManage Mobile settings
- Enable or disable alert notifications for OpenManage Mobile
- Enable or disable OpenManage Mobile subscribers
- Delete an OpenManage Mobile subscriber
- View the alert notification service status
- Notification service status
- View information about OpenManage Mobile subscribers
- OpenManage Mobile subscriber information
- Troubleshooting OpenManage Mobile
- Other references and field descriptions
- Schedule Reference
- Firmware baseline field definitions
- Schedule job field definitions
- Alert categories after EEMI relocation
- Token substitution in remote scripts and alert policy
- Field service debug workflow
- Unblock the FSD capability
- Install or grant a signed FSD DAT.ini file
- Invoke FSD
- Disable FSD
- Catalog Management field definitions
- Firmware/driver compliance baseline reports— devices with 'Unknown' compliance status
- Generic naming convention for Dell EMC PowerEdge servers
A green tick mark next to Options indicates that the necessary data is provided.
3. In the Target section, select the target devices and click Next. See Select target devices and device groups on page 103.
4. In the Schedule section, run the job immediately or schedule for a later time. See Schedule job field definitions on page 157.
5. Click Finish.
The job is created and listed in the Jobs list and identified by an appropriate status in the JOB STATUS column.
6. If the job is scheduled for a later point, but you want to run the job immediately:
● On the Jobs page, select the check box corresponding to the Scheduled job.
● Click Run Now. The job is run and the status is updated.
● To view the job data, click View Details in the right pane. See View an individual job information on page 101.
Create a job to change the virtual console plugin type
You can change the virtual console plugin type to HTML5 on multiple devices. Updating to HTML5 can lead to a better browser
experience. To update do the following:
1. Click OpenManage Enterprise > Monitor > Jobs
2. Click Create, and then select Change Virtual Console Plugin on Devices.
3. In the Change Virtual Console Plugin Wizard dialog box, in the Options section:
a. Enter the job name in Job Name. By default, the plugin type is displayed as HTML5.
b. Click Next.
4. In the Job Target section, select the target devices and click Next. See Select target devices and device groups on page
103.
a. Click Next.
5. In the Schedule section, run the job immediately or schedule for a later point of time. See Schedule job field definitions on
page 157.
6. Click Finish.
The job is created and listed in the Jobs list and identified by an appropriate status in the JOB STATUS column.
7. If the job is scheduled for a later point of time, but you want to run the job immediately:
● On the Jobs page, select the check box corresponding to the Scheduled job.
● Click Run Now. The job is run and the status is updated.
● To view the job data, click View Details in the right pane. See View an individual job information on page 101.
Select target devices and device groups
By default, Select Devices is selected to indicate that the job can be run on the devices. You can run a job on device groups
also by selecting Select Groups.
1. Click Select Devices.
In the Job Target dialog box, the left pane lists the devices monitored by OpenManage Enterprise. In the working pane, list
of devices associated with each group, and device details are displayed. For field descriptions, see Devices list on page 45.
For information about device groups, see Organize devices into groups on page 34.
2. Select the check box corresponding to a device and click OK.
The selected devices are displayed in the All Selected Devices section of the selected group.
Using jobs for device control
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