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
NOTE: Installing a plugin on OpenManage Enterprise restarts the appliance services.
To install a plugin perform the following steps:
1. Click Application Settings > Console and plugins
The Console and plugins page is displayed
2. In plugins section, against the plugin you want to install, click More Actions > Install
The Install plugin window is displayed.
3. Review and ensure that you meet the list of prerequisites that are mentioned under the Prerequisite section.
NOTE: The lists of prerequisites change as you select the version of plugin that you want to install.
4. In Install Details, select the required version of the plugin from the Version(s) drop-down menu, and then click Install
plugin.
The details of the number of users logged in to OpenManage Enterprise, tasks in progress, and schedule jobs are displayed in
the confirmation window.
To confirm the installation, select I agree that I have captured the snapshot of the OpenManage Enterprise appliance
prior to the upgrade option, and then click Confirm Install.
The status of installation is displayed.
Disable a plugin
Disables all the functionality of the plugin on OpenManage Enterprise.
NOTE: Disabling a plugin on OpenManage Enterprise restarts the appliance services.
1. Click Application Settings > Console and plugin
The Console and Plugins page is displayed.
2. In the plugins section, click More Actions > Disable
The Disable plugin window is displayed
3. Click Disable plugin, and in the confirmation window, select I agree that I have captured the snapshot of the OM
Enterprise appliance prior to the upgrade option, and then click Disable plugin.
NOTE: After disabling the plugin, you cannot see any information or pages related to the plugin on OpenManage Enterprise.
Uninstall a plugin
Uninstalls and deletes all the data that is collected by the plugin.
1. Click Application Settings > Console and plugins
The Console and plugins page is displayed.
2. In the Plugins section, click More Settings > Uninstall
The Uninstall plugin window is displayed.
3. Click Uninstall plugin, and in the Confirmation window, select I agree that I have captured the snapshot of the
OpenManage Enterprise appliance prior to the upgrade option, and then click Uninstall plugin.
Enable plugin
All the pages of the plugin on OpenManage Enterprise are displayed and the functionality of the plugin is enabled on
OpenManage Enterprise.
NOTE: Enabling a plugin on OpenManage Enterprise restarts the appliance services.
1. Click Application Settings > Console and plugins
The Console and Plugins page is displayed.
2. In the plugins section click More Actions > Enable
The Enable window is displayed.
3. Click Enable plugin, and in the Confirmation window, select I agree that I have captured the snapshot of
the OM Enterprise appliance prior to the upgrade option, and then click Enable plugin.
Managing OpenManage Enterprise appliance settings
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