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Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Version 3.5 User's Guide
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About Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise
- New in this release
- Other information you may need
- Contacting Dell EMC
- OpenManage Enterprise Advanced license
  - License-based features in OpenManage Enterprise
Security features in OpenManage Enterprise
- Role-based OpenManage Enterprise user privileges
- OpenManage Enterprise user role types
Install OpenManage Enterprise
- Installation prerequisites and minimum requirements
  - Minimum recommended hardware
  - Minimum system requirements for deploying OpenManage Enterprise
- 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
- Monitor devices by using the OpenManage Enterprise dashboard
- Organize devices into groups
- Donut chart
- Device health statuses
Managing devices
- Organize devices into groups
- Viewing and configuring devices
- Start Management application iDRAC of a device
- Start the Virtual Console
Manage the device firmware and drivers
- Manage firmware and driver Catalogs
- Create a baseline
- Delete baselines
- Edit a baseline
- Check the compliance of a device firmware and driver
  - View the baseline compliance report
  - Update firmware and/or drivers using the baseline compliance report
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
  - Manage identity pools—Stateless deployment
  - Create Identity Pool - Pool Information
- Define networks
  - Network types
- Edit or delete a configured network
- Export VLAN definitions
- Import network definitions
Manage Profiles
- Create profiles
- View Profile details
- Profiles — view network
- Edit a profile
- Assign a Profile
- Unassign profiles
- Redeploy profiles
- Migrate a Profile
- Delete Profiles
- Export Profile(s) data as HTML, CSV, or PDF
Managing the device configuration compliance
- Manage compliance templates
- Create a configuration compliance baseline
- Edit a configuration compliance baseline
- Remediate noncompliant devices
  - Export the Compliance Baseline report
- Remove a configuration compliance baseline
Monitoring device alerts
- View the alert logs
- Acknowledge alerts
- Unacknowledge alerts
- Ignore alerts
- Delete alerts
- View archived alerts
- Download archived alerts
- Alert policies
- Alert definitions
Manage audit logs
- Forward audit logs to remote Syslog servers
Using jobs for device control
- View the jobs list
- View an individual job information
- Create a job to blink device LEDs
- Create a job for managing power devices
- Create a Remote command job for managing devices
- Create a job to change the virtual console plugin type
- Select target devices and device groups
Discovering devices for monitoring or management
- Discover servers automatically by using the server-initiated discovery feature
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- Create a device discovery job
  - Onboarding devices
- 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
- Create an inventory job
- Run an inventory job now
- Stop an inventory job
- Delete an inventory job
- Edit an inventory schedule job
Manage the device warranty
- View and renew device warranty
Reports
- Run reports
- Run and email reports
- Edit reports
- Copy reports
- Delete reports
- Creating reports
  - Select query criteria when creating reports
- Export selected reports
Managing MIB files
- Import MIB files
- Edit MIB traps
- Remove MIB files
- Resolve MIB types
- Download an OpenManage Enterprise MIB file
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
- Security Certificates
  - Generate and download the certificate signing request
  - Assigning a webserver certificate to OpenManage Enterprise using the Microsoft Certificate Services
- Set the login security properties
- Manage Console preferences
- Customize the alert display
- Configure SMTP, SNMP, and Syslog alerts
- Manage incoming alerts
  - Set SNMP Credentials
- Manage warranty settings
- Check and update the version of the OpenManage Enterprise and the available plugins
- Execute remote commands and scripts
- OpenManage Mobile settings
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

Disable OpenID Connect providers........................................................................................................................142

Security Certificates....................................................................................................................................................... 142

Generate and download the certificate signing request.................................................................................. 142

Assigning a webserver certificate to OpenManage Enterprise using the Microsoft Certificate

Services....................................................................................................................................................................142

Set the login security properties..................................................................................................................................143

Manage Console preferences....................................................................................................................................... 143

Customize the alert display........................................................................................................................................... 145

Configure SMTP, SNMP, and Syslog alerts..............................................................................................................145

Manage incoming alerts................................................................................................................................................. 146

Set SNMP Credentials..............................................................................................................................................146

Manage warranty settings.............................................................................................................................................146

Check and update the version of the OpenManage Enterprise and the available plugins.............................147

Update settings in OpenManage Enterprise....................................................................................................... 147

Update OpenManage Enterprise............................................................................................................................148

Update from Dell.com............................................................................................................................................... 149

Update from an internal network share .............................................................................................................. 149

Install a plugin............................................................................................................................................................. 150

Disable a plugin............................................................................................................................................................151

Uninstall a plugin.........................................................................................................................................................151

Enable plugin................................................................................................................................................................151

Execute remote commands and scripts.....................................................................................................................152

OpenManage Mobile settings....................................................................................................................................... 152

Enable or disable alert notifications for OpenManage Mobile........................................................................ 153

Enable or disable OpenManage Mobile subscribers.......................................................................................... 153

Delete an OpenManage Mobile subscriber.......................................................................................................... 154

View the alert notification service status............................................................................................................ 154

Notification service status.......................................................................................................................................154

View information about OpenManage Mobile subscribers.............................................................................. 155

OpenManage Mobile subscriber information...................................................................................................... 155

Troubleshooting OpenManage Mobile..................................................................................................................155

Chapter 21: Other references and field descriptions...................................................................157

Schedule Reference........................................................................................................................................................ 157

Firmware baseline field definitions...............................................................................................................................157

Schedule job field definitions........................................................................................................................................ 157

Alert categories after EEMI relocation.......................................................................................................................158

Token substitution in remote scripts and alert policy.............................................................................................159

Field service debug workflow....................................................................................................................................... 159

Unblock the FSD capability........................................................................................................................................... 160

Install or grant a signed FSD DAT.ini file....................................................................................................................160

Invoke FSD........................................................................................................................................................................ 160

Disable FSD........................................................................................................................................................................161

Catalog Management field definitions.........................................................................................................................161

Firmware/driver compliance baseline reports— devices with 'Unknown' compliance status...................... 161

Generic naming convention for Dell EMC PowerEdge servers ...........................................................................162

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