Users Guide

Deleting devices from OpenManage Enterprise–Tech
Release
1. In the left pane, select the device(s).
2. In the devices list, select the check box corresponding to the device(s), and then click Delete.
3. When prompted indicating that the device(s) will be globally excluded, click YES.
The device is deleted and not anymore monitored by OpenManage Enterprise–Tech Release.
After device deletion, all onboarding information corresponding to the deleted devices is removed. The user credential information is
automatically deleted if it is not shared with other devices. If OpenManage Enterprise–Tech Release was set as a trap destination on a
remote device that has been deleted, you can remove OpenManage Enterprise–Tech Release from the remote device.
NOTE: A device can be deleted even when tasks are running on it. Task initiated on a device fails if the device is deleted
before the completion.
Related information
Organizing devices into groups
Excluding devices from OpenManage Enterprise–Tech
Release
NOTE: To perform any tasks on OpenManage Enterprise–Tech Release, you must have necessary user privileges. See
Role-based OpenManage Enterprise–Tech Release user privileges.
Devices are grouped for efficient handling of repeated tasks such as firmware update, discovery, and inventory generation. However, you
can exclude a device so that the excluded device does not participate in any of these activities because it is not monitored by
OpenManage Enterprise–Tech Release. This task is similar to the global exclusion. See Globally excluding device(s) from discovery results.
1. In the left pane, select the System group or Custom group whose device must be excluded.
2. In the devices list, select the check box corresponding to the device(s), and then click Exclude.
3. When prompted whether or not to exclude the selected device(s), click YES.
The devices are excluded, added to the global exclusion list, and not anymore monitored by OpenManage Enterprise–Tech Release.
4. To remove the global exclusion and make OpenManage Enterprise–Tech Release monitor the device again, delete it from the global
exclusion range, and then rediscover.
Upgrading or downgrading device firmware by using the
firmware baseline
NOTE:
To perform any tasks on OpenManage Enterprise–Tech Release, you must have necessary user privileges. See
Role-based OpenManage Enterprise–Tech Release user privileges.
You can upgrade or downgrade the firmware version of device(s) on the:
• All Devices page: Recommended for updating firmware of multiple devices. From the Devices menu, select Devices. Select the
devices, click More Actions > Update Firmware.
• All Devices page: Recommended for updating firmware of a single device. From the Devices menu, select Devices. Select the device,
click View Details > Firmware.
• Configuration-Firmware page: From the Configuration menu, select Firmware. Select the devices, click Check Compliance > View
Report.
NOTE:
When a device is connected, the firmware version, if earlier than baseline version, is not automatically updated.
You must update the firmware version. It is recommended to update device firmware during maintenance windows to
prevent the devices or environment going offline during business hours.
1. In the left pane, select the group to which the device(s) belongs to. Devices associated with the group are listed. See Device list.
NOTE:
When you select device(s), ensure that they are associated with one or more firmware baselines. Else, the
devices are not displayed in the compliance report, and therefore cannot be updated.
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