Users Guide

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Managing Server Conguration Baseline
The conguration of a server or chassis in a production environment must be properly maintained to ensure availability of the server.
These server conguration settings tend to be drifted over time because of various reasons. The Device Compliance Portal enables
you to verify and ensure the compliance of multiple servers and chassis to a device conguration baseline that serves as a baseline.
The compliance status indicates if there is any dierence between the current conguration settings and its corresponding baseline
conguration baseline. The Device Compliance Portal also allows you to create baseline, and assign the desired baseline to multiple
production servers for establishing the compliance.
NOTE: A device is considered to be compliant if it matches with all the settings dened in the associated baseline. A
device with additional hardware (for example, an additional NIC card), is also considered to be compliant. A device may
become non-compliant if there is a change in either the device inventory or the associated baseline. If the associated
baseline is changed, the baseline must be redeployed to the associated devices.
NOTE: Compliance tasks are not supported for IOA templates.
Using the Device Compliance Portal, you can:
• Create a conguration baseline from a server or chassis
• Associate a conguration baseline to a server or chassis
• View the tasks that have been created and their status
• Congure the deployment le share
NOTE: The device conguration deployment and conguration compliance features are licensed (fee-based) for
supported PowerEdge servers with iDRAC. To use these features on any PowerEdge VRTX or PowerEdge FX2/FX2s
devices an Enterprise license is required. However, using it on PowerEdge M1000e devices does not require a license.
Creating a device conguration baseline from a server does not require a license. For more information on licensing, see
OpenManage Essentials — Server Conguration Management License.
Related link
Conguring the Deployment File Share
Creating a Device Deployment Template
Conguring the Credentials and Device Conguration Inventory Schedule
Associating Target Devices to a Baseline
Viewing the Device Compliance Status
Viewing the Compliance Tasks
Additional Information
Viewing the Device Compliance Portal
To view the device compliance portal, click Manage → Conguration → Device Compliance Portal.
Getting Started for Device Conguration Compliance
Before you can verify the compliance status of devices to a device conguration baseline, you must:
1. Congure the deployment le share on the server running OpenManage Essentials.
2. Congure the credentials and inventory schedule for target devices.
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