Users Guide

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Conguring the deployment le share
Conguring the credentials and device conguration inventory schedule
Device conguration compliance overview
Device conguration compliance overview
The steps that you must perform to verify the compliance status of a device and to make a device compliant to a device
conguration baseline are as follows:
1. Create a Baseline — Use the Create Baseline task in the Common Tasks pane to create a device conguration baseline. You
can choose to create the baseline from either a conguration le or a reference device.
2. Associate Devices to a Baseline — Select a baseline and associate it to applicable devices to view the compliance status.
3. View the compliance status — The Device Compliance Portal displays the compliance summary of all devices associated to
the baselines. To view the compliance status of a device to an associated baseline, select the baseline in the Baselines pane. To
view the detailed compliance results for each device, double-click the Device Compliance graph or table. Alternatively, you can
also select the device in the device tree (
Manage → Devices), and click the Conguration tab in the right-pane to view the
compliance status.
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Getting started for device conguration compliance
Conguring the credentials and device conguration inventory
schedule
The Conguration Inventory Schedule task enables you to collect an inventory of the device conguration attributes from
applicable devices at periodic intervals. The inventory information is used to verify the compliance status of the devices to a specic
device conguration baseline.
Before you congure the device inventory schedule, ensure that:
• The target devices meet the requirements that are specied in Device Requirements for Deployment and Compliance Tasks.
• The Server Conguration Management license is installed on all target servers. For more information, see OpenManage
Essentials — Server Conguration Management License.
NOTE: Scheduled conguration inventory collection or update is not applicable for IOAs.
To congure the device conguration inventory schedule:
1. Click Manage → Conguration.
2. Perform one of the following:
• In the Common Tasks pane, click Conguration Inventory Schedule.
• In the Device Conguration Compliance Portal pane, click Getting Started for Compliance → Congure Credentials and
Inventory Schedule for Target Devices.
The Conguration Inventory Schedule wizard is displayed.
3. On the Inventory Credentials page:
a. Click Add New Credential.
The Add Credentials window is displayed.
b. Enter the description, username, and password.
NOTE: You must provide the iDRAC credentials that have Administrator rights.
NOTE: The credentials can be edited at a later time only by the OpenManage Essentials user who added the
credentials to the target devices.
c. If you want to set the credentials as the default credentials for all new target devices, select Default, and then click Finish.
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