User's Manual

40 Server and Printer Management Pack
Reports
The Reporting feature is available along with the Dell Server and Printer
Management Pack. It allows you to create pre-canned reports for the following:
• ESM and BMC log
• Dell related windows event log
• Firmware and Driver version for selected server
• Specific RAID and BIOS configuration setting based on selected server
and selected attribute
To access the Reporting feature perform the following steps:
1
Click Reporting in your Operations Console.
2 Expand Reporting in the navigation pane.
3 Click on Dell Management Pack .
You can also access Reporting from the diagram view by clicking on the server
instance. The option for Dell Reports is located in the Actions pane under
the Dell System instance reports along with the default Microsoft reports.
BIOS Configuration
To create a report for the BIOS configuration follow these steps:
1
Click on BIOS Configuration . Click Open in the Actions pane.
2 Select a time period for which you want the report generated.
3 Click on Add Object or Add Group .
4 Click Search , to search for an object or group. Choose add (you can add
multiple objects). You will find the selected object in the selected object pane.
5 Choose the required Properties .
6 Click Run. The BIOS configuration report is generated.
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