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Managing Devices via IPMI in OpenManage Essentials
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o Navigate to Manage > Remote tasks and click on Create “Command Line task”
o In the window that opens, provide a task name (By default, the task name will be
Command Line Task – date in mm/dd/yyyy format and time in H:mm:ss am/pm format)
o Type in the command that needs to be run on the device like SEL, CHASSIS POWER STATUS,
etc.
o Click “Next” and select the device or device group where the command needs to be run
o Click “Next” and provide the schedule and credentials for the command to run.
Select “Run now” if the command needs to be run at that moment.
[Figure title] Figure 2.
 Dell PowerEdge C servers can be discovered and inventoried using IPMI protocol
These servers get classified under OOB unclassified devices (and unknown) group in the device tree.
In the discovery and inventory portal, these devices are marked as unclassified in the bar graph.
The tables populated by discovery and inventory of Dell PowerEdge C servers using IPMI protocol
include:
o Device Summary
o Software Agent information
o NIC information
o RAC device information
o Firmware information