Owners Manual

Field Description
OS Name Displays the operating system installed on the
device.
OS Revision Displays the version of the operating system
installed on the device.
Service Tag Displays a unique identifier, that provides the
service lifecycle information.
Asset Tag Displays the defined asset tag for the device.
Device Model Displays the system’s model name. For example,
PowerEdge R710.
Device type Displays the type of device. For example, for the
Device Model PowerEdge R710, the Device Type
value is Server.
System Revision Number Displays the revision history of the device.
Creating Device Group
Device Group Configuration
Field Description
Name Provide name of the new group.
Parent The device under which this group is created.
Description Provide description for the device group.
Device Selection
You can select predefined groups (device types), custom groups, specific devices, or a device query.
To use device query, select a query from the list.
Click New to create a new device query to search and assign the devices to the alert action.
Click Edit to change the query logic.
Select groups or devices from the tree, you can use the query option to create very specific criteria for
the selection.
Device Selection Options
Field Description
All Devices Select to include all the devices that are managed
in OpenManage Essentials.
Citrix XenServers Select to include Citrix XenServers.
Clients Select to include client devices, such as desktops,
portables, and workstations.
HA Clusters Select to include High Availability server clusters.
KVM Select to include keyboard video mouse devices.
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