Owners Manual

11. When prompted, save the certnew.cer file.

12. Open the web console of the target device (iDRAC or CMC).

13. Click Network and then click SSL.

The SSL Main Menu page is displayed.

14. Select Upload Server Certificate Based on Generated CSR and click Next.

The Certificate Upload page is displayed.

15. Click Browse, select the certnew.cer file you saved in step 11, and then click Apply.

16. Install the RootCA signed certificate (newcert.cer) as Trusted Root Certificate Authorities in the

OpenManage Essentials management server:

NOTE: Ensure that the certificate file you want to install is a Base64 encoded certificate file

issued by root CA.

a) Right-click the certnew.cer file, and click Install Certificate.

The Certificate Import Wizard is displayed.

b) Click Next.

c) Select Place all certificates in the following store and click Browse.

The Select Certificate Store dialog box is displayed.

d) Select Trusted Root Certification Authorities, and click OK.

e) Click Next.

f) Click Finish.

The Security Warning dialog box is displayed.

g) Click Yes.

17. Close the web browser and open the web console of the target device (iDRAC or CMC) in a new

browser window.

18. Discover and inventory the WS-Man target(s), in OpenManage Essentials using the newcert.cer

RootCA signed certificate file.

Excluding Ranges

Configure exclude ranges to prevent servers from being discovered/rediscovered or limit the number of

devices displayed in the device tree. To exclude a range from discovery task:

1. From OpenManage Essentials, select Manage → Discovery and Inventory → Common Tasks → Add

Exclude Range

2. In Exclude Range Configuration, provide IP address/range, discovery range name or host name and

click Add.

3. Click Finish.