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36 Deployment and Managing Configurations with Dell OpenManage Essentials | Revision A00
10.2.2 Run configuration inventory per target
To get the current configuration inventory from a device, do the following…
1. Navigate to the device tree (‘Manage’ - > ‘Devices’).
2. Select target devices and right click.
3. Hover over ‘Device Configuration’.
4. Select ‘Refresh Device Configuration Inventory’.
10.3 How to associate devices to a template
A device needs an associated compliance template for the device to have a compliance status in the
compliance pie chart.
Note: Compliance does not include the device specific attributes of a template.
To set a compliance template for a device, you must associate the device to a template. A device may only
have one associated template. To associate a device to a template, do the following…
1. Navigate to the ‘Configuration’ tab under the ‘Manage’ tab.
2. Click on ‘Associate Devices to a template’ in the left hand navigation under the ‘Common Tasks’
section.
3. Select a template and click ‘Next’.
4. Select devices and click ‘Finish’.
Note: Only devices that meet the device configuration requirements (see the Target device requirements
section) and are of the same device type as the template are shown.
10.4 How to view and leverage the compliance report
The device compliance panel shows the configuration compliance status and state of all eligible devices
(an eligible device is a device that meets the requirements in the Target device requirements
section).
Every eligible device is in one of the states below. Clicking a slice of the pie chart will show all the devices
that have the selected pie slice’s state. Device configuration compliance can be viewed in the
‘Configuration’ tab under the ‘Manage’ tab. The summary and pie chart have the following states. Actions
required for the state are listed under each of the states below.
1. Compliant Devices
a. No action required.
2. Not Compliant Devices
a. Double click the compliance row to view differences between the associated template and the
device’s inventory.
b. Adjust the device’s settings or associate to a different template to make the device compliant.
3. Not Inventoried Devices
a. Inventory the device. See the How to setup and run the configuration inventory
section.
b. Make sure the credentials for the target are accurate.