Users Guide

Discovery Wizard Configuration........................................................................................................ 40
Configuring Discovery Settings..........................................................................................................40
Using the OpenManage Essentials Home Portal............................................................................... 41
OpenManage Essentials Heading Banner.......................................................................................... 42
Customizing Portals............................................................................................................................43
Displaying Additional Available Reports and Graphs......................................................................... 43
Drilling Down Charts and Reports for More Information............................................................44
Saving and Loading the Portal Layout................................................................................................44
Updating the Portal Data.................................................................................................................... 44
Hiding Graphs and Reports Components..........................................................................................45
Rearranging or Resizing Graphs and Reports (Components)........................................................... 45
Filtering Data....................................................................................................................................... 46
Search Bar........................................................................................................................................... 46
Search Items..................................................................................................................................46
Search Drop-Down List................................................................................................................ 46
Selection Actions...........................................................................................................................47
Map View (Home) Portal..................................................................................................................... 47
Viewing the User Information............................................................................................................ 48
Logging On As a Different User..........................................................................................................48
Using the Update Available Notification Icon....................................................................................48
Using the Warranty Scoreboard Notification Icon............................................................................ 49
4 OpenManage Essentials Home Portal — Reference.................................... 50
Dashboard........................................................................................................................................... 50
Home Portal Reports.................................................................................................................... 50
Device by Status.............................................................................................................................51
Alerts by Severity............................................................................................................................51
Discovered Versus Inventoried Devices....................................................................................... 52
Task Status..................................................................................................................................... 52
Schedule View..................................................................................................................................... 52
Schedule View Settings................................................................................................................. 53
Device Warranty Report......................................................................................................................53
Map View (Home) Portal Interface..................................................................................................... 55
5 Discovering and Inventorying Devices...........................................................56
Supported Devices, Protocols, and Features Matrix..........................................................................56
Supported Operating Systems (Servers), Protocols, and Features Matrix.........................................61
Supported Storage Devices, Protocols, and Features Matrix............................................................ 63
Legend and Definitions.......................................................................................................................65
Using the Discovery and Inventory Portal..........................................................................................65
Protocol Support Matrix for Discovery.............................................................................................. 66
Protocol Support Matrix for System Update......................................................................................68
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