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Table 1. OpenManage Enterprise feature and benefits(continued)
Feature Description Benefits
It also allows them the flexibility of integrating
OpenManage Enterprise into their existing IT
processes.
Custom reports IT administrators can use a powerful reporting engine to
create customized reports.
Provides IT Admins rapid and easy access to
specific device information.
Modern UI with elastic
search capabilities
OpenManage Enterprise uses the modern HTML5
standard for its UI while enabling an elastic search engine
that allows IT administrators to find anything in the
console in a single search
Minimizes training time and maximizes
efficiency by delivering quick results on
searches involving devices, hardware and
software inventory, features, functions, and
so on. Also provides access from various
browsers, and mobile devices.
Firmware compliance
policies and updates
Firmware compliance policies allow IT administrators to
establish one or more firmware baselines for groups of the
PowerEdge servers in their environment. Selectively
update firmware that is not compliant with the customer
defined baselines.
Provides a simple method of enforcing
minimum firmware levels for the PowerEdge
servers that eliminates human error and
minimizes downtime. Reinforces security by
enabling customers to stay current with the
firmware recommended by Dell EMC.
Configuration compliance
policies
Configuration compliance policies allow IT Administrators
to establish one or more configuration baselines for groups
of the PowerEdge servers in their environment.
Enables a simple method to monitor the
PowerEdge servers against an established
baseline. Helps in enforcing security
standards and ensuring management
consistency across server BIOS, RAID,
network and the iDRAC settings.
Bare-metal server
deployment
Automate server HW configuration deployment to a bare-
metal PowerEdge server and kick off unattended OS
installation process.
Saves time and relies less on local IT
Administrators for provisioning and
configuring PowerEdge server hardware in a
reliable and consistent manner.
Custom Template Edit Edit the deployment template attributes by using:
• Guided view
• Advanced view
Provides ability to control template editing via
"guided view" for specific attributes, such as
BIOS, boot sequence etc to avoid human
error. Granular control for sophisticated users
via the "advanced view" template editing
Support for MX-series Support for discovery, inventory, configuration compliance
and remediation of MX7000 chassis-as a standalone
chassis and as a lead chassis in an Multi Chassis
Management (MCM) group.
Provides unified support for rack, blades,
chassis from a single choice of console for
our customer
Stateless Deployments and
virtual Identity management
You can assign virtual identities to servers and perform
stateless deployment.
Stateless deployments enable to create a
server environment that is dynamic and
flexible by automatically generating and
assigning virtual identity attributes to the I/O
interfaces of a server.
New Platform Support Support for the latest 14th generation PowerEdge servers
including the new blade servers of MX7000 chassis.
Provides unified support for multi-
generational rack, blades, chassis from a
single choice of console for our customer
OpenManage Enterprise
RESTful API
REST API enhancements for network configuration,
identity pool creation, device template configuration, and
profile management
Helps customer script from higher-level
frameworks to enable enhanced automation
in a datacenter environment
Configuration Remediation Remediation of a server config that has drifted against a
defined baseline.
Helps keep datacenter in compliance to
configuration standards
For more information, see
www.dell.com/support/article/sln310714 .
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