Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Version 3.3.1 User's Guide

Managing the device configuration compliance

By selecting OpenManage Enterprise > Configuration > Configuration Compliance, you can create configuration baselines by using the built-in or user-created compliance templates. You can create a configuration compliance template from an existing deploy template, reference device, or by importing from a file. To use this feature, you must have the Enterprise level license of OpenManage Enterprise and iDRAC for servers. For Chassis Management Controller, no license is required. User's only with certain privileges are permitted to use this feature. See Role-based OpenManage Enterprise user privileges. Also see Manage the device compliance baseline by using the OpenManage Enterprise dashboard.

NOTE: After a configuration baseline is created by using a template, the summary of compliance level of each baseline is listed in a table. Each device has its own status, the highest severity status is considered as the status of the baseline. For more information about Rollup Health status, see the MANAGING THE ROLLUP HEALTH STATUS BY USING IDRAC ON THE DELL EMC 14TH GENERATION AND LATER POWEREDGE SERVERS white paper on the support site.

NOTE: You can create configuration baseline of only the lead MX7000 chassis.

Use configuration compliance baseline data to set alert policies that alert you if a baseline policy is deviated. The alert is generated based on a compliance baseline that can be viewed on the dashboard page of OpenManage Enterprise. For more information about setting the alert policies, see Monitoring device alerts.

To view the configuration compliance report of a baseline, select the corresponding check box, and then click View Report in the right pane.

Use the query builder feature to generate device level compliance to the selected baseline. See Select a query criteria.

OpenManage Enterprise provides a built-in report to view the list of monitored devices and their compliance to the configuration compliance baseline. Select OpenManage Enterprise > Monitor > Reports > Devices per Template Compliance Baseline, and then click Run. See Run reports.