OpenManage Enterprise 4.1.x User's Guide

Installing and using OpenManage Enterprise does not require the OpenManage Enterprise Advanced or OpenManage Enterprise Advanced+ license. However, an OpenManage Enterprise Advanced or Advanced+ license provides support for additional advanced automation and configuration features. The OpenManage Enterprise Advanced or Advanced+ are perpetual licenses that are valid for the life of a server and can be bound to the Service Tag of only one server at a time. For information about viewing a list of managed devices and their licenses, see Run reports.

Enabling the server configuration management feature in OpenManage Enterprise does not require any separate license. If the OpenManage Enterprise Advanced or Advanced+ license is installed on a target server, you can use the server configuration management feature on that server.

License-based features

The Advanced license is required to use the following features of OpenManage Enterprise:

• Bare metal server deployment and cloning
• Deploy automatically with service tag or node IDs.
• Editable chassis templates
• Power Manager plugin
• Monitor and enforce configuration compliance.
• Virtual address management and stateless provisioning
• IOA provisioning and VLAN management
• MX platform profile management
• Boot to ISO
• Server configuration deployment
• Server configuration compliance baseline creation and remediation.
• iDRAC password management

The Advanced+ license is required to use the following features of OpenManage Enterprise:

• Support for all partner plugins - when available:
  • VMware vCenter plugin
  • Microsoft System Center plugins

• Support for partner integration - when available:
  • ServiceNow integration
  • CyberArk integration

Supported servers

You can deploy the OpenManage Enterprise Advanced or Advanced+ license on the following PowerEdge servers:

• 13G servers that have the iDRAC8 2.50.50.50 or later firmware versions.
• 14G and above servers that have the iDRAC9 3.10.10.10 or later firmware versions.

Purchasing a license

You can purchase the OpenManage Enterprise Advanced or Advanced+ license when you purchase a server or by contacting your sales representative. You can download the purchased license from the Software License Management screen at Dell.com/support/retail/lkm.

Verify license information

OpenManage Enterprise provides an integrated report to view the list of devices monitored by OpenManage Enterprise, and their licenses. Click Monitor > Reports > License Report. Click Run. See Run reports. You can verify if the OpenManage Enterprise Advanced or Advanced+ license is installed on a server by:

• On all screens of OpenManage Enterprise, in the upper-right corner, click the i symbol, and then click Licenses.
• In the Licenses dialog box, read through the message and click appropriate links to view and download OpenManage Enterprise related open-source files, or other open-source licenses.