OpenManage Enterprise 4.1.x User's Guide

• Group the devices. For example, you can group devices by functions, operating systems, user profiles, location, jobs run, and then run queries to manage devices.
• Filter the device-related data while managing devices, updating firmware, discovering devices, and managing alert policies and reports.
• You can manage the properties of a device in a group. See View and configure individual devices.

OpenManage Enterprise provides a system-defined report to get an overview of the OpenManage Enterprise monitored devices. Click Monitor > Reports > Devices Overview Report. Click Run. See Run reports.

To view Dashboard data pertaining to selected devices or groups, select from the Device Groups drop-down menu.

Groups can have a parent and child group. A group cannot have its parent group as its own child group. By default, OpenManage Enterprise is supplied with the following system-defined groups.

System Groups: Default groups created by OpenManage Enterprise. You cannot edit or delete a System Group, but it can be viewed based on user privileges. Examples of System Groups:

• HCI Appliances includes Hyperconverged devices such as VxRAIL, Dell XC series, and AX devices.

• Hypervisor Systems includes Hyper-V servers, and VMware ESXi servers.
• Modular Systems includes PowerEdge Chassis, PowerEdge FX2, PowerEdge 1000e chassis, PowerEdge MX7000 chassis, and PowerEdge VRTX chassis.
  NOTE:An MX7000 chassis can be a lead, stand-alone, or member chassis. If an MX7000 chassis is a lead chassis and has a member chassis, the latter is discovered by using the IP of its lead chassis. An MX7000 chassis is identified by using one of the following syntaxes:

  • MCM group indicates the Multi-Chassis Management (MCM) group that has more than one chassis identified by the following syntax: Group_<MCM group name>_<Lead_Chassis_Svctag> where:
    • <MCM group name> is the name of the MCM group.
    • <Lead_Chassis_Svctag> is the Service Tag of the lead chassis. The chassis sleds, and network IOMs form this group.
  • Stand-alone Chassis groups are identified by using the <Chassis_Svctag> syntax. The chassis, sleds, and network IOMs form this group.
• Network Devices includes Dell Force10 networking switches, and Fibre Channel switches.
• Servers: Dell iDRAC servers, Linux servers, Non-Dell servers, OEM servers, and Windows servers
• Storage Devices: Dell Compellent storage Arrays, PowerVault MD storage arrays, and PowerVault ME storage arrays
• Discovery Groups: Groups that map to the range of a discovery task. They cannot be edited or deleted because the discovery job controls the group where the include or exclude condition is applied. See Discovering devices.

Administrators create Custom Groups for specific requirements. For example, servers that host email services are grouped. Users can view, edit, and delete based on user privileges and group types.

• Users create Static Groupsare manually by adding specific devices to a group. These groups change only when a user manually changes the devices in the group or a subgroup. The items in the group remain static until the parent group is edited or the child device is deleted.
• Query Group: Groups that are dynamically defined by matching user-specified criteria. Devices in the group change based on the result of devices that are discovered by using criteria. For example, a query is run to discover servers that are assigned to the Finance department. However, the Query Groups have a flat structure without any hierarchy.

On the All Devices screen, in the left pane, you can create child groups under the parent Static and Query group. See Create a static device group and Create a query device group.

To delete the child group of a Static or Query group:

1. Right-click the Static or Query group, and then click Delete.
2. When prompted, click YES. The group is deleted, and the list under the group is updated.

Plugin Groups: Plug-in groups are created when plug-ins such as Services, Power Manager plug-in are installed. Plug-ins, when installed, have their own system groups and some plug-ins such as the Power Manager plug-in allows users to create Custom groups under them.