A baseline is a set of devices or group of devices that are associated with a firmware/driver catalog. A baseline is created for compliance evaluation of the firmware and drivers for the devices in that baseline against the versions specified in the catalog.
Prerequisites
To perform any tasks on OpenManage Enterprise, you must have necessary role-based user privileges and scope-based operational access to the devices. See
Role and scope-based access.
Device manager user can only view and manage the firmware/driver baselines that the respective device manager created and owns. Also, while creating baselines, the target groups or devices (capable of firmware update) that are only in the device manager's scope are displayed.
A non-compliant device with a firmware and/or driver version earlier than the catalog version, is not automatically updated. You must update the firmware version. It is recommended to update device firmware during maintenance windows to prevent the devices or environment going offline during business hours.
Steps
Under
Firmware, click
Create Baseline.
In the
Create Update Baseline dialog box:
In the
Baseline Information section:
From the
Catalog drop-down menu, select a catalog.
In the
Baseline Name box, enter a name for the baseline, and then enter the baseline description.
(Optional) Select the
Select only components with no reboot required check box to create a firmware/driver baseline that consists of only the components of the target devices that don't require a reboot of the target devices.
Click
Next.
In the
Target section:
To select the target device(s):
Select
Select Devices, and then click the
Select Devices button.
In the
Select Devices dialog box, all the devices monitored by OpenManage Enterprise, IOMs, and devices under static or query group are displayed in respective groups.
In the left pane, click the category name. Devices in that category are displayed in the working pane.
Select the check box corresponding to the device(s). The selected devices are listed under the
Selected Devices tab.
To select the target device group(s):
Select
Select Groups, and then click the
Select Groups button.
In the
Select Groups dialog box, all the devices monitored by OpenManage Enterprise, IOMs, and devices under static or query group are displayed in respective categories.
In the left pane, click the category name. Devices in that category are displayed in the working pane.
Select the check box corresponding to the group(s). The selected groups are listed under the
Selected Groups tab.
Click
Finish.
A message is displayed that a job is created for creating the baseline.