Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Version 3.2 User's Guide

OpenManage Enterprise is a systems management and monitoring application that provides a comprehensive view of the Dell EMC servers, chassis, storage, and network switches on the enterprise network. With OpenManage Enterprise, a web-based and one‑to‑many systems management application, you can:

• Discover and manage devices in a data center environment.
• Create and manage OpenManage Enterprise users.
• Group and manage devices.
• Monitor the health of your devices.
• Manage device firmware versions and perform system updates and remote tasks.
• Create and deploy device configuration templates.
• Create and assign identity pools, and perform stateless deployment on target devices.
• Create configuration compliance baselines and remediate devices
• View and manage system alerts and alert policies.
• View hardware inventory and compliance reports.
• Monitor and report about warranty and licenses.

Some of the security features of OpenManage Enterprise are:

• Role-based access that limits access to console settings and device actions.
• Hardened appliance with Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) and an internal firewall.
• Encryption of sensitive data in an internal database.
• Use of encrypted communication outside the appliance (HTTPs).
• Create and enforce firmware and configuration-related policies.
• Provision for configuring and updating the bare-metal servers.

OpenManage Enterprise has a domain-task-based GUI, where the navigation is designed by considering the sequence of tasks that are predominately used by an administrator and device manager. When you add a device to an environment, OpenManage Enterprise automatically detects the device properties, places it under relevant device group, and enables you to manage the device. The typical sequence of tasks performed by OpenManage Enterprise users:

• Deploy and manage OpenManage Enterprise
• Configure OpenManage Enterprise by using Text User Interface
• Discovering devices for monitoring or management
• Managing devices
• Monitor devices by using the OpenManage Enterprise dashboard
• Organize devices into groups
• Manage the device firmware
• Viewing and configuring devices
• Monitoring device alerts
• View archived alerts
• View and renew device warranty
• Manage device configuration templates
• Managing the device configuration compliance
• Manage compliance baseline templates
• Manage audit logs
• Managing OpenManage Enterprise appliance settings
• Run an inventory job now
• Manage the device warranty
• Reports
• Managing MIB files
• Role-based OpenManage Enterprise user privileges
• Directory services integration in OpenManage Enterprise