Getting Started With OpenManage Essentials. Dell OpenManage Essentials Version 1.0

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Getting Started With OpenManage

Essentials

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Logging On to OpenManage Essentials

To log on to OpenManage Essentials:

• From the management station desktop, click the Essentials icon.

• From the management station desktop, click Start All Programs Dell

OpenManage Applications Essentials Essentials.

• From a remote system, launch a supported browser. In the address field, type https://<IP address, host name, or Fully Qualified Domain Name

(FQDN) >:<Port Number>/web/default.aspx.

NOTE: FQDN is required to show a valid certificate. The certificate shows an error if an IP address or local host is used.

The console launch port number (default port number 2607) is required to launch OpenManage Essentials from a browser on a remote system. While installing OpenManage Essentials, if you changed the port using the

Custom Install option, use the selected console launch port in the preceding URL.

The First Time Setup page is displayed.

Configuring OpenManage Essentials

If you are logging on to OpenManage Essentials for the first time, the First

Time Setup tutorial is displayed. The tutorial provides step-by-step instructions for setting up an environment of servers and devices to communicate with

OpenManage Essentials. The steps include:

• Configuring the SNMP protocol on each target server.

• Installing Dell OpenManage Server Administrator on each target server.

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• Enabling network discovery (For Windows Server 2008-based servers) on each target server.

• Discovering devices on your network.

After you have completed the First Time Setup wizard, the Discovery Range

Configuration is displayed, for more information, see Configuring a Discovery and Inventory Task .

Using the OpenManage Essentials Home Portal

OpenManage Essentials user interface contains these components:

1 Logo and banner

3 Console area

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4

Menu items

Add a report to the home portal

5 Save the current home portal layout 6 Load the last saved home portal layout

7 Load the default home portal layout 8 Refresh the home portal page

9 Launch the online help

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Customizing the Home Portal

You can change the layout of the portal page to accomplish the following:

• Display additional available reports.

• Hide graphs and reports.

• Rearrange or resize graphs and reports by dragging and dropping.

If a pop up window on any screen is bigger than the screen and if scrolling is not possible, set the browser’s zoom value to 75% or less to make it visible.

From the various reports that are available, you can select specific reports and set them to display on the Dashboard. You can click on these reports to further drill-down and get more details; for the list of available reports see

Home Portal Reports

.

For more information on Home portal, see

OpenManage Essentials Home

Portal - Reference .

Displaying Additional Available Reports and

Graphs

Charts have drill-down feature.

To view additional reports and graphs, click the icon on the top right corner to see and display the list of available reports and graphs.

• Alerts by Severity

• Devices by Status

• Discovered versus Inventoried Devices

• Alerts

• Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) Information

• Hard Drives Inventory

• HyperV Information

• Memory

• Modular Enclosures

• NIC Information

• PCI Device Information

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• Server Components and Versions

• Server Overview

• Storage Controllers

• Task Status

• ESX Information

After selecting the desired report, dock the control using the the desired location.

control to

Drilling-Down Charts and Reports for More Information

To drill-down for further details, do the following:

• In report charts, click the charts and further details are displayed.

• In report tables, use the drag and drop option or funnel options to filter for the required data and use right-click options to perform various tasks.

Saving and Loading the Home Portal Layout

To save and load the Home portal layout, click the to the portal page layout.

icon to save changes

All the current layout settings and visible reports on the portal are saved on the portal page.

To load the previous portal layout, click the icon.

Updating the Portal Data

To refresh the portal page manually, click the icon.

To load the default portal layout, click the icon.

Hiding Graphs and Reports (Components)

To hide graphs and reports (components): Click the icon on the report or graph and select the Hide option to remove the component from the portal page or select the Auto Hide option to move the component to the side bar.

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To remove a component from the portal page, click the X icon in the report or graph.

To move the report to the side bar, click the icon.

Re-arranging or Re-sizing Graphs and

Reports (Components)

Click the icon and select from the following options:

• Floating—To move the component freely in the portal page.

• Dockable—To dock the component in the portal page. If the component is floating, right-click the title to dock or tab the component.

• Tabbed Document—To move the component into a tab in the portal page.

Select the control to dock a floating component. You can create a tabbed view by docking a pane within other panes or dock a pane at the top, bottom, left, or right side of the main window.

You can resize panes and all panes will fill the selected area when docked.

To move the component to the side bar, click the select the component and click the icon.

icon and to restore it,

To create filters in a report grid, click the icon. This is not specific to the portal page layout and the settings related to these associations are not saved.

Filtering Data

You can filter the results by dragging and dropping column headers to the top of reports. You can choose one or more attributes when revising the view to meet your specific needs.

For example, in Devices by Status pie chart, click a status such as Critical. In the Device Summary page, drag the Device Type and Service Tag to the top of the report. The view immediately changes to a nested information based on your preference. In this example, the information is grouped first by

Device Type, and second by Service Tag. Drill-down through these filtered groups to see the remaining information for the devices.

For more information, see Viewing Device Summary .

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