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Viewing Inventory Reports
OpenManage Essentials provides pre-defined reports for all discovered and inventoried devices. With these reports, you can:
• Consolidate information about devices in your environment.
• Filter report data based on the devices by clicking the Filter by: drop-down list. You can also add a new group of devices from the dashboard by clicking Add New Group from the Filter by: drop-down list.
• Export data for use in another application in the XML file format.
NOTE: By default, the reports display the latest device information when you access the reports.
If a report is open and you have not navigated from the report, you must click the refresh button to view the latest device information on the report.
NOTE: You cannot create new reports.
Choosing Predefined Reports
To view predefined reports, click Reports.
The Managed Systems Reports displays the predefined reports. Select from the available reports to view particular information about the devices in your environment. You can filter the reports based on the devices by clicking the Filter by: drop-down list. You can also add a new group of devices by clicking Add
New Group from the Filter by: drop-down list.
Predefined Reports
Report
Agent and Alert Summary
Description
Identifies the OpenManage Server Administrator versions installed on devices in the environment and allows you to identify the devices generating the most alerts. If the Server Administrator is not installed on a server, it is displayed as None.
• The upper left web part identifies the
OpenManage Server Administrator versions in your environment.
• Clicking the OpenManage Server Administrator version in the OpenManage Server
Administrator pie chart in the top right web part shows you the list of servers with that version installed.
• The lower left web part lists in descending order the devices generating the most alerts since initial discovery and inventory.
• The top five event generating devices are identified in the lower right web part. Click on a
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Report
Device Compliance
Server Overview
Server Components and Versions
Asset Acquisition Information
Asset Maintenance Information
Asset Support Information
Hard Drive Information
ESX Information
HyperV Information
FRU Information
License Information
Device Location Information
Memory Information
Modular Enclosure Information
NIC Information
PCI Device Information
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Description specific device to view the events associated with it.
Provides information about the compliance of a server or chassis to an associated device configuration template.
Provides information about the servers such as the system name, operating system installed on the server, processors, and memory.
Identifies BIOS, driver, and firmware versions on all discovered and inventoried servers.
Provides acquisition information about the devices.
Provides the maintenance information about the devices.
Provides the support information about the devices.
Identifies serial number, revision, manufacturer, and bus type for hard drives.
Identifies ESX and ESXi virtual machine hosts and associated virtual machines.
Identifies the HyperV virtual machine hosts and associated virtual machines.
Provides details on replaceable server components.
Provides the licensing information for the device.
Provides information about the location of a device in a data center.
Provides details on DIMMs and identifies the slot a particular DIMM occupies within a server.
Provides information about the enclosure type, firmware version, enclosure Service Tag, and so on.
Identifies the NIC model-IP address, MAC address, manufacturer and part and serial numbers for
NICs.
Identifies model, manufacturer, and slot for PCI and PCIe controllers in each server.
Report
Storage Controller Information
Virtual Disk Information
Warranty Information
BIOS Configuration
License Information
Template Association
Description
Identifies the storage controllers on the server and provides the controller name, vendor, controller type, and controller state:
• Ready: The storage controller is ready for use.
• Degraded: There is a potential problem with the controller. Investigation is required.
Provides information about the virtual disk such as size, layout, stripe size, and so on.
for details on how to run the warranty report and the information it provides.
Provides the BIOS configuration information of the system.
Provides IPMI over LAN, SSH, and Telnet status of the iDRAC.
Provides information about the device configuration templates and the devices associated to the templates.
Filtering Report 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 the NIC Information report, drag the System Type and System Name to the top of the report. The view immediately changes to a nesting of information based on your preference. In this example, you can view nested data for NICs; NIC IP Address, MAC Address, and NIC description.
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Figure 4. NIC Information Report
Exporting Reports
Exporting a report enables you to manipulate and reformat the data. To export a report:
1.
In the Reports list, right-click on any report to display the Export option.
2. Scroll over the Export option to display supported formats.
3. Choose your preferred format (CSV, HTML, or XML) and provide a file name for the exported report.
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