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Settings — Reference
In the Settings page, you can configure the OpenManage Essentials console. You can set the SMTP and proxy server information, adjust session timeout, database maintenance schedules, restart services, create custom URL menu items, enable or disable internal alerts, observe daylight savings time, and enable or disable the ActiveX features.
NOTE: After modifying the general settings, click Apply to save the changes. Navigating to another portion of the console without clicking Apply resets the settings to the previously saved preferences.
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Warranty Notification Settings
Alert Settings
Table 257. Alert Settings
Field
Enable Internal Health Alerts
Enable Internal Connection Status Alerts
Description
Select the check box to enable internal health alerts. When enabled, OpenManage Essentials generates internal alerts when the global health status of the device changes.
Select the check box to enable internal connection status alerts.
When enabled, OpenManage Essentials generates internal alerts when the connection status of the device changes.
Alert Popup Notification Settings
Enable Alert Popup Notifications Select the check box to enable pop-up notifications to be displayed when an alert is received.
Select the time interval between each alert pop-up notification.
Seconds between popup notifications
SNMP Listener Settings
Support V1/V2c Traps
Support V1/V2c/V3 Traps
Select the option to use Windows SNMP Trap service for receiving the traps.
Select the option to use dedicated Net SNMP trap reception port for receiving the traps.
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Field
Dedicated Trap listening port
Description
Enter the SNMP trap reception port. By default, the dedicated trap reception port is 162.
Custom URL Settings
Table 258. Custom URL Settings
Field
Name
Device Group
Custom URL
Description
Date Created
Date Updated
Description
Displays the name assigned to the URL.
Displays the device group associated with the URL.
Displays the URL.
Displays the description provided for the custom URL.
Displays the date the URL was created.
Displays the date the URL was updated.
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Deployment Settings
The fields displayed in the Deployment Settings page are described in the following table.
Table 259. Deployment Settings
Description Field
File Share Settings
Domain \ Username User name to access the file share.
Password
File Share Status
Allow using file share for Device Configuration feature on server
Auto Deployment Settings
Enable auto deployment for recently discovered devices
Password to access the file share.
Indicates the status of the deployment file share configuration.
Allows using file share for device configuration features on the server.
Run auto deployment every xx Minutes
Select to allow OpenManage Essentials to deploy a configuration template to devices that will be discovered later.
Set the time interval at which you want to attempt the configuration deployment on devices that will be discovered later.
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Device Tree Settings
Table 260. Device Tree Settings
Field
Always display RAC device name under RAC group
Description
Select the check box to display the RAC name (RAC DNS name or instrumentation name) of the iDRAC in the device tree, portals, and wizards.
NOTE: The RAC name is displayed only if you have discovered the iDRAC with the WS-Man protocol.
Otherwise, the system name is displayed instead of the
RAC name.
Identify devices with lost connection in device tree
Select the check box to display the icon in the device tree and portals for devices that are not reachable.
Discovery Settings
The Discovery Settings page enables you to configure the type of wizard you want to use for discovering devices. The fields displayed in the Discovery Settings page are described in the following table.
Table 261. Discovery Settings
Field
Standard Wizard
Guided Wizard
Description
If selected, the Discover Devices wizard displays a list of protocols for discovering devices.
If selected, the Discover Devices wizard displays a list of device types and the required protocols for discovering and managing the selected devices. After the required protocol configurations are completed, by default, this wizard runs both discovery and inventory.
NOTE: Discovery of Dell EMC storage arrays is not supported by the Guided Wizard.
Skip ICMP ping during discovery
Discover the selected Device Types only
If selected, the ICMP Configuration settings will be disabled from the Discover Devices wizard. By selecting this option,
ICMP ping is skipped during discovery and inventory of the devices, system updates, configuration and deployment tasks.
In OpenManage Essentials 2.4, this option is enabled by default.
If selected, this option allows device-type discovery in the guided wizard.
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Field
Email Settings
Table 262. Email Settings
Field
SMTP Server Name or IP Address
Use Credentials
Domain \ User name
Password
Port
Use SSL
Logging
General Settings
Table 263. General Settings
Field
Console Session Timeout
Database Maintenance Execution Schedule
Restart All OpenManage Essentials Services
Security Settings (ActiveX)
Description
NOTE: The device range that was discovered in
OpenManage Essentials version 2.2 and earlier may have discovered both chassis and iDRAC using WS-MAN protocol. In OpenManage Essentials 2.4, if Discover the selected Device Types only option is enabled in
Discovery settings, then only the specific device selected in the guided wizard will be discovered and other devices are classified as unknown devices. For example: Selecting iDRAC device type with WS-MAN protocol will discover only iDRAC devices using WS-
MAN protocol.
Description
Enter the SMTP server name or IP address.
Enable the user credentials.
Enter the domain and user name.
Enter the user password.
Check Use Default to use the default port number or manually add the port number.
Enable this check box to use SSL.
Select to enable or disable logging based on your preference.
Description
Amount of user-inactive time that passes before the console automatically logs the user out.
The date and time when the database maintenance activity will begin.
NOTE: It is recommended not to run or schedule any task (discovery, inventory, status polling, and so on) during database maintenance, as the console is less responsive during database maintenance.
Restarts the services associated with OpenManage Essentials.
NOTE: It is recommended to have discovery, inventory, status polling, and other tasks completed before restarting the OpenManage Essentials services.
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Field
Allow MIB Import Utility Launch
Allow Remote Desktop Launch
Allow Troubleshooting Tool Launch
ActiveX Status
Time Zone Settings
Observe Daylight Savings Time for Server Selected Region
Client Time Zone
OME Server Time Zone
OME Server Daylight Savings Status
Description
Installs and runs an ActiveX component on the client machine to launch the MIB Import Utility.
Installs and runs an ActiveX component on the client machine to launch remote desktop sessions.
Installs and runs an ActiveX component on the client machine to launch the Troubleshooting Tool.
Displays the ActiveX status. Click Refresh Status to refresh the
ActiveX status.
Click this check box to enable adjusting the scheduled date and time values based on the server's time zone. Adjusting the server's time zone setting changes the settings in OpenManage
Essentials. Enabling this option adjusts the date and time values of scheduled items when daylight savings begin or ends.
Displays the time zone and UTC offset of the client’s time zone.
Displays the time zone and UTC offset of the server's time zone.
Displays the current daylight savings time status of the server's time zone and offset of daylight savings time. It also displays whether the server's time zone is observing daylight savings or is in standard time zone time.
Proxy Settings (used for System Update and Warranty)
Use Proxy Settings
Proxy Server Address or Name
Domain \ User name
Password
Proxy Port Number
Enable the use of proxy settings for internet access for System
Update and Warranty.
The IP address or server name of the proxy server. Check the browser's proxy LAN settings, or ask your network administrator if unsure.
The domain and user name of the proxy user.
User's proxy password.
The port number to access the proxy server. Check the browser's proxy LAN settings, or ask your network administrator if unsure.
Click to test connection to the internet with the proxy credentials.
Test Connection
KACE Appliance Settings
KACE Appliance URL
Test URL
Task Settings
Table 264. Task Settings
Field
Task Execution History Settings
Task Execution History Records to be Retained
The URL of the KACE appliance.
Click to test connectivity to the KACE appliance.
Description
Select the number of records to load in the Task Execution
History.
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Field Description
NOTE: Older task execution history records are purged when this limit is exceeded, except for discovery, inventory, status polling, importing catalog for system update, device configuration inventory, updating OME internal component, deploying configuration to undiscovered devices tasks.
Task Popup Notification Settings
Enable Task Popup Notifications
Seconds between popup notifications
Select the check box to enable pop-up notifications to be displayed when a task is completed.
Select the time interval between each task pop-up notification.
Warranty Notification Settings
The following table provides information about the fields displayed in the Settings → Warranty Notification Settings page.
Table 265. Warranty Notification Settings
Field
Warranty Email Notifications
Description
Enable Warranty Email Notifications
To
From
All Devices with x days or less of warranty
Enables or disables the sending of warranty email notifications.
The email addresses of the recipients of the warranty notification email. Each email address must be a valid email address. Multiple email addresses must be separated using a semicolon.
The email address from which the warranty notification email is to be sent. Only one email address must be provided. The email address must be a valid email address.
Determines which devices to include in the warranty notification email. Devices with warranty less than or equal to the specified days are included in the warranty notification email.
Include Expired Warranties
Send email every
Email Settings x days
Next Email Will Send On
Specifies if devices with expired warranty (0 days) or no warranty information should be included in the warranty email notification.
The duration between successive warranty email notifications.
An update to this field takes effect only after the next warranty email notification is sent.
The date and time at which the next warranty notification email is to be sent. You can configure this field to set when the next warranty notification email is to be sent. After an email notification is successfully sent, this field is updated automatically based on the setting in the Send email every x days field.
Opens the E-mail Settings page where you can configure the
SMTP email server.
Warranty Scoreboard Notifications
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Field
Enable Warranty Scoreboard Notifications
All Devices with x Days or less of warranty
Include Expired Warranties
Description
Enables or disables the display of the warranty notifications icon in the OpenManage Essentials heading banner. The warranty notification icon is displayed only if a device has warranty less than or equal to the days specified in All Devices with x Days or less of warranty .
Determines which devices to include in the warranty notification email. Devices with warranty less than or equal to the specified days are included in the warranty notification email.
Specifies if devices with expired warranty (0 days) or no warranty information should be included in the Device Warranty
Report .
Warranty Popup Notification Settings
Enable Warranty Popup Notification Enables or disables the display of the warranty popup notifications in the console. The warranty popup notification is displayed only if a device has warranty less than or equal to the days specified in All Devices with x Days or less of warranty .
Warranty Update Settings
Enable Warranty Updates
Update warranty every x days
Next warranty update will be on
Enables or disables the checking of warranty information of the discovered devices on the support site.
The duration between successive warranty update checks.
The date and time at which the next warranty updates are checked. You can configure this field to set when the next warranty updates are checked. After the warranty information is successfully checked, this field is updated automatically based on the setting in the Update warranty every x days field.
Related links
Configuring Warranty Email Notifications
Configuring Warranty Scoreboard Notifications
Permissions
The following is the description of the panels and fields displayed in the Device Group Permissions portal.
Common Tasks
The Common Tasks pane displays the Edit Members of OmeSiteAdministrators option that you can use to add or remove a user from the OmeSiteAdministrators role.
Manage Device Group Permissions
The Manage Device Group Permissions pane displays the OmeSiteAdministrators in a tree-view format. The User Overviews are displayed in the right-side pane when you click OmeSiteAdministrators in the Manage Device Group Permissions pane. The following are the fields in User Overviews :
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Table 266. Manage Device Group Permissions
Field
User Type
Domain
Name
Description
Displays if the member is a user or user group.
Displays the domain of the user.
Displays the name of the user.
Device Groups for Tasks and Patch Targeting
The Device Groups for Tasks and Patch Targeting section is displayed in the right-side pane when you click a user name in the
Manage Device Group Permissions pane. This section displays the device groups in a tree-view format.
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Managing Device Group Permissions
Adding Users to the OmeSiteAdministrators Role
Assigning Device Groups to a User
Removing Users From the OmeSiteAdministrators Role
Purge Download Settings
The Purge Download Settings page allows you to configure the settings for automatic purging of downloaded BIOS, firmware, driver, and application files.
The following table provides information about the fields displayed in the Settings → Purge Download Settings page.
Table 267. Purge Download Settings
Field
Enable purging of downloaded files
Size limit of the downloads folder (GB)
Description
Select to allow purging of the BIOS, firmware, drivers, or application files that are downloaded by OpenManage
Essentials.
Select the size limit of the folder to which OpenManage
Essentials downloads the files that are required for applying system updates or remote tasks. By default, the downloaded files are saved in the <install location>\Essentials\System
Update folder. Files will be automatically purged from the downloads folder (<install location>\Essentials\System Update) when the folder size reaches the defined size limit. (Range: 5
GB to 20 GB; Default: 20 GB)
Approximate size of the downloaded files to be purged Select the approximate size of the downloaded files that you want to purge. Files will be purged until the total size of the purged files reaches or exceeds the approximate size that you have defined. (Range: 1 GB to 4 GB; Default: 4 GB)
Related links
Configuring the Settings for Automatic Purging of Downloaded Files
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