Getting Started With OpenManage Essentials. Dell V1.2, OpenManage Essentials v1.2
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Getting Started With OpenManage Essentials
Logging On to OpenManage Essentials
To log on to OpenManage Essentials:
NOTE: Before you launch OpenManage Essentials, ensure that Javascript is enabled on your web browser.
• 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 local or remote system, launch a supported browser. In the address field, type any of the following:
– https://< Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) >:
– https://<IP address, host name, or Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) >:<Port Number>/web/ default.aspx
– https://<IP address>:<Port Number>/
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.
NOTE: You can log on to OpenManage Essentials as a different user at any time by using the Sign in as Different
User option. For more information, see Logging On As a Different User .
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Using the OpenManage Essentials Home Portal
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.
• Enabling network discovery (For Windows Server 2008-based servers) on each target server.
• Discovering devices on your network.
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The date and time displayed in the console is in a format that is selected in the browser settings and used in the region.
When a time zone change or daylight savings change occurs, the time is updated accordingly in the console. Changing time zones or daylight savings, changes the time in the console, but does not change the time in the database.
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Using the OpenManage Essentials Home Portal
Using the OpenManage Essentials Home Portal
OpenManage Essentials user interface contains these components:
Figure 1. OpenManage Essentials Home Portal
1. Heading banner
2. Menu items and search bar
3. Console area
4. 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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OpenManage Essentials Heading Banner
The banner may display the following icons:
• Critical icon and Warning icon including the number of devices. You can click the icon or the number to view the devices in either state.
• OpenManage Essentials service not running icon (blinking down arrow) . You can click the icon to view the details and to restart the service.
• Update available notification icon indicates if a newer version of OpenManage Essentials is available. You can click the icon to open a website from where you can download the new version of OpenManage Essentials.
• Warranty scoreboard notification icon including the number of devices with
x
days or less of warranty. You can click the icon or number to view the Device Warranty Report that lists the device with certain days or less of warranty. The warranty scoreboard notification icon is displayed only if you have selected Enable Warranty
Scoreboard Notifications in Preferences → Warranty Notification Settings.
In addition to the icons, the banner also contains links to the following:
• Dell TechCenter — Click to view the information on various technologies, best practices, knowledge sharing, and information on Dell products.
• Support — Click to open support.dell.com.
• Help — Click to open the online help.
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• About — Click to view general OpenManage Essentials product information.
User name
— Displays the user name of the currently logged in user. Move the mouse pointer over the user name to display the following options:
– User Info — Click to view the OpenManage Essentials roles associated with the current user.
– Sign in as Different User — Click to log in to OpenManage Essentials as a different user.
NOTE: The Sign in as Different User option is not supported on Google Chrome.
NOTE: The banner is available in all the pages.
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Logging On As a Different User
Using the Update Available Notification Icon
Using the Warranty Scoreboard Notification Icon
Customizing Portals
You can change the layout of the portal page to accomplish the following:
• Display additional available reports.
NOTE: This option is only available in the Home portal.
• 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 zoom value of the browser to 75% or less.
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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 get more details. For the list of available reports, see
For more information on the:
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Home portal, see OpenManage Essentials Home Portal Reference
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Device portal, see Devices Reference .
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Discovery and inventory portal, see Discovery And Inventory Reference
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• Reports portal, see
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. The following list of available reports and graphs is displayed:
• Alerts by Severity
• Devices by Status
• Discovered vs. Inventoried Devices
• Alerts
• Asset Acquisition Information
• Asset Maintenance Information
• Asset Support Information
• ESX Information
• FRU Information
• Hard Drive Information
• HyperV Information
• License Information
• Memory Information
• Modular Enclosure Information
• NIC Information
• PCI Device Information
• Server Components and Versions
• Server Overview
• Storage Controller Information
• Task Status
After selecting the desired report or graph, dock the report or graph using the following control to the desired location.
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Drilling Down Charts and Reports for More Information
To drill-down for further details, perform one of the following:
• In report charts, click the charts.
• In report tables, use the drag and drop option or funnel options to filter the required data and right-click the table rows to perform various tasks.
Saving and Loading the Portal Layout
To save and load the portal layout, click the icon.
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.
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.
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Rearranging or Resizing 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 icon and to restore it, select the component and click the icon.
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 view the remaining information for the devices.
For more information, see
Search Bar
The search bar is displayed at the top-right of the dashboard below the heading banner. The search bar is accessible from all portal pages, except when a pop-up or wizard is displayed. As you type text in the search bar, matching or similar item are displayed in the drop-down list.
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Search Items
You can search for the following using the search bar:
• Devices
• Device groups
• Discovery ranges
• Discovery range groups
• Exclude ranges
• Portals
• Wizards
• Remote tasks
• Preferences and settings
When a range, task, device, and so on is changed or created in the console, it is added to the searchable items within 20 seconds.
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Search Drop-Down List
The search bar displays a list as you type text in the search box. The items that contain the characters that you type are populated in the search drop-down list. Each item in the drop-down list includes two icons and the name of the item. The first icon indicates the item category (such as Device, Launch Wizard, and so on). The second icon indicates the state of the item (such as Normal, Critical, or Warning). Immediately after the two icons, the name of the item is displayed.
Moving the mouse pointer over an item in the drop-down list, displays a tool tip. The information displayed in the tool tip varies based on the item. For example, moving the mouse pointer over a device displays the following: Name, Type,
Health Status, Power Status, IP Address, Service Tag, and MAC Address. Selecting an item displayed in the tool tip performs the default action.
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Selection Actions
Selecting or clicking an item displayed in the search bar results in the following default actions:
Item Selected
Devices
Device Groups
Action
Displays the device details.
Displays the device group summary.
Discovery Ranges
Discovery Range Group
Portals
Wizards
Exclude Range
Displays the discovery range.
Displays the discovery range group summary.
Navigates to the appropriate portal.
Launches the appropriate wizard.
Displays the range summary.
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Item Selected
Remote Tasks
Action
Selects a task in the task tree.
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Map View (Home) Portal
NOTE: The Map View feature is available only if you have discovered any Dell PowerEdge VRTX devices with an
Enterprise license, using the WS-Man protocol. If the PowerEdge VRTX device with an Enterprise license is discovered using the SNMP protocol, the Map View feature is not available. In this case, you must rediscover the
PowerEdge VRTX device using the WS-Man protocol.
The Map View (home) portal can be accessed by clicking the Map View link in the Home portal.
NOTE: You can also access another implementation of the map (Map View tab) that is accessible through the
Devices portal.
The following are the features of the Map View (home) portal:
• The Map View (home) portal is not integrated with the device tree.
• You can select a device group to display on the map by using the Filter by drop-down box at the top of the map.
• Clicking a pin (device) on the Map View (home) portal opens the Devices portal that displays details about the device.
• Any change to the devices or settings on the Map View (home) portal is synchronized with the Map View tab accessible through the Devices portal.
• Zoom level and the visible portion of the Map View (home) portal are not synchronized with the Map View tab accessible through the Devices portal.
NOTE: For information about using the features available in Map View, see
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Using the OpenManage Essentials Home Portal
Map View (Home) Portal Interface
Viewing the User Information
To view the user information such as the OpenManage Essentials roles associated with the current user:
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Move the mouse pointer over the user name in the heading banner.
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In the menu that is displayed, click User Info.
The User Information for <user name> dialog box with the user information is displayed.
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OpenManage Essentials Heading Banner
Logging On As a Different User
NOTE: The Sign in as Different User option is not displayed on Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers. To log on as a different user when using Chrome or Firefox, close and reopen the browser, provide the new user credentials when prompted, and click OK.
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NOTE: When using the Sign in as Different User option in Internet Explorer, you may be prompted to provide the credentials multiple times
To log on to OpenManage Essentials as a different user:
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Move the mouse pointer over the user name in the heading banner.
2.
In the menu that is displayed, click Sign in as Different User.
The Windows Security dialog box is displayed, prompting for the user name and password.
3.
Type the User name and Password and click OK.
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Using the OpenManage Essentials Home Portal
OpenManage Essentials Heading Banner
Using the Update Available Notification Icon
NOTE: The update available notification icon may be displayed in the OpenManage Essentials heading banner only after you refresh the web browser.
The update available notification icon is displayed in the OpenManage Essentials heading banner when a new version of OpenManage Essentials is available. Move the mouse pointer over the icon to display a tool tip that provides information about the newer version available. Click the icon to open the Dell TechCenter OpenManage Essentials web page from where you can download a newer version of OpenManage Essentials.
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OpenManage Essentials Heading Banner
Using the Warranty Scoreboard Notification Icon
The warranty scoreboard notification icon is displayed in the OpenManage Essentials heading banner based on the criteria you have configured in Preferences → Warranty Notification Settings. The warranty scoreboard notification also displays the number of devices that meet the criteria you have configured. Click the icon to display the Device
Warranty Report that provides the warranty information of devices based on your Warranty Scoreboard Notifications settings.
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OpenManage Essentials Heading Banner
Configuring Warranty Scoreboard Notifications
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