performed within a single console that unifies management of tower, rack, and modular platforms. OpenManage Enterprise helps in
standardizing and supporting IT management policies and practices.
The OpenManage Enterprise console simplifies and strengthens the current capability of OpenManage Essentials in the following
areas:
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educed time and effort that is required to manage small and large-scale IT environments using HTML5 GUI
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Simplified GUI workflow to provide a single management layer that unifies the management of PowerEdge tower, rack, and
modular platforms
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Packaged and delivered as virtual appliance and supports ESXi, HyperV, and KVM
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Redesigned architecture on CentOS with the PostgreSQL database. Operating system and database license are no longer
required
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Centralized user management with role-based access control
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Enabled with customer automation and solution integration using Northbound API
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Enhanced policy-driven management
OpenManage Enterprise feature and benefits
Feature
Description
Benefits
Packaged as a virtual appliance
OpenManage Enterprise is readily
deployable as a virtual appliance in ESXi,
Hyper-V, and KVM hypervisors
Enables quick and easy deployment while
gaining the benefits of virtualization,
including the migration of the application
from one physical server to another.
Discovery and Inventory on the IPv4 or
IPv6 network
Discovery and inventory data center
hardware up to 5500 devices.
Provides data-center visibility for IT
administrators. Improves security and
provides a management solution for
customers no longer using IPv4.
Automatic device onboarding
The "make ready for management" step is
automated for iDRAC during the device
discovery and inventory process.
Minimizes human errors during the
process of discovery and setup. Helps in
getting the environment ready for on-
going management.
Device level role-based access control
(RBAC)
The scope of IT administration
responsibilities can be assigned to specific
groups of devices.
Helps ensure IT Admin workload balance
and skill-set alignment.
Server single sign-on
Use of credential caching is employed to
avoid further password prompts when IT
administration perform management tasks
or launch the iDRAC virtual console.
Delivers fast and seamless management
across the PowerEdge server lifecycle
while enabling management from a single
level.
Monitoring and Event Processing
Monitoring system health for discovered
devices and create event policy to
dispatch hardware events.
Provides IT admin real time feedback for
the health of their environment and
enables automated responses through
automation policy.
Comprehensive API
All product features are accessible from a
new RESTful API that is conformant to
the new popular Redfish standard.
Enables IT Admins to automate features
and functions of OpenManage Enterprise
through popular tools such as PowerShell
and Python. It also allows them the
flexibility of integrating OpenManage
Enterprise into their existing IT processes
Custom reports
IT administrators can use a powerful
reporting engine to create customized
reports.
Provides IT Admins rapid and easy access
to specific device information.
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