Feature
Description
Benefits
Modern UI with elastic search capabilities
OpenManage Enterprise uses the modern
HTML5 standard for its UI while enabling
an elastic search engine that allows IT
administrators to find anything in the
console in a single search
Minimizes training time and maximizes
efficiency by delivering quick results on
searches involving devices, hardware and
software inventory, features, functions,
and so on. Also provides access from
various browsers, and mobile devices.
Firmware compliance policies and updates Firmware compliance policies allow IT
administrators to establish one or more
firmware baselines for groups of the
PowerEdge servers in their environment.
Selectively update firmware that is not
compliant with the customer defined
baselines.
Provides a simple method of enforcing
minimum firmware levels for the
PowerEdge servers that eliminates human
error and minimizes downtime. Reinforces
security by enabling customers to stay
current with the firmware recommended
by Dell EMC.
Configuration compliance policies
Configuration compliance policies allow IT
Administrators to establish one or more
configuration baselines for groups of the
PowerEdge servers in their environment.
Enables a simple method to monitor the
PowerEdge servers against an established
baseline. Helps in enforcing security
standards and ensuring management
consistency across server BIOS, RAID,
network and the iDRAC settings.
Bare-metal server deployment
Automate server HW configuration
deployment to a bare-metal PowerEdge
server and kick off unattended OS
installation process.
Saves time and relies less on local IT
Administrators for provisioning and
configuring PowerEdge server hardware in
a reliable and consistent manner.
Custom Template Edit
Edit the deployment template attributes
by using:
•
Guided view
•
Advanced view
Provides ability to control template editing
via "guided view" for specific attributes,
such as BIOS, boot sequence etc to avoid
human error. Granular control for
sophisticated users via the "advanced
view" template editing
Support for MX-series
Support for discovery, inventory,
configuration compliance and remediation
of MX7000 chassis-as a standalone
chassis and as a lead chassis in an Multi
Chassis Management (MCM) group.
Provides unified support for rack, blades,
chassis from a single choice of console for
our customer
Stateless Deployments and virtual Identity
management
You can assign virtual identities to servers
and perform stateless deployment
Stateless deployments enable to create a
server environment that is dynamic and
flexible by automatically generating and
assigning virtual identity attributes to the
I/O interfaces of a server
New Platform Support
Support for the latest 14th generation
PowerEdge servers including the new
blade servers of MX7000 chassis.
Provides unified support for multi-
generational rack, blades, chassis from a
single choice of console for our customer
OpenManage Enterprise RESTful API
REST API enhancements for network
configuration, identity pool creation,
device template configuration, and profile
management
Helps customer script from higher-level
frameworks to enable enhanced
automation in a datacenter environment
Configuration Remediation
Remediation of a server config that has
drifted against a defined baseline.
Helps keep datacenter in compliance to
configuration standards
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