OpenManage Enterprise 4.0.x User's Guide

All Devices screen actions

Click Devices to perform actions on one or more devices in the device list.

The action buttons are context-sensitive to both the group selection from the tree on the left and also for the devices that are selected in the grid. So if the action is group-related, for example Run Inventory on Group and Refresh Health on Group default to the selected group. All device actions default to the selected devices. However, few actions such as Discovery are always applicable without any selection. Also, the type of actions available per device depends on the type of device selected.

NOTE:

Before performing any action, ensure you have the necessary user privileges as described in Role and scope-based access.
- All tasks that require OpenManage Enterprise to communicate with an iDRAC causes a log entry in the iDRAC Lifecycle Log (LC Logs). Various operations, such as discovery and inventory, require authentication requests to the target to retrieve the necessary data. These log entries occur for a short period of time during the discovery or inventory task. Also, when you click the Devices > NAME > Device Details screen, OpenManage Enterprise generates repeated, live requests to the iDRAC to maintain up-to-date data for display. Various factors can increase this activity, such as multiple discovery, inventory, or compliance tasks running simultaneously for a given device. These factors can increase the number of system-related authentication entries. If needed, leverage the Lifecycle Log display filters to restrict which log entries are displayed.

From theGroup Actions drop-down, you can:
- Create custom device groups. See Create a custom static or query group.
- Create static groups. See Create a static device group.
- Create query groups. See Create a query device group
- Edit static or query groups. See Edit a static group and Edit a query group.
- Clone groups. See Clone a static or query group.
- Rename group. See Rename a static or query group.
- Delete groups. See Delete a static or query device group.
- Add the devices to a new group. See Add devices to a new group.
- Add the devices to an existing group. See Add devices to existing group.
From the Discovery drop-down, you can:
- Discover and onboard devices. See Discovering devices and Onboarding devices.
- Exclude devices. See Exclude devices from OpenManage Enterprise.
- Edit Exclude ranges. See Global exclusion of ranges.
From the Inventory drop-down, you can:
- Run inventory on a device group. See Create an inventory job.
- Run inventory on devices. See Run inventory on devices.
From the Refresh Health drop-down, you can:
- Refresh health on group. See Refresh health on group.
- Refresh health on devices. See Refresh health on devices.
From the More Actions drop-down, you can:
- Turn the LED on. See Create a job to blink device LEDs.
- Turn the LED off. See Create a job to blink device LEDs.
- Power on the devices. See Create a job for managing power devices.
- Power off the devices. See Create a job for managing power devices.
- Gracefully shutting down devices. See Create a job for managing power devices.
- Power Cycle a system (Cold Boot). See Create a job for managing power devices.
- System reset (Warm Boot). See Create a job for managing power devices.
- Perform an IPMI CLI remote command on a device. See Run remote commands on managed devices.
- Perform a RACADM CLI remote command on a device. See Run remote commands on managed devices.
- Update the firmware or driver version of a device by using either predefined baselines or individual update packages. See Update the device firmware and drivers by using baselines. When selecting devices with the Across all pages option, the Update option is not available in the drop-down menu. The UI calculates device capabilities only for those in the current view or grid (limited to 25 devices at a time).
- Delete devices from OpenManage Enterprise. See Delete devices from OpenManage Enterprise.
- Export data on all the devices. See Export data
- Export data on the selected devices. See Export data

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All Devices screen actions

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