OpenManage Enterprise 4.0.x User's Guide

Managing devices and device groups

Manage devices and device groups that the OpenManage Enterprise monitors. The OpenManage Enterprise dashboard enables you to view live information about the status and availability of devices.

Click Devices to view and manage the device groups and devices that are discovered in OpenManage Enterprise. Device managers can only view or manage the device groups and its associated trees that are in their scope.

The left pane displays the device groups as follows:

• All Devices: The top-level root group contains all groups.
• System groups: Default groups created by OpenManage Enterprise when shipped.
• Custom groups: User-defined groups that administrators or device managers create. Create 'query' groups or 'static' groups under custom groups.
• Plug-in groups: Groups that plug-ins create.

You can create child groups under these parent groups. For more information, see Device Groups.

On top of the working pane, doughnut charts display the health state and alerts of all devices by default. However, when a group is selected on the left pane these doughnut charts would display the health state and alerts of the group that is selected. Also, if a plug-in is installed, a third doughnut chart might display the data of the installed plug-in. For more information, see Donut chart.

The table after the doughnut chart lists the devices and displays their health state, power state, name, IP address, and identifier. By default all the devices are listed, however when a group is selected in the left pane only the devices of that group are displayed. For more information about the device list, see Device list.

Use Advanced Filters to narrow down displayed devices in the Device List based on criteria such as Name, IP Address, Identifier, and more.

When you select a device in the list, the right pane displays the preview about the selected devices. When multiple devices are selected, the preview about the last selected device is displayed. Under Quick Actions, the management links that are correlated to the respective device are listed. To clear selections, click Clear Selection.