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Preferences — Reference
In the Preferences page, you can configure the OpenManage Essentials console. You can set the SMTP and proxy
server information, adjust session timeout, database maintenance schedules, restart services, create custom URL menu
items, enable or disable internal alerts, observe daylight savings time, and enable or disable the ActiveX features.
NOTE: After modifying the console settings, click Apply to save the changes. Navigating to another portion of the
console without clicking Apply resets the settings to the previously saved preferences.
Console Settings
Field Description
Console Session Timeout Amount of user-inactive time that passes before the
console automatically logs the user out.
Database Maintenance Execution Schedule The date and time when the database maintenance
activity will begin. The console is less responsive during
the maintenance.
Restart All OpenManage Essentials Services Restarts the services associated with OpenManage
Essentials.
Security Settings (ActiveX)
Allow MIB Import Utility Launch Installs and runs an ActiveX component on the client
machine to launch the MIB Import Utility.
Allow Remote Desktop Launch Installs and runs an ActiveX component on the client
machine to launch remote desktop sessions.
Allow Troubleshooting Tool Launch Installs and runs an ActiveX component on the client
machine to launch the Dell Troubleshooting Tool.
ActiveX Status Displays the ActiveX status. Click Refresh Status to
refresh the ActiveX status.
Time Zone Settings
Observe Daylight Savings Time for Server Selected
Region
Click this check box to enable adjusting the scheduled
date and time values based on the server's time zone.
Adjusting the server's time zone setting changes the
settings in OpenManage Essentials. Enabling this option
adjusts the date and time values of scheduled items when
daylight savings begins or ends.
Server Time Zone Displays the time zone and UTC offset of the server's time
zone.
Daylight Savings Status Displays the current daylight savings time status of the
server's time zone and offset of daylight savings time. It
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