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About OpenManage Essentials
OpenManage Essentials is a hardware management application that provides a comprehensive view of Dell systems,
devices, and components in the enterprise’s network. With OpenManage Essentials, a web-based and one‑to‑many
systems management application for Dell systems and other devices, you can:
• Discover and inventory the systems.
• Monitor the health of the system.
• View and manage system alerts.
• Perform system updates.
• View hardware inventory and compliance reports.
What is New in This Release
• Map View for Dell PowerEdge VRTX devices. See Using Map View.
• Addition of Microsoft Windows Server 2012 as a supported operating system for the management station.
• Search functionality. See Search Bar.
• Ability to configure OpenManage Essentials to send the warranty status of your devices through email at
periodic intervals. See Configuring Warranty Email Notifications.
• Ability to configure OpenManage Essentials to generate a warranty scoreboard based on your preference and
display a notification icon in the heading banner when the warranty scoreboard is available. See Configuring
Warranty Scoreboard Notifications.
• Enhanced support for Dell Compellent, Dell Force10 E-Series and C-Series, Dell PowerConnect 8100 series, Dell
PowerVault FS7500, and PowerVault NX3500 devices.
• Support for installing OpenManage Essentials on the domain controller.
• Ability to log on as a different user. See Logging On as a Different User.
• Device Group Permissions portal. See Managing Device Group Permissions.
• Addition of the OmeSiteAdministrators role. See Using Security Roles and Permissions.
• Availability of the following reports: Asset Acquisition Information, Asset Maintenance Information, Asset
Support Information, and Licensing Information. See Reports – Reference.
• Addition of a device group for Citrix XenServers and Dell PowerEdge C servers in the device tree. See Device
Summary Page.
• Availability of storage and controller information in the device inventory for the following client systems: Dell
OptiPlex, Dell Latitude, and Dell Precision.
• CLI support for discovery, inventory, status polling, and removal of devices from the device tree. See Running
Discovery, Inventory, and Status Polling Tasks and Removing a Device.
• CLI command for modifying and adding ranges to an existing Discovery Range Group. See Editing a Discovery
Range Group.
• Availability of sample command line remote tasks for uninstalling OpenManage Server Administrator and
applying a server configuration on multiple managed nodes. See Command Line.
• Display of a notification icon in the heading banner to indicate the availability of a newer version of
OpenManage Essentials. See OpenManage Essentials Heading Banner.
• Support for enabling or disabling rebooting after system update for out-of band (iDRAC) system updates.
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