In this video, we demonstrate the process of discovering an MX7000 chassis,
verifying the firmware compliance,
and creating device configuration template and baseline in OpenManage Essentials.
Before you begin, ensure that you have local administrative privileges on the system.
To begin, click Manage and then Discovery and Inventory.
Under Common Tasks, click Add Discovery Range.
To discover an MX7000 chassis and the compute sleds,
you must provide the IP address of a standalone chassis
or of a lead chassis in a multi-chassis management domain.
Select Save as Group and enter a group name to group the chassis and compute sleds.
Then, enter the IP address of the MX7000 chassis, and click Add.
Click Next.
Select MX Chassis Discovery--All Components to use the REST
and WS-Man protocols to discover the chassis and compute sleds respectively.
Click Next.
Accept the default ICMP configuration settings, and click Next.
Enter the chassis credentials to use REST protocol for discovering the MX7000 chassis, and then click Next.
Note: Ensure that the Enable REST Discovery check box is selected to discover the MX7000 chassis.
To discover the compute sleds in the chassis,
enter the server credentials to discover using WS-Man protocol, and then click Next.
You can review your selected preferences on the Summary page and click Finish to create a discovery task.
After the discovery task is run, you can expand the discovery group on the left pane
to view the discovered chassis and compute sleds.
You can also view the discovered MX7000 chassis by clicking Devices, All Devices, Modular Systems,
and then PowerEdge MX7000.
The inventory details are displayed in the right pane.
To view the firmware compliance, click System Update.
The compliance of the MX chassis and its sleds is computed against an MX chassis default catalog.
Click View MX Chassis Default Catalog to view the details of the downloaded catalog from Dell.com.
Click the bar graph to view the firmware details of the compliant devices.
Similarly, you can click the corresponding noncompliant bar graph to view the noncompliant devices.
Note, that for an MX7000 chassis, the compliance details of the lead chassis,
member chassis, and compute sleds are listed individually.
To create a configuration template from a reference device,
click Deployment and then Create Template.
Enter a name for the template and select MX Chassis as a reference device.
Select MX7000 chassis from the applicable devices tree, and enter the chassis credentials. Then click Finish.
The Create Template task is run, and the template is listed under the MX Chassis Templates.
In the right pane, you can edit the attributes and then right-click the template and select Deploy.
To create a configuration baseline, click Manage, Configuration, and then click Create Baseline.
Provide a name for the baseline and select the device type as MX Chassis.
Next, select the MX chassis under the Modular systems from the applicable devices list.
Enter the credentials and click Finish.
The Create Baseline task is run and the baseline is listed under MX Chassis Baselines in the left pane.
To remediate, associate devices and deploy the baseline.
For more information about deploying the configuration templates and baselines,
see the Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials Version 2.5 User’s Guide on the support site.
You have now completed discovering an MX7000 chassis
and created MX chassis templates and baselines
for managing modular infrastructure in OpenManage Essentials.
For more information about Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials,
go to Dell.com/OME or Dell.com/OpenManageManuals.