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Managing Devices
OpenManage Essentials lists devices based on their types. For example, Dell PowerEdge servers are listed under the
device type Servers. OpenManage Essentials contains a defined list of device types. The devices you discover and
inventory are included under these device types. Unclassified devices are listed under the device type Unknown. You
can create device groups with combinations of the defined device types. However, you cannot create a new device
types.
In the Devices page, you can:
• View devices types that are discovered on the network.
• View the inventory information for the devices.
• View all the alerts that were generated for a device.
• View the hardware logs for a device.
• Create device groups and include devices to that group based on your grouping preference. For example, you
can create a group and include all devices present at a geographical location.
Viewing Devices
You can view a device that is discovered. For more information on discovering and inventorying a device, see
Discovering and Inventorying Devices.
To view devices, click Manage → Devices.
Device Summary Page
In the device summary page, expand the device types to view devices. The following device types are displayed:
• Clients
• High Availability (HA) clusters
• KVM
• Microsoft Virtualization
• Modular systems
• Network devices
– Switches
• OOB unclassified devices
– IPMI unclassified devices
• Power Devices
– PDU
– UPS
• Printers
• RAC
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