name: Dell Servers OpenManage Enterprise API Capabilities
description: >-
  Capabilities exposed by the Dell OpenManage Enterprise REST API for
  centralized discovery, inventory, monitoring, and lifecycle management of
  Dell PowerEdge infrastructure at scale.
capabilities:
  - name: Create Session
    description: Authenticate and create an OpenManage Enterprise session.
    operationId: createSession
    method: POST
    path: /SessionService/Sessions
  - name: List Devices
    description: List managed devices in the OME inventory.
    operationId: listDevices
    method: GET
    path: /DeviceService/Devices
  - name: Get Device
    description: Retrieve a single managed device by identifier.
    operationId: getDevice
    method: GET
    path: /DeviceService/Devices({Id})
  - name: Get Device Inventory
    description: Retrieve detailed hardware inventory for a managed device.
    operationId: getDeviceInventory
    method: GET
    path: /DeviceService/Devices({Id})/InventoryDetails
  - name: List Groups
    description: List device groups used to organize and target operations.
    operationId: listGroups
    method: GET
    path: /GroupService/Groups
  - name: List Group Devices
    description: List devices belonging to a group.
    operationId: listGroupDevices
    method: GET
    path: /GroupService/Groups({Id})/Devices
  - name: List Discovery Configurations
    description: List discovery configurations used to onboard new devices.
    operationId: listDiscoveryConfigs
    method: GET
    path: /DiscoveryConfigService/DiscoveryConfigGroups
  - name: Create Discovery Configuration
    description: Create a discovery job to onboard new devices.
    operationId: createDiscoveryConfig
    method: POST
    path: /DiscoveryConfigService/DiscoveryConfigGroups
  - name: List Alerts
    description: List active and historical alerts across managed devices.
    operationId: listAlerts
    method: GET
    path: /AlertService/Alerts
  - name: Get Alert
    description: Retrieve a single alert by identifier.
    operationId: getAlert
    method: GET
    path: /AlertService/Alerts({Id})
  - name: List Jobs
    description: List jobs used to execute tasks across managed devices.
    operationId: listJobs
    method: GET
    path: /JobService/Jobs
  - name: Create Job
    description: Create a job to execute on managed devices.
    operationId: createJob
    method: POST
    path: /JobService/Jobs
  - name: Get Job
    description: Retrieve a job's status and execution detail.
    operationId: getJob
    method: GET
    path: /JobService/Jobs({Id})
  - name: List Firmware Catalogs
    description: List firmware catalogs available to OME for compliance baselines.
    operationId: listFirmwareCatalogs
    method: GET
    path: /UpdateService/Catalogs
  - name: Get Firmware Baselines
    description: Retrieve firmware compliance baselines for managed devices.
    operationId: getFirmwareBaselines
    method: GET
    path: /UpdateService/Baselines
  - name: List Configuration Templates
    description: List configuration templates used to apply standard settings.
    operationId: listConfigurationTemplates
    method: GET
    path: /TemplateService/Templates
  - name: List Report Definitions
    description: List built-in and custom report definitions.
    operationId: listReportDefinitions
    method: GET
    path: /ReportService/ReportDefs
  - name: Get Network Configuration
    description: Retrieve appliance network configuration.
    operationId: getNetworkConfiguration
    method: GET
    path: /ApplicationService/Network/AdapterConfigurations
use_cases:
  - name: Centralized fleet management
    description: Discover, inventory, and monitor Dell PowerEdge servers across a data center from a single console.
  - name: Firmware compliance enforcement
    description: Detect drift from firmware baselines and remediate via scheduled update jobs.
  - name: Configuration standardization
    description: Apply configuration templates so new servers meet operational standards.
  - name: Alert triage and incident response
    description: Forward alerts to ITSM and observability platforms for triage and remediation.
  - name: Group-based automation
    description: Target operations to logical groups to support multi-tenant or workload-aligned management.
  - name: Reporting and analytics
    description: Generate inventory, health, and warranty reports for capacity planning and audits.