esxi5_techsheet.book Page 1 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM Dell OpenManage With VMware ESXi 5.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 2 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM Notes and Cautions NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if instructions are not followed. ____________________ Information in this publication is subject to change without notice. © 2011 Dell Inc. All rights reserved.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 3 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM Contents 1 Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Supported Dell OpenManage Components Server Administrator . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Dell Systems Build and Update Utility . . . . . . . . DUPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . .
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 4 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM Installing Dell OpenManage Server Administrator for ESXi 16 Using the vSphere CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Using the VMware vSphere Management Assistant 18 Using the VMWare Update Manager (VUM) . Using the Power CLI . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Installing the Server Administrator Web Server Configuring the SNMP Agent . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Configuring the SNMP Agent on Systems Running ESXi 5.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 5 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM Command Log . Known Limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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esxi5_techsheet.book Page 7 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM 1 Overview This document provides installation steps, usage guidelines, and support information for running the Dell OpenManage systems management software suite on VMware ESXi 5.0 software for Dell PowerEdge systems. NOTE: To download and install ESXi 5.0, see the relevant Deployment Guide at support.dell.com/manuals. Dell OpenManage systems management software is a suite of applications for your Dell systems.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 8 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM Table 1-1. Supported Dell OpenManage Components (continued) Dell OpenManage Component ESXi Dell Update Packages (DUPs) No Server Update Utility (SUU) No Dell IT Assistant (ITA) Yes Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) and integrated DRAC (iDRAC) DRAC and iDRAC are independent of the operating system and supported in ESXi.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 9 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM Storage Management Service: • Enables you to view the status of local and remote storage attached to a monitored system. • Supports SAS, SCSI, SATA, and ATA, but does not support Fibre Channel. • Lets you perform controller and enclosure functions for all supported RAID and non-RAID controllers and enclosures from a single graphical interface or a CLI, without the use of the controller BIOS utilities.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 10 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM SUU SUU is a media-based application for identifying and applying updates to a Dell system. You can use SUU to update your Dell system or to view the updates available for any system supported by SUU. SUU compares the versions of components currently installed on your system with updated components packaged on the Dell Server Updates media. SUU then displays a comparison report of the versions and provides the option of updating the components.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 11 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM Features of USC/USC-LCE are: • iDRAC6 works together with the UEFI firmware to access and manage hardware, including component and subsystem management that is beyond the traditional BMC capabilities. • Remote server management uses the network for programed web services. • CLI and GUI are provided by the iDRAC6 card in an environment independent of the operating system and system-power-state.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 12 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM Dell OpenManage Essentials Dell OpenManage Essentials is the best option for managing Dell PowerEdge servers and direct attached storage as it provides the easiest and simplest way for system administrators to maximize Dell systems uptime and health. OpenManage Essentials is a Dell hardware element management solution that is optimized on managing customer's entire Dell infrastructure for IT generalist.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 13 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM Installing Dell OpenManage Server Administrator 2 This section helps you install Dell OpenManage Server Administrator on managed systems running VMware ESXi 5.0. Before You Begin • Read the applicable Dell OpenManage readme files and the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix at support.dell.com/manuals. These files contain the latest information about software, firmware, and driver versions, in addition to information about known issues.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 14 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM – The Server Administrator Remote Access Controller service requires that you install a remote access controller (RAC) on the managed system. See the relevant Dell Remote Access Controller User’s Guide for complete software and hardware requirements. NOTE: The RAC software is installed as part of the managed system software installation.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 15 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM Server Administrator grants read-only access to users logged in with User privileges, read and write access to users logged in with Power User privileges, and read, write, and administrator access to users logged in with Administrator privileges. Table 2-1.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 16 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM ESXi 5.0 Authentication ESXi authenticates users accessing ESXi hosts using the vSphere/VI Client or SDK. The default installation of ESXi uses a local password database for authentication. ESXi authentication transactions with Server Administrator are also direct interactions with the vmware-hostd process.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 17 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM Download vSphere Command Line Interface (vSphere CLI) from vmware.com and install it on your Microsoft Windows or Linux system. Alternately, you can import VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) into your ESXi 5.0 host. Install Server Administrator for ESXi 5.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 18 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM • Remote Enablement • Server Administrator Storage Management • Remote Access Controller Using the VMware vSphere Management Assistant The vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) allows administrators and developers to run scripts and agents to manage ESXi systems. For more information on vMA, see vmware.com/support/developer/vima. 1 Log on to the vMA with administrator rights and privileges. 2 Copy the OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-6.5.0-542907.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 19 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM 2 On the desktop, double-click VMware vSphere Client and login to vCenter Server. 3 Right-click vSphere Client host and click New Datacenter. 4 Right-click New Datacenter and click Add Host. Provide information for the ESXi 5.0 server per online instructions. 5 Right-click the ESXi host added in the previous step and click Maintenance Mode.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 20 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM 4 Run Connect-VIServer and provide the server and other credentials. 5 Log on to the ESXi 5.0 host using supported vSphere CLI of ESXi 5.0 and create a datastore. 6 Create a folder OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-7.0.0-.VIB-ESX50i on ESXi 5.0 host under /vmfs/volumes/ directory. 7 Copy the ESXi 5.0 zip file on ESXi 5.0 host to /vmfs/volumes//OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-7.0.0.VIB-ESX50i directory.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 21 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM Configuring the SNMP Agent Server Administrator supports SNMP—a systems management standard—on all supported operating systems.You can configure the SNMP agent to change the community name, enable Set operations, and send traps to a management station. To configure your SNMP agent for proper interaction with management applications, perform the procedures described in the following sections.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 22 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM To configure your ESXi system running Server Administrator to send traps to a management station: 1 Run the following command: vicfg-snmp.
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esxi5_techsheet.book Page 25 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM Using Dell OpenManage Server Administrator 3 Starting Your Server Administrator Session Open your web browser and type one of the following in the address field and press : https://hostname:1311 where hostname is the assigned name for the managed node system and 1311 is the default port number or https://IP address:1311 where IP address is the IP address for the managed system and 1311 is the default port number.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 26 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM To end your Server Administrator session, click Log Out on the global navigation bar. The Log Out button is located in the upper-right corner of each Server Administrator home page. NOTE: When you launch Server Administrator using Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox, an intermediate warning page may appear displaying the problem with the security certificate. To ensure system security, it is recommended that you either generate a new X.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 27 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM • The small footprint CIM broker daemon (SFCBD) service on the ESX/ESXi system is not running. • The web server management service on the managed system is not running. • You enter the IP address of the managed system and not the hostname, when you do not check the Ignore Certificate Warning check box.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 28 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM Server Administrator Home Page NOTE: Do not use your Web browser toolbar buttons, such as Back and Refresh, while using Server Administrator. Use only the Server Administrator navigation tools. With only a few exceptions, the Server Administrator home page has three main areas: • The global navigation bar provides links to general services. • The system tree displays all visible system objects based on the user's access privileges.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 29 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM Table 3-1 lists the GUI field names and the applicable system, when Server Administrator is installed on the system. Table 3-1.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 30 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM Action Window When you click an item on the system tree, details about the component or object appear in the data area of the action window. Clicking an action tab displays all available user options as a list of subcategories. Clicking an object on the system/server module tree opens that component's action window, displaying the available action tabs.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 31 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM Table 3-2. System/Server Module Component Status Indicators (continued) Symbol Meaning A red X indicates that a component has a failure (critical) condition. A critical condition occurs when a probe or other monitoring tool detects a reading for a component that falls within certain minimum and maximum values. A critical condition requires immediate attention. A blank space indicates that a component's health status is unknown.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 32 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM Gauge Indicators Temperature probes, fan probes, and voltage probes are each represented by a gauge indicator. For example, Figure 3-1 shows readings from a system's CPU fan probe. Figure 3-1. Gauge Indicator Using the Online Help Context-sensitive online help is available for every window of the Server Administrator home page.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 33 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM Using the Preferences Home Page The left-hand pane of the Preferences home page (where the system tree is displayed on the Server Administrator home page) displays all available configuration options in the system tree window. See Table 3-3 for available Preferences home page configuration options. Table 3-3.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 34 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM Server Administrator Logs Server Administrator allows you to view and manage hardware, alert, and command logs. All users can access logs and print reports from either the Server Administrator home page or from its command line interface. Users must be logged in with Administrator privileges to clear logs or must be logged in with Administrator or Power User privileges to e-mail logs to their designated service contact.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 35 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM Server Administrator Logs Server Administrator provides the following logs: • Hardware Log • Alert Log • Command Log Hardware Log Use the hardware log to look for potential problems with your system's hardware components. On Dell PowerEdge x8xx, x9xx, and xx1x systems, the hardware log status indicator changes to critical status ( ) when the log file reaches 100 percent capacity.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 36 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM Alert Log NOTE: If the Alert log displays invalid XML data (for example, when the XML data generated for the selection is not well formed), click Clear Log and then redisplay the log information. Use the Alert log to monitor various system events. The Server Administrator generates events in response to changes in the status of sensors and other monitored parameters.
esxi5_techsheet.book Page 37 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:25 PM To access the Command log, click System, click the Logs tab, and click Command. Information displayed in the Command log includes: • The date and time that the command was invoked • The user that is currently logged in to the Server Administrator home page or the CLI • A description of the command and its related values. Known Limitation You cannot log on to OMSA installed on ESXi 5.
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