Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials Version 2.3 Release Notes This document describes the new features, enhancements, and known issues in Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials Version 2.3. Release type and definition Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials provides a central point of access to monitor and manage systems on a local area network (LAN).
– 14th generation PowerEdge servers – Additional models of networking, storage, and disk backup devices – VxRail and XC converged infrastructure • Enhancements: – Increase in the time interval of the Alert Ignore Action to ignore duplicate alerts to a maximum of 24 hours. – Ability to save the purged alerts after the maximum size of alerts log is reached.
Description: Intel PCI-E driver package information for a server seen in OpenManage Essentials might be different than the driver package information seen in SUU. Package name, Component name, Current Version, and Repository Version might be different. [473495] Issue 5: Description: Broadcom NetXtreme driver package information for a server seen in OpenManage Essentials might be different than the driver package information seen in SUU.
Description: After the PSU firmware is updated through OpenManage Essentials, some PowerEdge servers may not turn on automatically after they shut down. Resolution: Turn on the server manually. Issue 14: Description: During in-band system update for SAS HDD firmware, DUP is failing with "invalid image file" error. [63920] Resolution: Use out-of-band method to update the SAS HDD firmware. For more information, see the Device Buffer error when running Online HDD firmware DUP at www.dell.
Description: After the installation of a prerequisite for OpenManage Essential is completed, the system does not restart even after confirmation. [67806] Resolution: Manually restart the system.
3. Select all the discovery ranges, right-click and select Perform Discovery and Inventory Now. Issue 4: Description: After an upgrade from OME 1.0/1.0.1 or migration from ITA, RAC health status will be unknown if it was discovered using IPMI protocol and user or operator privileges. Resolution: Provide the user account in the discovery wizard with IPMI admin privileges on the RAC and re-run discovery to get the health status.
Issue 3: Description: For Dell EMC PowerVault MD storage arrays, OpenManage Essentials displays critical health status, even if the device is in a warning state. [42607] Issue 4: Description: The model number for both Dell EMC Force10/Networking C150 and C7004 Ethernet switches is displayed as C150/ C7004 switch in the device inventory. The model number for both Dell EMC Force10/Networking C300 and C7008 Ethernet switches is displayed as C300/C7008 switch in the device inventory.
Description: When the name resolution on an IP address to a host name fails using DNS, OpenManage Essentials attempts to resolve the name using the NetBIOS name query. This action may cause the device to appear in Essentials with the NetBIOS name even if it does not have a DNS entry. [138013] Issue 17: Description: In case of SNMP discovery, when the name resolution on an IP address to a host name fails using DNS, Essentials attempts to resolve the name using the MIB2 name query.
would appear under the Unknown group, corresponding to the out-of-band interface. The device details under the Servers group continues to display the out-of-band IP address as well. After you re-enable IPMI, the device under Unknown group can be removed by right-clicking it and selecting Remove.
Description: When discovering and inventorying 12G servers using SNMP, there may be some instances where the device is removed from the device tree and replaced with another 12G server. This issue is known to occur with the initial release of the iDRAC7 firmware 1.06.06. Resolution: It is recommended that the iDRAC7 firmware is updated to version 1.20.20 or later.
Description: When a XenServer is discovered using SSH, the MAC address is not displayed in the same column for the IP address. Issue 44: Description: HA Clusters can be discovered using SNMP only. The discovery task that is intended to discover HA Clusters must have SNMP enabled and the associated credentials must be correct for the target devices.
Issue 54: Description: For Dell's 11th or earlier generation of PowerEdge blade servers, the NIC and NIC Port details are not displayed in the VLAN configuration inventory, if the blade servers are discovered out-of-band with SNMP protocol. [69306] Issue 55: Description: For PowerVault MD Series storage arrays that are daisy chained, the Service Tag may not be displayed or displayed incorrectly in the device inventory.
Description: Alerts are not received when the SNMP Trap service is stopped and started. To resolve the issue, restart the DSM Essentials Network Monitor service. Issue 6: Description: For large number of alerts, two auto refreshes are required to show the total alerts and count on the home page. If the alert count is large, the first refresh fetches and shows only a subset of alerts. The second refresh displays the entire list.
Issue 4: Description: The iDRAC Service Module (iSM) deployment task is unsuccessful when deploying iSM version 1.0 on a target device running Linux operating system. Resolution: Ensure that the dependency packages/executables required for iSM deployment are installed on the target device, and then run the task again. For information on the dependency files, see the Linux Install Dependency section in the iDRAC Service Module Version 1.0 Installation Guide at dell.com/support/manuals.
Description: When creating or updating a task, the stamp for the creation or update time is that of the OpenManage Essentials UI. The Last Run Time displayed on the summary report, however, is the time of the Essentials Services system. If there is a significant variation in the UI and Services system time, it is possible that a scheduled task may not execute or show that it was executed before it was created.
This occurs when the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator on the target devices does not properly report the information needed for OpenManage Essentials to determine if the Remote Server Administrator command can run on the system(s). This may mean that OMSA is not properly configured, is in an unknown state, or needs to be upgraded. Issue 18: Description: If you are a super-user on a system and you do not have full permissions to this path: ~InstalPath\SysMgt\Essentials \SystemUpdate\Packages, you must gi
Description: OpenManage Server Administrator deployment on ESXi server: OMSA cannot be deployed on ESXi server using OpenManage Essentials. For more information, see the How to set up and configure ESXi 5 for use in OpenManage Essentials white paper and the Installing OpenManage Server Administrator on ESXi4 with OpenManage Essentials video at delltechcenter.com.
\ .\ \ Issue 38: Description: The Sample — Linux OMSA Uninstall command line task does not support the uninstallation of OMSA version 6.1 or earlier. [30243] Issue 39: Description: The Total Targets in the Task Execution History retains the count of the previously executed targets and also the execution history. [29583] Issue 40: Description: OpenManage Essentials allows editing and re-run of OMSA deployment tasks.
Issue 49: Description: The Task Target page does not display all device groups for the OMESiteAdministrator. [61821] Issue 50: Description: A cloned task may not display all the task targets immediately after the task is cloned. [55462] Resolution: Wait until the cloned task is displayed in both the Remote Tasks tree and the Remote Tasks grid, and then verify the task targets.
Security To prevent security issues due to cross frame scripting (XFS) in Internet Explorer, you must disable web frames across different domains: 1. Click Tools → Internet Options. 2. Click Security. 3. Under Select a zone to view or change security settings, select Local intranet. 4. Under Security level for this zone, click Custom level. 5. Under Miscellaneous → Navigate windows and frames across domains, select either Prompt or Disable.
Issue 2: Description: If the system locale is set to English (India), clicking the Help icon in OpenManage Essentials displays an error. Resolution: Copy the help file folder and rename it. For example, copy the EN-US help file folder and rename it as EN-IN.
Description: Warranty information will not be displayed for all devices that do not display the Service Tag in the OpenManage Essentials console. Issue 14: Description: OpenManage Essentials displays power supply health as Normal when a redundant power supply has lost AC power source. Resolution: This is the issue with Server Administrator version 6.x. To avoid this issue, install/upgrade to Server Administrator version 7.0 or higher.
EXPRESS110-MIB, INTEL-GEN-MIB, PRAROUTERMIB, KBRIDGE-MIB, LC-ENTITY-MIB, LC-PHYSICALENTITIES-MIB, ELSA-MIB, SMARTD-MIB, APPLIC-MIB, XSWITCH-MIB, LANPLEX-SYSTEMS-MIB-1-2-2 (lp.
JUNIPER-MIB, JUNIPER-LDP-MIB, JUNIPER-L2ALD-MIB, JUNIPER-JS-SCREENING-MIB, JUNIPER-JSNAT-MIB, JUNIPER-JS-IDP-MIB, JUNIPER-JS-AUTH-MIB, JUNIPER-EVENT-MIB, JUNIPER-DFC-MIB • F10-ISIS-MIB, FORCE10-BGP4-V2-MIB, F10-VIRTUAL-LINK-TRUNK-MIB, F10-CHASSIS-MIB FORCE10COPY-CONFIG-MIB, FORCE10-SYSTEM-COMPONENT-MIB, F10-S-SERIES-CHASSIS-MIB FORCE10-MSTP-MIB, F10-LINK-AGGREGATION-MIB, DF10-DCB-MIB, F10-FIPSNOOPING-MIB, F10-M-SERIES-CHASSIS-MIB, F10-OPENFLOW-MIB • SONICWALL-FIREWALL-TRAP-MIB • WLSR-AP-MIB, WLSX-SWITC
Issue 8: Description: The data displayed in Edited Trap(s) in OpenManage Essentials indicates the original definition of the built-in traps that are edited using Edit Trap functionality. Troubleshooting Installation • Ensure that the latest SQL server service packs are installed on the system. You can run the following command on the command prompt to verify the SQL version. • For typical install, ensure that the current user has sysAdmin rights to the SQL Server.
Description: • Unable to open OpenManage Essentials using Internet Explorer. • Internet Explorer displays certificate errors. • Internet Explorer displays a message to approve the certificate. • Unable to browse the file system to deploy Server Administrator and system update. • Unable to display the Device tree for devices. • Unable to install active components. Resolution: 1. Open OpenManage Essentials on the client server using Internet Explorer. 2.
• A 32-bit system with OpenManage Essentials may display an error message while applying system updates using iDRAC. To resolve this issue, make sure that you update the version of Windows Remote Management (WinRM) currently installed on the system to version 2.0 using the Windows updates. • If you are unable to schedule system update tasks using iDRAC, check your credentials and access rights. You must have Administrator rights to update a system using iDRAC.
Large (up to 5500 Managed Systems): • Processor: 8 cores (1.8 GHz minimum) • Memory (RAM): 8 GB • Disk Space: at least 20 GB • Database: SQL Server Enterprise or Standard • Database location: Supports Remote SQL installation Large (up to 8000 Managed Systems): • Processor: 16 cores (1.
• Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Standard, Enterprise, and Express Editions • SQL Server 2014 Standard, Enterprise, and Express Editions • SQL Server 2012 Standard, Enterprise, and Express Editions • SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Standard, Enterprise, and Express Editions NOTE: • It is recommended that you install the latest SQL Server Service pack. • OpenManage Essentials supports 32 bit and 64 bit SQL Server. It is recommended that you install the 64 bit SQL Server.
Uninstallation NOTE: Before uninstalling OpenManage Essentials, you must uninstall Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials MIB Import Utility and Dell EMC SupportAssist Enterprise (if installed). 1. Click Start → Control Panel → Programs and Features. 2. In Uninstall or change a program, select Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials and click Uninstall. 3. In the message Are you sure you want to uninstall OpenManage Essentials?, click Yes. 4.