Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- OpenManage Network Integration for SmartFabric Services User Guide Release 2.0
- Change history
- Overview of OMNI, SFS, VxRail, and PowerEdge MX
- SmartFabric Services
- OpenManage Network Integration
- OMNI vCenter integration
- Access the OMNI stand-alone portal
- Access the OMNI Fabric Management Portal
- OMNI Appliance Management user interface
- OMNI automation support for PowerEdge MX SmartFabric
- OMNI automation support for NSX-T
- OMNI support for SmartFabric instances
- Lifecycle management
- Troubleshooting
- Logs and support data for troubleshooting
- Verify OMNI VM connectivity
- Unable to add SmartFabric instance in OMNI
- Missing networks on server interfaces
- Unable to launch OMNI UI
- OMNI plug-in does not show service instance
- Unable to register the vCenter in OMNI
- OMNI is unable to communicate with other devices
- Timestamp not synchronized in OMNI
- Reset OMNI VM password
Change history
The following table provides an overview of the changes to this guide from a previous OMNI release to the OMNI 2.0 release.
For more information about the new features, see the respective sections.
Table 1. New in 2.0
Revision Date Feature Description
A00 2020–12-16 OMNI automation support for PowerEdge MX SmartFabric OMNI manages fabric automation
for ESXi hosts deployed within the
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX solution.
OMNI automation support for NSX-T OMNI supports fabric automation
for NSX-T Manager integration
with SmartFabric Services.
Register vCenter through OMNI Fabric Management UI Register vCenter instance using
OMNI Fabric Management UI.
Install OMNI VM on ESXi server without vCenter Deploy the OMNI appliance on a
VMware ESXi server using the
OMNI OVA file.
Relationship information View relationship between the
vCenter and service instances
(SmartFabric, NSX-T Manager,
and OME-M instances).
OMNI SmartFabric instance overview OMNI displays the summary
overview of key metrics such
as device status and health,
latest fabric events, and fabric
compliance errors for the
SmartFabric instance.
OMNI Home page enhancement OMNI Home enhancement with
an option to add different service
instance separately.
Support for onboarding unknown server discovered
interfaces
OMNI supports dynamic
onboarding of unknown servers
that are discovered by
SmartFabric.
Configuration support for SmartFabric global settings Configure the SmartFabric switch
services settings through OMNI
Fabric Management UI:
● NTP
● DNS
● Syslog
● SNMP
OMNI Secure sign on support Secure sign on enhancement for
OMNI.
vCenter Enhancement Linked mode OMNI support for vCenter
Enhanced Linked mode.
Fabric events View latest fabric events for each
SmartFabric instance.
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