Setup Guide

Overview

This guide describes how to install the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite version 5.0 for Microsoft System Center 2012 R2

Operations Manager, Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager, Microsoft System Center 2012 Operations Manager,

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, and Microsoft System Center Essentials (SCE) 2010.

NOTE: All references to OpsMgr in this guide are applicable to System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, System

Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager, System Center 2012 Operations Manager, System Center Operations Manager

2007 R2, and System Center Essentials 2010, unless otherwise specified.

Topics:

• Prerequisites

• Prerequisites For A Distributed Setup

• Contents Of The Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite

• Installing The Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite

• Using The Repair Option Of The Installer

• Upgrading From Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite Version 4.1 Using Dell Feature Management Dashboard

• Upgrading To System Center 2012/SP1 Operations Manager

• Uninstalling The Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite

• Disabling Certificate Validation

Prerequisites

To install the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite version 5.0 on a management server, make sure that you have the

following available:

• System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager, System Center 2012 Operations

Manager, System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, or System Center Essentials 2010.

• Administrator access on the management server to install the suite and import the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack.

• Microsoft .NET version 3.5 or later.

• OpsMgr command shell.

• Windows PowerShell 2.0.

• On systems running OpsMgr 2012 SP1, download and apply the Update Rollup 1 for OpsMgr 2012 SP1 provided in the Microsoft

knowledge base article KB2790935. For more information see support.microsoft.com/kb/2785682.

• On systems running OpsMgr 2007 R2 with Internet Explorer 9.0, install the Cumulative Update 5 for System Center Operations

Manager 2007 R2. For more information, see support.microsoft.com/kb/2495674.

Prerequisites For A Distributed Setup

To install the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite version 5.0 in a distributed setup:

• Running OpsMgr 2007 R2, run the installer on all the management servers used for monitoring Dell EqualLogic device.

• Running OpsMgr 2012 or later:

• designate a resource pool for monitoring Dell EqualLogic devices

• run the installer on all the management servers that are part of the resource pool

• Make sure that the Agent proxy option is enabled on all the management servers. For more information, see Enabling Agent Proxy

Option.

4 Overview