Service Manual

Open Management Infrastructure

Dell Networking OS supports the Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) framework. OMI is supported on

the S4810, S4820T, S3048–ON, S4048–ON, S5000, S6000, S6000–ON, S6100–ON, Z9100–ON, and Z9500

platforms.

Overview

OMI is an open source package which manages infrastructure components such as servers, storage, and

networking. OMI supports the distributed management task force (DMTF) common information model (CIM) /

web-based enterprise management (WBEM) standards. To manage the configurations received through OMI,

the Dell Networking OS uses the representational state transfer (REST) interface. OMI also uses the Python

and Ruby libraries of the SmartScripts package.

The desired state configuration (DSC) is a new management platform in Windows PowerShell. It deploys and

manages configuration data for software services and manages the environment in which these services run.

The switches support the switch view class schema to declaratively configure Ethernet switches using the

DSC.

The managed object format (.MOF) corresponds to the windows managed object files. You can configure the

definition of classes and instances in the MOF files. The management station sends the OMI configuration to

the switches in MOF file format.

For additional information, see

http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2014/05/19/powershell-dsc-for-linux-step-by-step.aspx.

Installing the OMI Agent Package

To install the OMI agent package, follow these steps.

Smart Scripting is a pre–requisite for using OMI. Install the Smart Scripting package before you run the OMI

package (For detailed information about SmartScripts, see Smart Scripting).

1 Go to the Dell Networking web portal at

https://www.force10networks.com/CSPortal20/Main/SupportMain.aspx and enter your User Id,

Password, and click Login. The customer support page appears.

2 Click the Software Center tab.

3 From the left pane, click Automation Software.

4 To accept the DELL End User License Agreement, at the lower end of the page, click I Agree. Open

Automation Software packages are listed.

5 From the OA OMI software package, select and download the file corresponding to the switch from the

following list:

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