Dell EMC Systems Management Overview Guide June 2021 Rev.
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Contents Chapter 1: Dell EMC Systems Management .................................................................................. 5 Dell EMC Systems Management Offerings...................................................................................................................5 Chassis and Server Managers.................................................................................................................................... 6 Dell EMC Consoles..............................................
Connections For Third-Party Systems Management Consoles..............................................................................21 Dell EMC OpenManage Operations Connector for Operations Bridge Manager ........................................ 21 OpenManage Connection for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus............................................................................. 21 OpenManage Plugin for Nagios Core...............................................................................................
1 Dell EMC Systems Management Dell EMC delivers management solutions that help IT Administrators effectively deploy, update, monitor, and manage IT assets. OpenManage solutions and tools enable you to quickly respond to problems by helping them to manage Dell EMC servers effectively and efficiently; in physical, virtual, local, and remote environments, operating in-band, and out-of-band (agent-free).
and remediation. These tasks are performed within a single console that unifies management of tower, rack, and modular platforms. OpenManage Enterprise helps in standardizing and supporting IT management policies and practices. Figure 1.
Integration with third-party consoles ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center (OMIMSSC) for System Center Configuration Manager Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center (OMIMSSC) for System Center Virtual Machine Manager Dell EMC Server PRO Management Pack for Microsoft Sy
● For OpenManage Integration with ServiceNow (OMISNOW) page, see https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000177827 ● For OpenManage Secure Enterprise Key Manager page, see https://www.delltechnologies.com/en-us/solutions/ openmanage/secure-enterprise-key-manager.
2 Systems Management Product Overview This section provides an overview for the Dell EMC Systems Management suite of products.
● IPv6 communication between iSM to iDRAC over OS-BMC Passthru (Windows and Linux). For more information, see https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000178050/ and https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/ 000178016. Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise—Modular Edition The Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise—Modular Edition (OME-Modular Edition) helps to transform how you manage the infrastructure and enable the business quickly.
server solution provides. By combining the density of blade servers with the flexibility of rack server I/O options with PowerEdge VRTX, Dell EMC gives you the flexibility to use less expensive PCIe cards while still being managed through shared chassis management. ● PowerEdge FX2/FX2s—The FX2 enclosure enables servers and storage to share power, cooling, management, and networking. It includes redundant Power Supply Units (1100 W, 1600 W, 2000 W, and 2400 W) and eight cooling fans.
Table 1. OpenManage Enterprise feature and benefits (continued) Feature Description Benefits provides a management solution for customers no longer using IPv4. Automatic device onboarding The "make ready for management" step is automated for iDRAC during the device discovery and inventory process. Minimizes human errors during the process of discovery and setup. Helps in getting the environment ready for ongoing management.
Table 1. OpenManage Enterprise feature and benefits (continued) Feature Description Benefits Custom Template Edit Edit the deployment template attributes by using: ● Guided view ● Advanced view Provides ability to control template editing by "guided view" for specific attributes, such as BIOS, boot sequence and so on, to avoid human error.
Once connected, SupportAssist helps with the power to: ● Prevent outages with secure remote monitoring—The best time to solve a problem is before it happens. SupportAssist monitors system health proactively by detecting future failures. Help systems stay up and running without unplanned downtime. ● Active troubleshooting—SupportAssist automates case creation and sends diagnostic information to Dell Technologies support which enables to resolve issues with minimal effort.
Dell EMC OpenManage Mobile Dell EMC OpenManage Mobile (OMM) is a mobile application for managing servers and related devices from Android and iOS mobile devices. OMM enables IT administrators to perform a subset of server configuration, monitoring, and remediation tasks from anywhere and anytime. Advantages of using OpenManage Mobile ● View inventory, monitor health status, and perform basic setup of servers, MX7000 chassis, and its sleds.
● RACADM CLI ● OpenManage RESTful APIs ● GitHub Scripting Libraries Dell EMC System Update Dell EMC System Update (DSU) is CLI optimized application used to distribute the Dell EMC PowerEdge server updates for Linux and Microsoft Windows operating systems. DSU is a script optimized tool, that provides enhanced ease of use, automation and flexibility. DSU works on a wide range of operating systems, including RHEL, SLES, Ubuntu, and Windows Server. Dell EMC System Update v1.
● SNMP: The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) helps in standardizing the management of network devices. SNMP allows commercial management consoles created for monitoring network switches and routers to also monitor X86 severs. SNMP is primarily used to deliver event messages to alert administrators of problems on their systems but can also be used to discover, inventory, and configure servers.
● Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with ServiceNow ● BMC Software Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center (OMIMSSC) for System Center Operations Manager(SCOM) Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System (OMIMSSC) for System Center Operations Manager(SCOM) appliance, the Dell EMC Server Management Pack suite helps you to discover, monitor, and accurately depict the status on a defined network segment in agent-free and agent-based approach.
● ● ● ● ● ● ● Hardware configuration OS deployment Hypervisor deployments Cluster deployments Repurposing of supported Dell EMC PowerEdge servers Automated Cluster Deployment of Dell EMC Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes [S2D Ready Nodes] Simplified Lifecycle Management that includes the Cluster Aware Firmware Update capabilities By using OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center (OMIMSSC), you can do the following: ● Using Update Center for a simplified, and enhanced experience to achi
Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center (OMIMSWAC) extension empowers customers to break down information silos that threaten their TCO, IT operations. The Dell EMC OpenManage WAC extension enables streamlined lifecycle management of : ● PowerEdge servers that are supported on Microsoft Windows Server ● Hyper-V, Failover clusters based of PowerEdge servers running on-premises and Azure hybrid environments.
For more information, see https://www.dell.com/support/article/sln310720 BMC Software Dell EMC, along with BMC Software, servers, storage and network management functionality with the BMC Software's process and datacenter automation products. Dell and BMC Software’s partnership helps to ensure that Dell EMC and BMC Softwarebased IT infrastructure and services provide the highest level of datacenter and business services manageability.
OpenManage Plugin for Nagios XI OpenManage Plugin for Nagios XI uses agent-free (out-of-band) method to discover inventory and monitor the following Dell EMC devices in the data center environments that are managed by Nagios XI: ● PowerEdge Servers ● iDRAC ● Dell EMC Modular Infrastructure ● Dell EMC Storage Arrays ● Dell EMC Networking devices ● Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) With this Plugin, you have comprehensive hardware-level visibility and health monitoring information of the Dell EMC devices i
Dell EMC Platform Specific Bootable ISO Dell EMC Platform Specific Bootable ISO (PSBI) is a bootable ISO that contains all the firmware updates for a Dell EMC PowerEdge Server. The ISO image includes a small bootable Linux distribution and a collection of all firmware for a specific server model. The updates are done automatically after starting the server from the corresponding image. NOTE: PSBI does not include a bootable ISO for PowerEdge C, DSS, XE, or XR platforms.
3 Legacy — Dell EMC Hardware Management Tools Topics: • • • • • OpenManage Server Administrator Baseboard Management Controller Management Utilities Dell Remote Access Configuration Tool OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Dell IPMI Tool OpenManage Server Administrator The OpenManage Server Administrator provides a comprehensive one-to-one systems management solution for both local and remote servers and their storage controllers and Direct Attached Storage (DAS).
OpenManage Deployment Toolkit NOTE: This tool is deprecated. The OpenManage Deployment Toolkit includes a set of utilities for configuring and deploying PowerEdge systems. It is designed for customers who want to build scripted installations to deploy large numbers of servers without making many changes to their current deployment process.
4 Accessing support content from the Dell EMC support site Access supporting content related to an array of systems management tools using direct links, going to the Dell EMC support site, or using a search engine. ● Direct links: ○ For Dell EMC Enterprise Systems Management and Dell EMC Remote Enterprise Systems Management—https:// www.dell.com/esmmanuals ○ For Dell EMC Virtualization Solutions—www.dell.com/virtualizationsolutions ○ For Dell EMC OpenManage—https://www.dell.
5 Contacting Dell EMC NOTE: If you do not have an active Internet connection, you can find contact information on your purchase invoice, packing slip, bill, or Dell EMC product catalog. Dell provides several online and telephone-based support and service options. Availability varies by country and product, and some services may not be available in your area. To contact Dell EMC for sales, technical support, or customer service issues, see https://www.dell.com/contactdell.