FAQ

Update Dell™ Server Hardware with Dell OpenManage Essentials

C. On the managed system that you are going to update, run the following command using the

command prompt on a Windows managed system: "netsh firewall set service

RemoteAdmin".

For more information on connecting through the Windows firewall, see Microsoft's MSDN website for

Platform SDK: Windows Management Instrumentation (Connecting through Windows Firewall) at

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa389286(VS.85).aspx

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875605

For Windows Server 2008 onwards, see the following link:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa822854(VS.85).aspx

For Linux:

http://www.physics.umd.edu/pnce/user-docs/Linux/firewall.html

Package types supported for OMSA agent install

On a server that is running a Windows based operating system, the Sysmight.msi OMSA package type

is supported for installation. This package is available at the Dell Support site as an executable,

which you have to extract.

After extraction, by default, Systemgmt.msi is available at

“C:\OpenManage\windows\SystemsManagement\” The package is also available with the Dell™

OpenManage System Build and Update Utility (SBUU) DVD. You can use this package for installation

and upgrade of the Dell OMSA agent.

Package types supported for OMSA agent upgrade

On a server running Windows based operating system, the following OMSA package type is supported

for upgrade:

 OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-DUP-WIN-****.exe

This package is available on the Dell Support site and Dell™ OpenManage Server Update Utility

(SUU) DVD.

You can use this package to update the Dell OMSA agent only with the following upgrades paths:

o 5.5 >> 6.0

o 6.x >> 6.5

o 6.5 >> 7.x

This package is only used for upgrading the Dell OMSA agent.

 OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-SP-WIN-****.exe