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Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise-Modular Edition Version 1.20.10 for PowerEdge MX7000 Chassis User's Guide
Overview
- Key features
- New in this release
- Supported platforms
- Supported web browsers
- Other documents you may need
- Accessing documents from Dell support site
- Positioning OME-Modular with other Dell EMC applications
Updating firmware for PowerEdge MX solution
- Updating MX7000 components using OME-Modular 1.20.10
- Upgrading ethernet switch using DUP
  - Prerequisites for upgrading from 10.5.0.7
Logging in to OME-Modular
- Logging in to OME–Modular as local, Active Directory, or LDAP user
  - Integrating directory services in OME-Modular
  - Adding Active Directory service
  - Adding LDAP service
  - Logging in to OME–Modular using the directory user credentials
  - Importing active directory and LDAP user groups
- OME-Modular home page
  - Search feature in OME-Modular
  - Viewing alerts
  - Viewing jobs and activities
  - Multi-chassis management dashboard
- Viewing device health
- Setting up chassis
- Initial configuration
- Configuring chassis settings
  - Configure chassis power
  - Configure chassis management network
  - Configure chassis network services
  - Configure local access
    - Chassis Direct
  - Configure chassis location
  - Configure Quick Deploy settings
- Managing chassis
  - Creating chassis filters
  - Viewing chassis overview
  - Wiring chassis
- Chassis groups
  - Prerequisites for creating a wired group
  - Creating chassis groups
    - Adding member chassis to groups
  - MCM dashboard
- Controlling chassis power
- Backing up chassis
- Restoring chassis
- Exporting chassis profiles
- Managing chassis failover
- Troubleshooting in chassis
- Blinking LEDs
- Interfaces to access OME-Modular
- Viewing chassis hardware
  - Chassis slot details
- Viewing chassis alerts
- Viewing chassis hardware logs
- Configuring OME–Modular
  - Viewing current configuration
  - Configuring users and user settings
  - Configuring login security settings
  - Configuring alerts
Managing compute sleds
- Viewing compute overview
- Configuring compute settings
  - Configuring compute network settings
    - Configuring compute management settings
- Replacing compute sleds
- Viewing compute hardware
- Viewing compute firmware
- Viewing compute hardware logs
- Viewing compute alerts
Managing storage
- Storage overview
- Viewing hardware details
- Assigning drives to a compute sled
- Assigning storage enclosure to a compute sled
- Replacing storage sleds
- Updating enclosure firmware
  - Updating the firmware using DUP
  - Updating the firmware using catalog-based compliance
- Downgrading storage enclosure firmware
- Managing SAS IOMs
Managing templates
- Viewing template details
- Creating templates
  - Importing templates
- Deploying templates
  - Deploying templates from Template Details page
- Editing templates
- Editing template networks
- Cloning templates
- Exporting templates
- Deleting templates
Managing identity pools
- Creating identity pools
- Editing identity pools
- Exporting identity pools
- Deleting identity pools
Ethernet IO Modules
- Viewing hardware details
- Configuring IOM settings
MX Scalable Fabric architecture
- Recommended physical topology
- Restrictions and guidelines
- Recommended connection order
SmartFabric Services
- Guidelines for operating in SmartFabric mode
- SmartFabric network topologies
- Switch to switch cabling
- Upstream network switch requirements
- NIC teaming restrictions
- OS10 CLI commands available in SmartFabric mode
- Viewing fabric details
- Adding SmartFabric
- Deleting fabric
- VLANs for SmartFabric and FCoE
Managing networks
- SmartFabric VLAN management and automated QoS
- Defining networks
- Editing VLANs
- Exporting VLANs
- Importing VLANs
- Deleting VLANs
Managing Fibre Channel IOMs
Managing firmware
- Managing catalogs
  - Viewing catalogs
  - Adding catalogs
- Creating baselines
- Editing baselines
- Checking compliance
- Updating firmware
- Rolling back firmware
- Deleting firmware
Monitoring alerts and logs
- Alert log
- Alert policies
- Alert definitions
  - Filtering alert definitions
Monitoring audit logs
- Filtering audit logs
- Exporting audit logs
- Monitoring jobs
Use case scenarios
- Assigning backup to the MCM Lead
  - Creating chassis group with backup lead
  - Monitoring the MCM group
- Scenarios when backup lead can take over as lead chassis
  - Disaster recovery of lead chassis
  - Retiring lead chassis
Troubleshooting
- Storage
- Unable to access OME-Modular using Chassis Direct
- Troubleshooting lead chassis failure
Recommended slot configurations for IOMs
- Supported slot configurations for IOMs
Upgrading networking switch using different DUP versions
- Upgrading networking switch to 10.5.0.7 using DUP
- Prerequisites for upgrading from 10.5.0.5
- Prerequisites for upgrading from versions earlier than 10.5.0.5
Upgrading networking switch using CLI

● End Date

● Category

● Subcategory

● Message

Select an alert to view the summary on the right side of the Alerts.

You can also perform the following activities on the Alerts page.

● Acknowledge

● Unacknowledge

● Ignore

● Export

● Delete

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