Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- SupportAssist Enterprise Version 2.0.60 User's Guide
- Overview
- Getting started with SupportAssist Enterprise
- Set up SupportAssist Enterprise on local system
- Setting up SupportAssist Enterprise for remote devices
- Evaluating SupportAssist Enterprise
- Download the SupportAssist Enterprise installation package
- Installing or upgrading SupportAssist Enterprise
- Minimum requirements for installing and using SupportAssist Enterprise
- Installing SupportAssist Enterprise
- Upgrading SupportAssist Enterprise
- Migrating to SupportAssist Enterprise
- Using SupportAssist Enterprise without registration
- Register SupportAssist Enterprise
- Set up an SELinux enabled system to receive alerts
- Open the SupportAssist Enterprise user interface
- Log in to SupportAssist Enterprise
- Log out of SupportAssist Enterprise
- Adding devices
- Methods of adding devices
- Device types and applicable devices
- Add a server or hypervisor
- Add an iDRAC
- Add a chassis
- Add a Networking device
- Add a PowerVault storage array
- Add an EqualLogic PS Series storage solution
- Add a Compellent SC Series storage solution
- Add a Fluid File System NAS device
- Add a software
- Add a solution
- Add a virtual machine
- Add a device by duplication
- Managing device discovery rules
- Viewing cases and devices
- Monitoring site health
- Using Extensions
- Types of extensions
- Support for setting up adapter or Remote Collector
- Getting started with adding devices managed by systems management consoles
- Adapters overview
- Set up OpenManage Essentials adapter
- Set up the Microsoft System Center Operations Manager adapter
- Management Packs for inventorying devices managed by Operations Manager
- Set up OpenManage Enterprise adapter
- View the adapter overview pane
- View devices inventoried by the adapter
- Synchronize adapter
- Edit adapter
- Delete adapter
- Approximate time required to assign Credential Profile
- Remote Collectors overview
- Device grouping
- Managing device credentials
- Validating device inventory
- Maintaining SupportAssist Enterprise capability
- Enable or disable monitoring of a device
- Perform deep discovery
- Install or upgrade OMSA by using SupportAssist Enterprise
- Configure SNMP settings by using SupportAssist Enterprise
- View and update the contact information
- View and update parts dispatch information
- Integrate SupportAssist Enterprise with your TechDirect account
- Configure proxy server settings
- Connectivity test
- Test the case creation capability
- Clear the System Event Log
- Automatic update
- Delete a device
- Configuring email notifications
- Configuring collection settings
- Prerequisites for collecting system information
- Enable or disable the automatic collection of system information on case creation
- Enable or disable analytics collections
- Enable or disable the periodic collection of system information from all devices
- Enable or disable the collection of identity information
- Enable or disable the collection of system information
- Enable or disable the automatic upload of collections
- Enable or disable analytics collections
- Viewing collections
- Using SupportAssist Enterprise to collect and send system information
- Understanding maintenance mode
- SupportAssist Enterprise user groups
- Manually configuring SNMP settings
- Manually configuring the alert destination of a server
- Manually configuring the alert destination of a server by using the script file on server running Windows
- Manually configuring the alert destination of a server running Windows
- Manually configuring the alert destination of a server by using the script file on a server running Linux
- Manually configure alert destination of server running Linux
- Manually configure alert destination of iDRAC using the web interface
- Manually configure alert destination of networking device
- Manually configuring the alert destination of a server
- Managing SupportAssist Enterprise alerts in TechDirect
- Other useful information
- Monitoring servers for hardware issues
- Support for automatically installing or upgrading OMSA
- Support for automatically configuring SNMP settings
- Installing patch for SupportAssist Enterprise
- Enable or disable API interface settings
- Signing in to TechDirect
- Deep discovery
- Device correlation
- Association view
- Detection of hardware issues in attached storage devices
- Support for OEM devices
- Install Net-SNMP on a server running Linux
- Configure sudo access for SupportAssist Enterprise on server running Linux
- Ensuring successful communication between the SupportAssist Enterprise application and the SupportAssist server
- Accessing the SupportAssist Enterprise application logs
- Event storm handling
- Accessing the context-sensitive help
- View SupportAssist Enterprise product information
- Uninstalling SupportAssist Enterprise
- Identify series of PowerEdge server
- Troubleshooting
- Installing SupportAssist Enterprise
- SupportAssist Enterprise registration
- Opening the SupportAssist Enterprise user interface
- Logging in to SupportAssist Enterprise
- Unable to add device
- Unable to add adapter
- Unable to add Remote Collector
- Disconnected
- OMSA not installed
- SNMP not configured
- New version of OMSA available
- Unable to configure SNMP
- Unable to verify SNMP configuration
- Unable to install OMSA
- Unable to verify OMSA version
- OMSA not supported
- Unable to reach device
- Unable to gather system information
- Insufficient storage space to gather system information
- Unable to export collection
- Unable to send system information
- Authentication failed
- Clearing System Event Log failed
- Maintenance mode
- Auto update
- Unable to edit device credentials
- Automatic case creation
- Scheduled tasks
- SupportAssist Enterprise services
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- Other services
- Security
- Logs
- SupportAssist Enterprise user interface
- SupportAssist Enterprise Registration Wizard
- Login page
- Site Health
- Cases page
- Devices page
- Site Inventory Validation
- Device Groups page
- Manage Device Discovery Rule
- Manage Account Credentials
- Manage Credential Profiles
- Collections page
- Analytics Collections
- Extensions
- Settings
- Network Connectivity Test
- SupportAssist Enterprise test
- Error code appendix
- SupportAssist Enterprise resources
- Contacting Dell EMC
Using Extensions
The extensions that are available in SupportAssist Enterprise enable you to extend the SupportAssist Enterprise capability to
many devices. You can use the extensions to inventory and add devices that are managed by a systems management console
such as Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials, Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), or OpenManage Enterprise.
The extensions also enable you to optimize the performance of SupportAssist Enterprise by distributing the workload of
collecting and uploading system information to remote systems.
Topics:
• Types of extensions
• Support for setting up adapter or Remote Collector
• Getting started with adding devices managed by systems management consoles
• Adapters overview
• Remote Collectors overview
Types of extensions
Two types of extensions are available in SupportAssist Enterprise:
● Adapter — An application that acts as an interface between SupportAssist Enterprise and a systems management console.
The adapter enables SupportAssist Enterprise to inventory and retrieve alerts from supported devices that are managed by a
systems management console, instead of adding each device individually. After inventorying and adding the devices,
SupportAssist Enterprise can monitor the devices for hardware issues and also collect and upload system information to Dell
EMC. Two types of adapters available in SupportAssist Enterprise:
○ OpenManage Essentials adapter—to inventory devices managed by OpenManage Essentials
○ System Center Operations Manager adapter—to inventory devices managed by System Center Operations Manager
○ OpenManage Enterprise adapter—to inventory devices managed by OpenManage Enterprise
● Remote Collector — A remote instance of SupportAssist Enterprise that collects and uploads system information from
devices that are present within a specific IP address range. The Remote Collector enables SupportAssist Enterprise to
distribute the workload of collecting and uploading system information to a remote system. Typically, collection and upload of
system information from all your devices is performed by the server where SupportAssist Enterprise is installed. When you
set up a Remote Collector on a remote system, collection and upload of system information from devices within the specified
IP address ranges is performed by the remote system. To ensure optimal performance of SupportAssist Enterprise, it is
recommended that you set up a separate Remote Collector for every 3,500 devices.
Support for setting up adapter or Remote Collector
The capability to set up an adapter or Remote Collector is available only when SupportAssist Enterprise is installed on a
Windows operating system. The following tables provide a summary of the capability to set up an adapter or Remote Collector
depending on the operating system.
Table 14. Support for setting up an adapter
Operating system where
SupportAssist Enterprise is installed
Support for setting up an adapter on
a local or remote server running
Windows
Support for setting up an adapter on
a local or remote server running
Linux
Windows Yes Yes (For OpenManage Enterprise only)
Linux No Yes (For OpenManage Enterprise only)
NOTE: For the devices that you can inventory in SupportAssist Enterprise by setting up an adapter, see the list of devices
in the SupportAssist Enterprise Version 2.0.60 Support Matrix at https://www.dell.com/serviceabilitytools.
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