User's Manual

– Dell License Manager—Select to install the Dell license manager. Dell License Manager is a one-to-many

license deployment and reporting tool for managing the Dell iDRAC 7 licenses.

– Documentation—Click to view the online help.

– View Readme—Click to view the readme file. To view the latest readme, go to support.dell.com/manuals.

2. In Dell OpenManage Install, select Dell OpenManage Essentials and click Install.

The Dell OpenManage Essentials Prerequisites window, displays the following requirement types:

– Critical—This error condition prevents the installation of a feature.

– Warning —This warning condition may disable the Typical installation but not an Upgrade of the feature

later during installation. Also, later during installation, use the Custom installation setup type to select the

feature.

– Information—This informational condition does not affect the Typical selection of a feature.

There are two options for resolving critical dependencies:

– Click Install All Critical Prerequisites to immediately begin installing all critical prerequisites without further

interaction. Install All Critical Prerequisites may require a reboot depending on the configuration and the

Prerequisites installation will resume automatically after restart.

– Install each prerequisite individually by clicking the associated link with the required software.

NOTE: To configure remote database, you do not require an SQL Express installation on the local system. See

Setting Up OpenManage Essentials Database on a Remote SQL Server. If you are not configuring a remote

database, then install SQL Express by clicking the warning prerequisite link. Selecting Install All Critical

Prerequisites does not install SQL Express.

3. Click Install Essentials.

4. In the install wizard for OpenManage Essentials, click Next.

5. In the License Agreement page, read the license agreement, select I accept the terms in the license agreement,

and then click Next.

6. In Setup type select either Typical or Custom installation.

If you selected Typical, click Next. Verify the installation settings in the Ready to Install the Program page and the

click Install.

If you selected Custom, in Custom Setup, click Next and follow the instructions in Custom Setup Installation

7. After the installation is complete, click Finish.

Custom Setup Installation

1. In Custom Setup, click Change to change the installation location, and then click Next.

2. In custom settings for port numbers, if required, change default values for Network Monitoring Service port

number, Task Manager Service port number, Package Server Port, and Console Launch port and then click Next.

3. In Database Server, do any of the following and then click Next:

– Local database—If you have many SQL server versions available on the management system and you want

to select an SQL server on which you want to set up the OpenManage Essentials database, then select the

SQL server from the Database Server list, the type of authentication, and provide the authentication details.

– Remote database— Complete the prerequisites. For more information, see Setting Up OpenManage

Essentials Database on a Remote SQL Server. After the prerequisites are complete, click Browse and

select the remote system and then provide the authentication details. You can also set up the OpenManage

Essentials database on a remote system by providing the IP address or host name and the database

instance name of the remote system in Database Server.

NOTE: If you select the Custom install option and do not enter any credentials, the installation is considered as

a Typical installation and sysadmin rights are required.