Installation manual

Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials
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Minimum software and network requirements Table 2.
Particulars
Minimum requirements
Operating systems
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 Standard and Enterprise Editions (x86
and x64)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Standard and Enterprise Editions
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard and Datacenter Editions
Network
100 Mbps or higher
Web browser
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, 9, and 10
Mozilla Firefox 11 and 12
Google Chrome 26 and 27
Database
Standard\Enterprise Editions: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and above
Express Editions: SQLEXPRESSOME instance with Microsoft SQL Server
2008 and above
User interface
Microsoft Silverlight version 5.1.20125.0
Microsoft .NET Framework
4.5
Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime
Runtime 2010 version 10.0.40219
Note: If Windows is not having the above mentioned Service Packs installed, installation of Essentials in
any kind including Typical, Custom and upgrade from previous version will be blocked. You should adhere
to the above mentioned Service Packs of Windows for installing\upgrading Essentials.
Minimum login roles for Microsoft SQL Server Table 3.
Use cases
Minimum login roles for SQL
Server
Fresh OME installation: select the Typical installation option.
sysadmin access on the installed
instance
Fresh OME installation: select the Custom installation option.
An empty OpenManage Essentials database is already present
(locally or remotely) on the mentioned database server.
db_owner access on the
OpenManage Essentials database.
Fresh OME installation: select the Custom installation option, and
no OME database found.
dbcreator access on the server.
Upgrading OME from v1.0.1 or v1.1 to v1.2 and an OpenManage
Essentials database is present (locally or remotely).
db_owner access on the
OpenManage Essentials database.
Note: If you select the Custom install option and do not enter any credentials (irrespective of whether
the Windows or SQL Authentication method is selected), then the installation is considered as a “Typical”
installation and “sysadmin” rights will be checked for the mentioned database server and database
instance.