Users Guide

Downloading and installing Software applications

Topics:

• OpenManage Essentials

• Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials on a separate server

• Dell Nautilus

OpenManage Essentials

OpenManage Essentials is a hardware management application on a separate server that provides a comprehensive view of the Dell XC430

and its components. OpenManage Essentials enables you to:

• Discover and list the system inventory

• Monitor the health of a system

• Perform system updates and remote tasks

• View hardware inventory and compliance reports

For information about the supported OpenManage Essentials versions, see the Supported hardware, rmware, and software section in this

document.

To download OpenManage Essentials management software, go to Dell.com/support/home or the Dell TechCenter website at

DellTechCenter.com/OME.

To download the OpenManage Essentials User’s Guide, go to Dell.com/openmanagemanuals.

NOTE

: To install OpenManage Essentials, you must have local system administrator privileges, and the system you are using

must meet the criteria mentioned in the Installation Prerequisites and Minimum Requirements section of the

OpenManage

Essentials User’s Guide

NOTE: OpenManage Essentials must be installed on the management network or a network that has access to the IMPI or

iDRAC ports.

Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials on a separate

server

To install OpenManage Essentials:

1 Go to Dell.com/openmanagemanuals and open the OpenManage Essentials User’s Guide.

2 Go to the Installation Prerequisites and Minimum Requirements section and complete the tasks as described.

3 Go to the Installing OpenManage Essentials section and complete the tasks as described.

4 Install the following optional software applications:

• Dell OpenManage Essentials

• Dell Repository Manager

NOTE

: Install Dell Repository Manager only if you want to customize the Firmware Bundles and Update

Packages.

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