Dell EMC Systems Management Overview Guide Version 21.0 Sep 2020 Rev.
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1 Dell EMC systems management Dell EMC delivers management solutions that help IT Administrators effectively deploy, update, monitor, and manage IT assets. OpenManage solutions and tools enable you to quickly respond to problems by helping them to manage Dell EMC servers effectively and efficiently; in physical, virtual, local, and remote environments, operating in-band, and out-of-band (agent-free).
and remediation. These tasks are performed within a single console that unifies management of tower, rack, and modular platforms. OpenManage Enterprise helps in standardizing and supporting IT management policies and practices. Figure 1.
Connections for third-party consoles ● Micro Focus ○ Dell EMC OpenManage Operations Connector for Operations Bridge Manager (formerly Operations Manager i) ● IBM ○ OpenManage Connection for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus (ITNO) ● Nagios ○ OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core ○ OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios XI Chassis and Server Managers ● ● ● ● Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Modular (OME-M) Chassis Management Controller (CMC) iDRAC Service Module (iSM) Dell EMC
2 Systems Management Product Overview This section provides an overview for the Dell EMC Systems Management suite of products.
Table 1. OpenManage Enterprise feature and benefits (continued) Feature Description Benefits Packaged as a virtual appliance OpenManage Enterprise is readily deployable as a virtual appliance in ESXi, Hyper-V, and KVM hypervisors. Enables quick and easy deployment while gaining the benefits of virtualization, including the migration of the application from one physical server to another.
Table 1. OpenManage Enterprise feature and benefits (continued) Feature Description Benefits Custom Template Edit Edit the deployment template attributes by using: Provides ability to control template editing by "guided view" for specific attributes, such as BIOS, boot sequence and so on, to avoid human error.
Once connected, SupportAssist helps with the power to: ● Prevent outages with secure remote monitoring—The best time to solve a problem is before it happens. SupportAssist monitors system health proactively by detecting future failures. Help systems stay up and running without unplanned downtime. ● Active troubleshooting—SupportAssist automates case creation and sends diagnostic information to Dell Technologies support which enables to resolve issues with minimal effort.
Quick Sync 2 is supported on many PowerEdge rack and tower servers, such as R940, R940xa, R840, R740, R740xd, R640, R540, R440, R6415, R6515, R6525, R7515, R7425, R7415, and T640. On 13 th generation of the PowerEdge servers: OMM can access PowerEdge 13 th generation servers through the Quick Sync bezel. After connected, IT administrators can configure IP addresses, view server inventory, health status and logs, or power cycle a server.
OpenManage Ansible Modules Dell EMC OpenManage Ansible Modules enable data center and IT administrators to use Red Hat Ansible to automate and orchestrate the provisioning, configuration, deployment, and update of PowerEdge Servers. It uses the management automation capabilities in-built into the iDRAC, OpenManage Enterprise, and OpenManage Enterprise Modular.
Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise—Modular Edition The Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise—Modular Edition (OME-Modular Edition) helps to transform how you manage the infrastructure and enable the business quickly. It is a unified web/RESTful API interface that manages all the nodes including compute, storage, and networking. It helps reduce costs and consolidates multiple tools for ease of access and monitoring.
● PowerEdge FX2/FX2s—The FX2 enclosure enables servers and storage to share power, cooling, management, and networking. It includes redundant Power Supply Units (1100 W, 1600 W, 2000 W, and 2400 W) and eight cooling fans. With a compact highly flexible design, the FX2 chassis lets you efficiently add resources to your infrastructure when and where you need them, so you can let demand and budget determine your level of investment.
Table 2. Dell EMC Update Utilities (continued) Product Windows Linux Dell EMC System Update Yes Yes Dell EMC Platform Specific Bootable ISO No Yes Dell EMC Update Packages Dell EMC Update Packages (DUP) is a self-contained executable supported by Microsoft Windows or Linux that updates a component on a server and applications like OMSA and iSM. DUPs can be executed in GUI or in CLI mode. For more information, see Dell EMC Update Packages User’s Guide available at https://www.dell.com/esmmanuals.
● OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter (OMIVV) ● OpenManage Integration with ServiceNow ( OMISNOW) ● BMC Software Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center (OMIMSSC) for System Center Operations Manager(SCOM) Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager(SCOM) with the Dell EMC Server Management Pack suite helps you to discover, monitor and accurately depict the status of the following systems on a defined network segment: ● ● ● ● ● Dell EMC PoweEdge
Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center for System Center Virtual Machine Manager Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center (OMIMSSC) for System Center Virtual Machine Manager helps to automate and simplify hardware configuration and OS deployment.
servers that host virtual workloads running on Microsoft Hyper-V. Remedial actions can be quickly implemented if a system is compromised. For more information, see Dell EMC server PRO Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager User’s Guide available at https://www.dell.com/esmmanuals.
BMC Software Dell EMC, along with BMC Software, servers, storage and network management functionality with the BMC Software's process and datacenter automation products. Dell and BMC Software’s partnership helps to ensure that Dell EMC and BMC Softwarebased IT infrastructure and services provide the highest level of datacenter and business services manageability.
OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios XI OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios XI uses agent-free (out-of-band) method to discover inventory and monitor the following Dell EMC devices in the data center environments that are managed by Nagios XI: ● ● ● ● ● ● PowerEdge Servers iDRAC Dell EMC Modular Infrastructure Dell EMC Storage Arrays Dell EMC Networking devices Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) With this plug-in, you have comprehensive hardware-level visibility and health monitoring information of the Dell EMC devi
3 Legacy — Dell EMC Hardware Management Tools Topics: • • • • • OpenManage Server Administrator Baseboard Management Controller Management Utilities Dell Remote Access Configuration Tool OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Dell IPMI Tool OpenManage Server Administrator The OpenManage Server Administrator provides a comprehensive one-to-one systems management solution for both local and remote servers and their storage controllers and Direct Attached Storage (DAS).
OpenManage Deployment Toolkit NOTE: This tool is deprecated. The OpenManage Deployment Toolkit includes a set of utilities for configuring and deploying PowerEdge systems. It is designed for customers who want to build scripted installations to deploy large numbers of servers without making many changes to their current deployment process.
4 Accessing documents from the Dell EMC support site You can access the required documents in one of the following ways: ● Using the following links: ○ For Dell EMC Enterprise Systems Management, Dell EMC Remote Enterprise Systems Management, and Dell EMC Virtualization Solutions documents — https://www.dell.com/esmmanuals ○ For Dell EMC OpenManage documents — https://www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals ○ For iDRAC documents — https://www.dell.
5 Contacting Dell EMC NOTE: If you do not have an active Internet connection, you can find contact information on your purchase invoice, packing slip, bill, or Dell EMC product catalog. Dell provides several online and telephone-based support and service options. Availability varies by country and product, and some services may not be available in your area. To contact Dell EMC for sales, technical support, or customer service issues, see https://www.dell.com/contactdell.
