OpenManage Essentials “OME”Kick Start OverviewBased on OME Release 2.2 July 2016

Version 1.2 September 2016

Mark Maclean - Dell UK

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OpenManageValues

One of the solutions in the OpenManage portfolio allowing customers 1 to many server management

Simple and effective•Rich GUI •Easy to install & low touch maintenance•Simple to use and Self learning

HW Element Management•Monitor health Dell Servers, storage and networking switches + •Update and Config Dell Servers•Report HW asset information (Service Tag, FRU and Warranty, etc)

Agent-free Management •Discovery/Correlate Server/iDRAC and Chassis/Blades•Monitoring 12G/13G servers (older server do need omsa agent)•Update 11G/12G/13G servers

Dell OpenManage integration plugin’s include :Nagios/MS system center/VMware Vcenter/BMC blade logic/etc

Open Manage Essential

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Open Manage Essential1:Many full management solution for Dell servers

(deploy/discover/monitoring/patch/reporting)Plus

monitoring of Dell and 3rd party infrastructure

OpenManage Essentials

Dell StorageDell Networking

VRTX

FX M1000

TOWER

Full Monitoring And ManagementServer/idrac/CMC

Discover, Audit & Monitoring

RACK

Monitoring

3rd party Hardware

HP / Cisco / EMC /

Juniper / etc

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Open Manage Essential – Home Page - Web Enabled

Charts give the administrator insight into hardware alerts, device health status and the types of devicesbeing managed

The OME Portal is the place to go for a high level view of your Dell fleet

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OpenManage Essentials – DiscoveryEasy to use and flexible discovery wizards

Supports Dell servers , iDRAC, chassis- CMC, storage and networking devices.Supports multiple protocols – WMI, SNMP, WSMan, Linux SSHSchedule discovery for new devices

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Monitoring Health StatusOverall health roll-up and health status for each discovered device / groups / entire environment

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Open Manage Essential – Device Tree The device tree gives the ability to see the different categories of devices in the Fleet/datacentre With a “roll-up” health status & Launch points for idrac/CMC/omsa/IOA/etc

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Open Manage Essential – Alerts & Forwarding Filter & Action hardware events – email / scripts (actions) / snmp forwarding

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Open Manage Essential – System UpdateBringing servers up to date with the latest firmware/ drivers is as easy as checking the update tab and hitting the “Apply” button.

Always stay in sync with latest Dell updates (ftp.Dell.com) or maintain consistency with customer defined local repository defined by Dell Repository ManagerAgent free update for 11/12/13G server Bios and firmware.

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Open Manage Essential – Deploy Server Template & OS ISO Auto/Manual deploy to bare metal Dell servers firmware/drac setting & ISO (add unattend.txt to ISO to auto build host OS)

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Open Manage Essential – “Virtual I/O pool” For Stateless Servers Move World Wide Names (FC WWN) & Ethernet MAC addresses between servers & blades – For server workload migration

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Open Manage Essential – Blade/FX IOA Vlan management Discover, report & deploy Vlan configs between IOA’s

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Open Manage Essential – Reports Canned reports built in to OME including hardware inventor & warranty status

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VRTX & FX Geographic ViewDisplay systems location (Require CMC Enterprise License)

Display location of geographically dispersed VRTX systemsMap locations managed through the OME console

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Open Manage Essential – Server Setting Compliance Detect configuration drift from preferred firmware settings – audit servers again template

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Dell OpenManage Mobile appExtend OME to mobile devise (Android / Apple IOS ) & use NFC feature to config server (quick sync)

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Dell SupportAssist with

OpenManage Essentials

Streamline And Expedite Support Experience

Improve productivity and accuracy•Proactive monitoring ProSupport / ProSupport Plus•Automated case creation with Dell tech support

Accelerate detection and resolution•Auto diagnostic and data collection •Upload troubleshooting information during auto case generation

Gain insight and control•Reporting and optimization recommendations with ProSupport Plus•Access to dedicated support staff with ProSupport Plus.

“Phone Home” Support

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Multi protocol tool – analyse, trace and correct problems

OpenManage Essential – Troubleshooting Tool

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OpenManage Essentials– Enable tiered event management

Site A Site B Site C

Site OME : • Filter out non-critical and

redundant alerts.• Forward alerts as-is to the

master OME instance.

Master OME :• Create filters and rules to disseminate

alerts to different Admins via email• Integrate with help desk systems.

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OpenManage Essentials - Licensing

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Open Manage Essential – Getting Started Simple wizard driven install (download includes all software required/patches/hotfixes & even Microsoft sql express)

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Next StepsDownload OME Relase 2.2 (July 2016) HERE OME 2.2 User Guide Document HereOME Page on Dell Tech Center - library of whitepapers, documents & videos Dell tech center OpenManage Essentials “OME” – Whitepapers/videos etcGetting started videos part of a library of “how to” Dell OpenManage videosBasic Install Simple Config Creating Custom Alerts Dell System Management technical forum Dell tech center – a customer forum for all thing OpenManageOpenManage Documentation Page More “Kick Start Guides” on Dell OpenManage System Managementhttp://www.slideshare.net/mark_maclean/presentations

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