Dell Open Networking

Overview

Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON,S4810-ON, S4048-ON, S6000-ONS4048T-ON,S6010-ON,S6100-on and Z9100-ON Open Networking switches offer an innovative disaggregated-hardware/software solution for data center networking. Based on our dependable, award-winning Z-Series and S-Series switch hardware and featuring a choice of third-party OS and software options, these solutions give you the power to transform your network and accelerate data-center innovation with simplified, high-capacity network fabrics.

Designed to ease network fabric orchestration and automation, Dell EMC Open Networking switch solutions are cost-effective, easy to deploy and provide a clear path to software-defined networking (SDN).

Key Features

• 1U, high-density, 1/10/25/40/50/100GbE, top-of-rack switches
• Choice of Dell EMC Operating System 99/10, Cumulus Linux OS or Big Switch Networks Switch Light™ OS, , IP Infusion OcNOS™, as well as Big Switch Networks BigTap™ Monitoring Fabric application..
• Choice of network virtualization options with VMware NSX™, andMidokura™, Midokura MidoNet andNuageNetworks
• Support for open-source Open Network Install Environment (ONIE) for zero-touch installation of network OS
• Redundant, hot-swappable power supply units (PSU) and fans
• Reversible airflow options
• Low power consumption

Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON OpenNetworking Switch

Accelerate applications in high performance environments with a low-latency, top-of-rack (ToR) switch that features 48 x 1GbE and 4 x 10GbE ports, a dense 1U design and up to 260Gbps performance.  The S3048-ON also supports Open Network Install Environment (ONIE) forzero-touchinstallationofalternatenetworkoperatingsystems.

DellNetworkingS4810-ONOpenNetworkingSwitch

Deploymodernworkloadsandapplicationswithahigh-density1RUToRswitchthatfeatures48-x10GbEand4x40GbEportsandofferslow-latency,non-blockingoperation.ItalsosupportsONIE for zero-touch installation of alternate network operating systems.

Dell EMC Networking S4048-ON OpenNetworking Switch

Optimize your network for virtualization with a high-density, ultra-low latency ToR switch that features 48 x 10GbE SFP+ and 6 x 40GbE ports (or 72 x 10GbE ports in breakout mode) and up to 720 Gbps performance.  The S4048-ON also supports Open Network Install Environment (ONIE) for zero-touch installation of alternate network operating systems.

Dell EMC Networking S6000-ONOpenS4048T-ONSwitch

Provides

DellEMC Networking S6000-ON Switch

Provide high-density switching for top-, middle- and end-of-rack deployments with a 1U switch that features 32 x 40GbE ports or 96 x 10GbE ports plus eight 40GbE ports. The S6000-ON also supports ONIE for zero-touch installation of network operating systems

Dell EMC Networking Z9100-ON OpenNetworking Switch

Transform modern data centers with a high-performance ToR fixed switch that offers industry-leading density of either 128 x 10GbE or 128 x 25GbE or 32 x 40GbE or 64 x 50GbE or 32 x 100GbE ports.  The Z9100-ON also supports ONIE for zero-touch installation of network operating systems

Comparison of platforms

Your choice of third-party operating systems, virtualization and monitoring software

Enable business agility and avoid vendor lock-in with third-party OS and software options, including:

• Cumulus Linux OS:  Simplify network management, orchestration and automation, and leverage a broad ecosystem of Linux applications.
• Big Switch Networks Switch Light™ OS:  Enable a range of SDN-controller-based fabric solutions, and help reduce cost and complexity.
• Big Switch Networks Big Tap™ Monitoring Fabric: Tap traffic everywhere in the network for exceptional visibility with an SDN-based monitoring solution.

• VMware NSX: VMware NSX provides a complete suite of simplified logical networking elements and services, including logical switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers, VPN, QoS, monitoring and security
• Midokura MidoNet:  Midokura Enterprise MidoNet is a software-based, highly scalable and resilient, network virtualization system for OpenStack and Neutron compatible environments.
• IP Infusion OcNOS™: An economical, scalable and secure method of separating network users and resources across a common infrastructure using MPLS network virtualization.

• Pluribus Networks Open Netvisor Linux (ONVL) is based on a Virtualization-Centric Fabric architecture with a distributed controller based on proven cluster technology.  Dell Open Networking (ON) Ethernet Switches powered by Pluribus ONVL federate into a fabric, offering enhanced insight, agility and security of virtualized computing and storage

Cumulus Linux

Cumulus Linux is a full-featured networking operating system that enables you to build a modern, scalable and cost-effective data center. Combined with Dell’s open-networking switches, this disaggregated solution offers enhanced manageability, clustering, monitoring and orchestration – many of the same benefits found in virtualized-server environments. Cumulus OS leverages a large ecosystem of native Linux applications and automation tools, allowing you to adopt innovations and add agility to your data center. Now you can deploy next-generation workloads on feature-rich solutions built on large-scale Clos fabrics and new data-center architectures.

Big Switch Networks Switch Light OS

Switch Light™ OS¹ is an SDN operating system that is ideal for building next-generation data-center fabrics. Based on Open Network Linux (ONL), the open-source Linux operating system, Switch Light OS brings modern server or compute models to the network and allows you to adopt a disaggregated-software/hardware solution. It provides powerful automation capabilities that can significantly reduce your operating costs. Switch Light OS uses ONIE to install onto on-board flash memory and includes standard ONL features such as:

• Debian Linux kernel
• Set of device drivers and installation scripts
• A net-boot-capable, zero-touch networking bootloader
• Enhanced features that optimize headless switch operations
• Ability to increase performance by minimizing writes to flash memory

Big Switch Networks Big Tap Monitoring Fabric

Big Tap™ Monitoring Fabric¹ is an innovative network monitoring solution that allows you to tap traffic anywhere in the network and deliver it to troubleshooting, network monitoring, application-performance monitoring or security tools. It offers a practical, cost-effective entry point for SDN and provides optimal visibility and scalability. At the core of the Big Tap Monitoring Fabric is the Big Tap Controller. This software compiles user-defined policies into optimized flows that are programmed into the forwarding ASICs of "non-OS" switches running the Switch Light™ OS.

VMware NSX

VMware NSX provides a complete suite of simplified logical networking elements and services, including logical switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers, VPN, QoS, monitoring and security. These services are provisioned in virtual networks through any cloud management platform leveraging the NSX APIs and can be arranged in any topology with isolation and multi-tenancy. Virtual networks are deployed non-disruptively over any existing network and on any hypervisor.

Midokura MidoNet

Midokura Enterprise MidoNet is a software-based, highly scalable and resilient, network virtualization system for OpenStack and Neutron compatible environments. With its distributed architecture it enables enterprises and service providers to build, run and manage virtual networks with increased control, security and flexibility. Using industry standards and by leveraging existing physical infrastructure, MidoNet reduces costs and improves stability, scalability and performance of networks.

IP Infusion OcNOS™

IP Infusion is a leading provider of intelligent network software for telecom and data communications services. The company recently announced its OcNOS™, the first, full-featured network operating system for data center and enterprise networking, including advanced capabilities such as extensive protocol support for multiprotocol label switching (MPLS). OcNOS brings the power of the Open Compute Project, an open hardware movement and foundation, to data networking to reduce operational complexity.

Pluribus Networks

The Pluribus Networks Netvisor distributed fabric, built on top of an open, standards-based L2/IP network, permits a Dell ON leaf-spine deployment to be managed, automated and programmed as a single node with associated operational advantages.  The Netvisor fabric brings together effectively the ease of management of a centralized controller architecture, with the scalability and high availability properties of a fully distributed controller-free, architecture with no single point of failure.

Specification Sheets

Dell Networking S Series S4810-ON Spec Sheet

Dell Networking S-Series S3048-ON Spec Sheet

Dell Networking S-Series S4048-ON Spec Sheet

Dell Networking S Series S6000-ON Spec Sheet

Dell Networking Z9100-ON Spec Sheet 

Partner OS Guide

Dell Networking Open Networking Partner OS Guide

Solution Briefs

Joint Solution Brief Dell and Cumulus Open Networking

[View:~/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-01-54/5545.Unlocking-the-Open-Networking-Ecosystem-with-Dell-VMware-Cumulus-Solutions-Brief.pdf:550:0]

5545.Unlocking the Open Networking Ecosystem with Dell VMware Cumulus Solutions Brief.pdf

Joint Solution Brief Dell and Big Switch Networks Open Networking

Joint Solution Brief Dell and VMware

Joint Solution Brief Dell and Midokura

Joint Solution Brief Dell and IP Infusion

Joint Solution Brief Dell and Pluribus Networks

Whitepapers

Dell Open Networking and SDN White Paper

Open Networks: Turning the vision into reality white paper

Articles

Open Networking Takes Hold

Videos

[View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so66ydm1Ttw&list=UU01FW5V9UVohbPtqKSmXX-w:550:0]

[View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqPJCcVYLBQ&feature=youtu.be:550:0]

FAQs

Dell Networking Disaggregation Model with Cumulus FAQ

Dell and Big Switch Networks FAQ

SC Series Technical Documents

This page is a frequently updated collection of all SC Series (including Compellent) technical documents and videos produced by Dell storage engineering, marketing and solution partners.

Click to jump to a topic:

Data Protection

 Back to the top

Databases (General)

  Back to the top

Enterprise Manager/Dell Storage Manager

  Back to the top

Exchange Server

  Back to the top

FluidFS / NAS

Click here for additional FluidFS technical content on Dell TechCenter.

  Back to the top

Linux / Unix

  Back to the top

Oracle

  Back to the top

SQL Server

  Back to the top

SharePoint

  Back to the top

Storage Center (General)

 Back to the top

Virtualization

  Back to the top

Windows Server

 Back to the top 

Installation of Dell OpenManage Plugin for Nagios XI on CentOS

Overview

In this technical article, we will cover the installation of Nagios-XI and Dell OpenManage Plug-In for Nagios-XI on a management node running CentOS. Following sections describe in detail the step-by-step instructions for installation and configuration of not only Nagios-XI and Dell OpenManage Plug-In but also the prerequisites that need to be installed and configured as well. These steps have been performed on the latest version of Nagios XI 64-bit virtual appliance running in VMware Workstation Player 12 on a Windows 7 Enterprise Edition host OS.

Step 1: Install Nagios XI Virtual Appliance

Nagios XI is available as a virtual machine (VM) image which can be downloaded from the official Nagios product download page. This is really useful as with a few additional configuration you can have a fully functional Nagios XI setup running and monitoring your data center or IT infrastructure in no time.

• Download VMware 64 bit virtual machine image from https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/. At the time of writing this article, the latest Nagios XI VMware 64 bit OVA image is running:
  • Linux OS: CentOS 6.8
  • Nagios XI v5.3.2 with Nagios-Core v4.1.1
• You will need a ESX Server, VMware Workstation, Player or VirtualBox to run the virtual machine. In this article, we are using VMware Workstation Player 12 running on a Windows 7 Enterprise Edition host OS to run the Nagios-XI VM.
• Please read the Virtual Machine Documentation to setup and configure the Nagios XI. We strongly recommend that you also go through a very useful article on Additional Configuration Steps after Deploying the Nagios-XI VM available on Nagios-Exchange.

Step 2: Install Pre-requisites for Dell OpenManage Plug-In for Nagios XI

Prior to installing Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios XI, there are certain prerequisites or dependencies that must be installed on the management node. Following is the list of pre-requisites and their criticality (mandatory or optional) for Dell OM Plug-In:

• Perl Net-IP Module [mandatory]: provides functions to deal with IPv4/IPv6 addresses that are used by the OpenManage Plug-in’s check scripts for host and services discovery.
• Perl Net-SNMP Module [mandatory]: provides high-level interfaces to retrieve or update information on a remote host using the SNMP protocol and is used by the OpenManage Plug-in’s check scripts for SNMP communication with Dell devices.
• Perl Socket6 Module [optional]: provides glue routines to the various IPv6 functions that are used by the OpenManage plug-in for IPv6 host and services discovery and monitoring.
• Perl bindings for Open-WSMAN (WS-Management) [mandatory]: provides the Perl bindings for the Openwsman client API. Openwsman is an open source implementation of the WS-Management protocol and is used by OpenManage plug-in for the Agent-less monitoring of Dell devices using iDRAC.
• Perl SNMPTT (SNMP Trap Translator) Module [optional]: SNMP trap handler written in Perl for use with Net-SNMP / UCD-SNMP snmptrapd program. This module is an optional prerequisite and required for monitoring incoming SNMP traps from Dell devices.
• Dell RACADM (Remote Access Controller Admin) [optional]: command line tool that allows for remote or local management of Dell servers via the iDRAC. RACADM is required for monitoring component attribute information of Dell Chassis such as fan speed (RPM), amperage, voltage and power of PSUs and health of I/O module.

Install Perl Net-IP Module

Dell OpenManage Plug-In requires Perl Net-IP module version 1.26 or above to be installed. On CentOS 7, Perl Net-IP v1.26 can be installed using 'yum' package manager from the 'base' repository, whereas, on CentOS 6.8, the version of Perl Net-IP module that is available in the base respository is v1.25.

So, we will download and install the version 1.251.26 of Perl Net-IP module manually from source for CentOS 6.8.

Install Perl Net-SNMP Module

Dell OpenManage Plug-In requires Perl Net-SNMP module version 6.0.1 or above to be installed. Perl Net-SNMP module versions that is available on the 'update' repository for both CentOS 7 and 6.8 is older than 6.0.1. So, like Net-IP module above, we will download and install the latest perl-Net-SNMP module manually from source.

Install Perl Socket6 Module

Dell OpenManage Plug-In requires Perl Socket6 module version 0.23 or later to be installed. On CentOS 6.8 as well as CentOS 7, Perl Socket6 v0.23 can be installed using yum package manager from the base repository. In this case, Nagios XI virtual machine already come pre-installed with perl Socket6 v0.23. However, if you still need to install it then please follow the instructions listed below:

Install Perl bindings for Openwsman

Perl bindings for Openwsman and all of its associated dependencies can be installed on both CentOS 7 and CentOS 6.8 using the yum package manager from the EPEL repository.

Install Perl SNMPTT (SNMP Trap Translator) Module

• SNMPTT can be installed using yum package manager from the EPEL repository on both CentOS 6.8 and CentOS 7. We will also install net-snmp-perl module since snmptt requires it.
  
  

  [root@localhost ~]# yum install snmptt [root@localhost ~]# yum install net-snmp-perl

• Edit snmptt.ini: Once installed, we will configure SNMPTT to run as a daemon process rather than a standalone process by editing the /etc/snmp/snmptt.ini configuration file. Let us also enable the DNS resolution and enhanced logging options.
  
  

  [root@localhost ~]# vi /etc/snmp/snmptt.ini # SNMPTT v1.4beta2 Configuration File [General] dns_enable = 1 net_snmp_perl_enable = 1 translate_log_trap_oid = 1 [Logging] stdout_enable = 1 log_enable = 1 log_file = /var/log/snmptt/snmptt.log log_system_enable = 1 log_system_file = /var/log/snmptt/snmpttsystem.log unknown_trap_log_enable = 1 unknown_trap_log_file = /var/log/snmptt/snmpttunknown.log [Debugging] DEBUGGING = 1 DEBUGGING_FILE = /var/log/snmptt.debug DEBUGGING_FILE_HANDLER = /var/log/snmptt/snmptthandler.debug

• Edit snmptrapd.conf: We will need to also modify the snmptrapd configuration file to set snmptt as the default SNMP trap handler.
  
  

  [root@localhost ~]# vi /etc/snmp/snmptrapd.conf # Add the following lines traphandle default /usr/sbin/snmptthandler disableAuthorization yes

• Configure both snmptt and snmptrapd services to start on OS boot:
  
  

  [root@localhost ~]# chkconfig snmptrapd on [root@localhost ~]# chkconfig snmptt on

• Restart both the snmptt and snmptrapd services.
  
  

  [root@localhost ~]# service snmptt start [root@localhost ~]# service snmptrapd start

Install Dell RACADM

RACADM can be installed from the Dell linux repository. In order to do this, we will setup the Dell linux repository first and then use the yum package manager to install the srvadmin-idrac7 package and all of its associated dependencies. After installation is complete, it is recommended to log out and then login so that $PATH variable is updated to use the racadm from command line.

Step 3: Install the Dell OpenManage Plug-In for Nagios XI

Now that we have successfully installed all the pre-requisites, it is time to get on with the installation of OpenManage Plug-In.

• Please download and install the Dell OpenManage Plug-In for Nagios XI as per the installation instructions provided in the Installation Guide packaged with the plugin zipped tarball.
• We also recommend that you go through post-installation section in the Installation Guide to configure the SNMP alerts / traps and Alert Knowledge Base (KB) articles.

Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios XI

Contents: Download - Documentation - Videos - Whitepapers - DiscussionForum

Overview

Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios XI provides capabilities for monitoring 12th and later generations of Dell PowerEdge servers through an Agent-Freemethod using Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller (LC), Dell Modular Infrastructure and Dell Storage devices directly from within the Nagios XI console. With this plug-in, customers have comprehensive hardware-level visibility of Dell PowerEdge Servers, Dell Chassis, and Dell Storage including overall and component-level health monitoring for quicker fault detection and resolution.

What are the Key Features?

• An automated and guided Dell Configuration Wizard for discovery and monitoring configuration for following Dell devices:

  • Dell PowerEdge 12th and later generation of servers

  • Dell PowerEdge M1000e, Dell PowerEdge VRTX, and Dell PowerEdge FX2/FX2s chassis

  • Dell EqualLogic PS-Series Storage Arrays

  • Dell Compellent Storage Arrays

  • Dell PowerVault MD 34/38 Series Storage Arrays

• Provide basic System information including Component-level details of the following Dell devices:

  • Dell PowerEdge 12th and later generation of servers

  • Dell PowerEdge M1000e, Dell PowerEdge VRTX, and Dell PowerEdge FX2/FX2s chassis
    

  • Dell EqualLogic PS-Series Storage Arrays

  • Dell Compellent Storage Arrays

  • Dell PowerVault MD 34/38 Storage Arrays

• Monitor Overall Health including health of the following components of the supported Dell devices:

  • CPU, Memory, Physical Disk, Virtual Disk, Controller, Fan, Power Supply, Battery, Temperature Probe, Voltage Probe, Network Device, SD Card, Amperage Probe, Intrusion and FC NIC of the Dell PowerEdge Servers

• • Power Supply, Fan, I/O, Slot, and KVM of the supported Dell chassis
    

  • Enclosure, Controller, Physical Disk, and Virtual Disk of Dell PowerEdge VRTX Chassis

  • PCIe of Dell PowerEdge VRTX and PowerEdge FX2/FX2s chassis

  • Member Physical Disk, Storage Pool, and Group Volume of Dell EqualLogic PS-Series Storage Arrays

  • Physical Disk and Volume of Dell Compellent Storage Arrays

• Provide Warranty information of the supported Dell devices and alert based on days remaining for warranty expiration

• SNMP alerts monitoring from all the supported Dell devices

• View Alert Knowledge Base (KB) information of the following Dell devices corresponding to a SNMP alert for faster troubleshooting:

  • 12th and later generations of Dell PowerEdge servers

  • Dell PowerEdge M1000e, Dell PowerEdge VRTX, and Dell PowerEdge FX2/FX2s chassis

  • Dell EqualLogic PS-Series Storage Arrays

• Launch the following 1:1 and 1:Many web consoles from Nagios XI to perform further troubleshooting, configuration, or management activities:

  • Dell iDRAC web console

  • Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC) Console

  • Dell EqualLogic Group Manager Console

  • Dell Compellent Storage Manager Console

Business Benefits

• Protect existing investment in Nagios XI product to easily integrate and monitor Dell servers, chassis and storages within customer’s infrastructure

• This eases the administrator’s burden by having a single pane of glass to monitor the heterogeneous hardware platforms, which eventually improve the operational efficiency and flexibility in data center management

• Increase productivity by reducing time to maintain, monitor and troubleshoot any issue in server infrastructure

• Make informed and rapid decisions impacting the availability of data center resources

Licensing Details

Dell OpenManage Plug-in version 1.0 for Nagios XI is available as a software download offered at no charge to customers.

Download

• Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios XI

Documentation

Technical Article & Wikis

• InstallationofDellOpenManagePlug-InforNagiosXIonCentOS (NEW)
• InstallationofDellOpenManagePlug-InforNagiosCoreonUbuntuOS (NEW)
• Agent-free Monitoring of Dell PowerEdge 12G Servers in Nagios Core and Nagios XI Whitepaper

Videos

• Overview of Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios XI

[View:https://youtu.be/3AlbEtgV__Y:550:0]

• Installation of Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios XI 

[View:https://youtu.be/SSYHJ-aTizc:550:0]

Download Dell Repository Manager 1.0 08-18-2009 – Dell Repository Manager

The focus of this discussion is Dell Repository Manager, an application that allows customized bundles and repositories to be created on systems running the Microsoft® Windows® OS. Dell Update Packages (DUPs)—software utilities provided by Dell to update specific software components on Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers—that are based on specific criteria make up the customized bundles and repositories. Using Repository Manager helps ensure that a PowerEdge server is equipped with the latest BIOS, driver, firmware, and software updates.

Technical Community - Background Reading

• TechCenter Dell Repository Manager page
• Dell Repository Manager 1.0 Documentation Manual
• Download Dell Repository Manager 1.0

Chat Transcript

Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core

Contents: Download - Documentation - Videos - Whitepapers - DiscussionForum

Overview:

Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core provides a proactive approach to data center management that delivers features for monitoring 12th and later generations of Dell PowerEdge servers through an agent-free method using integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller technology, Dell chassis and Dell storage devices in the Nagios Core console. With this plug-in, customers have comprehensive hardware-level visibility of Dell PowerEdge servers, Dell chassis, and Dell storage including overall and component-level health monitoring for quicker fault detection and resolution.

Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core Version2.0 features

• Discover and monitor following Dell devices:
  • Dell PowerEdge 12th and later generation of servers
    
  • Dell PowerEdge M1000e, Dell PowerEdge VRTX, and Dell PowerEdge FX2/FX2s chassis
  • Dell EqualLogic PS-Series Storage Arrays
  • Dell Compellent Storage Arrays
  • Dell PowerVault MD 34/38 Series Storage Arrays
• Provide basic system information including component-level details the following Dell devices:
  • Dell PowerEdge 12th and later generation of servers
    
  • Dell PowerEdge M1000e, Dell PowerEdge VRTX, and Dell PowerEdge FX2/FX2s chassis
  • Dell EqualLogic PS-Series Storage Arrays
  • Dell Compellent Storage Arrays
  • Dell PowerVault MD 34/38 Storage Arrays
• Monitor health of the following components of the supported Dell devices:
  • Power Supply, Fan, I/O, Slot, and KVM of the supported Dell chassis
  • Enclosure, Controller, Physical Disk, and Virtual Disk of Dell PowerEdge VRTX Chassis
    
  • PCIe of Dell PowerEdge VRTX and PowerEdge FX2/FX2s chassi
  • Member Physical Disk, Storage Pool, and Group Volume of Dell EqualLogic PS-Series Storage Arrays
  • Physical Disk and Volume of Dell Compellent Storage Arrays
• Provide warranty information of the supported Dell devices
• Monitor SNMP alerts from all the supported Dell devices
• View alert Knowledge Base (KB) information of the following Dell devices corresponding to a SNMP alert for faster troubleshooting:
  • 12th and later generations of Dell PowerEdge servers
  • Dell PowerEdge M1000e, Dell PowerEdge VRTX, and Dell PowerEdge FX2/FX2s chassis
  • Dell EqualLogic PS-Series Storage Arrays
• Launch the following web consoles from Nagios Core to perform further troubleshooting, configuration, or management activities:
  • Dell iDRAC web console
  • Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC) Console
  • Dell EqualLogic Group Manager Console
  • Dell Compellent Storage Manager Console

Key Business benefitsBenefits

• Protect existing investment in Nagios Core product to easily integrate and monitor Dell servers, chassis and storages within customer’s infrastructure
• Improve operational efficiency and flexibility in managing large heterogeneous data center environment
• Increase productivity by reducing time to maintain, monitor and troubleshoot any issue in server infrastructure
• Make informed and rapid decisions impacting the availability of data center resources

LicensingDetails

Dell OpenManage Plug-in version2.0 for Nagios Core is available as a software download offered at nochargeNOCHARGEtocustomers.

Download

• Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core

Documentation

Learn

TechnicalArticles & Whitepapers

• InstallationofDellOpenManagePlug-InforNagiosXIonCentOS (NEWNov2016)
• Installalation of Dell OpenManage Plug-In for Nagios Core on Ubuntu OS (NEW)NEWOct2016)
• Using Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core on CentOS and Ubuntu OS
• SNMP Parameters Configuration script for Dell iDRACs in a large customer environment using RACADM

Whitepapers

• Agent-free Monitoring of Dell PowerEdge 12G Servers in Nagios Core and Nagios XI Whitepaper (BETAreleaseonNagiosExchange) 

Videos

• Overview of Dell OpenManage Plug-in v2.0 for Nagios Core
  
  [View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs04YsjSZGE:550:415]
• Upgrading to Dell OpenManage Plug-in version 2.0 for Nagios Core
  
  [View:https://youtu.be/hmbyPduR1s8:550:0]
• Overview of Dell OpenManage Plug-in v1.0 for Nagios Core
  
  [View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py_XIwI7lIg&list=PLe5xhhyFjDPdcgpUUUik7XfP8Z_SUJkFX&index=4:550:0]
• Installation of Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core
  
  [View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWN0QX6a030&index=1&list=PLe5xhhyFjDPdcgpUUUik7XfP8Z_SUJkFX:550:0]
• Integrating SNMP traps in Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core
  
  [View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XaFI1YgyGc:550:0]
  

• Uninstallation
• Un-installation of Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core
  
  [View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcGOSx3bXO4&list=PLe5xhhyFjDPdcgpUUUik7XfP8Z_SUJkFX&index=3:550:0]

Microsoft Windows Server 2016

Technical documentation and guidance for Windows Server 2016

General Information

• [[WindowsServer2016ISODowngradefromDell|WindowsServer2016ISODowngradefromDell]]
• Running Windows Server 2016 on Dell Servers in Non-Production Environments
• Dell PowerEdge Servers certified for Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4

Nano Server

• Nano Server Support and Dell PowerEdge
• Nano Server wiki
  
• Introducing Windows Server 2016 Nano Server Technical Preview 4
• Automating Nano Server deployment on Dell PowerEdge Servers
  
• How to deploy Nano Server (TP5) using WDS with the PowerEdge R730xd

• How to deploy Nano Server (TP5) using a USB key with the PowerEdge R730xd

Storage

• Testing Storage Spaces Direct using Dell PowerEdge R730xd

Security and Assurance

• Dell PowerEdge Server with TPM 2.0 Support
• Retrieve Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version information using PowerShell
• Remotely Configure System Settings for Guarded Fabric Hosts Deployment
• Shielding a VM with Windows Server 2016 on Dell PowerEdge 13G Servers
• Approving Trusted TPM for Dell PowerEdge 13G Servers in Windows Host Guardian Service

• Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5
• Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2
• Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008
• Documentation
• FAQs
• Videos
• White Papers and Blogs
• Downloading the drivers from the Dell support site
• Windows - Support on Dell PowerEdge Servers
• TechCenter Links (additional)

Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5

This is the fifth release of Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview. In this documentation, Windows Server is referred to as Windows Server Technical Preview unless there is a need to distinguish between this release and the previous release. This collection contains information about the following:

• System Requirements and Installation
• What's New in Windows Server Technical Preview 5
• Compute
• Identity and Access
• Management and Automation
• Networking
• Storage
• Security and Assurance

For more information, go to https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/get-started/windows-server-2016-technical-preview-5

Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 brings our experience delivering global-scale cloud services into your infrastructure with features and enhancements in virtualization, management, storage, networking, virtual desktop infrastructure, access and information protection, and the web and application platform.

For more information, go to https://technet.microsoft.com/library/hh801901.aspx

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008 is the first 64-bit-only operating system released from Microsoft. Version enhancements include new functionality for Active Directory, new virtualization and management features, version 7.5 of Microsoft IIS Web Server and support for up to 256 logical processors. When deployed in a file server role, new File Classification Infrastructure services allow files to be stored on designated servers in the enterprise based on business naming conventions, relevance to business processes and overall corporate policies.

For more information, go to https://technet.microsoft.com/library/dd349801

Documentation:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2016
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

FAQs:

http://www.dell.com/support/article/SLN296091

Whitepapers and Blogs:

http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/os-applications/w/wiki/

Videos:

• Accelerating the benefits of Windows Server 2012
• OS Deployment - Manual Installation
• OS Deployment - Unattended Installation Using USB Drive
• OS Deployment - Unattended OS Installation, UEFI Mode
• OS Deployment - Unattended Install Using NFS
• OS Deployment - Unattended OS Installation, BIOS Mode
• Updating Dell Servers by Integrating SUU with Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Cluster Aware Update
• Updating Dell Servers by Integrating DUP with Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Cluster Aware Update
• Using Microsoft's SCVMM 2008 to Clone a Hyper-V VM
• SCVMM 2008 and Dell PRO pack

Downloading the drivers from the Dell support site:

1. Go to Dell.com/support/home. Click View products.
2. Click Server, Storage, and Networking, and then click PowerEdge.
3. Select the appropriate PowerEdge system, and click Drivers and downloads.
4. Next, select the appropriate version of operating system.
5. Now download the driver file as per your requirement.

Windows - Support on Dell PowerEdge Servers:

• http://www.dell.com/support/contents/us/en/04/article/Product-Support/Self-support-Knowledgebase/enterprise-resource-center/server-operating-system-support

TechCenter Links:

• Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5: http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/os-applications/w/wiki/11735.microsoft-windows-server-2016
• Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2: http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/os-applications/w/wiki/3458.microsoft-windows-server-2012

Dell Client Command Suite Webcast

Join our weekly webcast to discuss the Dell Client Command Suite and other systems management topics of interest to Dell customers.  

When: Thursdays at 10am US Central Time (see schedule below for details) Download a calendar invite (.ics) here

Where: http://delltechcenter.adobeconnect.com/command/

Upcoming Webcast Topics

Previously Recorded Webcasts

White Papers for iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller Technology

General Overview

iDRAC 7 & 8 Feature and Licensing Information Sheet (New for 13G)

Introducing iDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller for Dell 13th Generation PowerEdge Servers (new for 13G)

OpenManage Systems Management with iDRAC, iSM, & OMSA: selecting the right components for specific server management requirements(NEW - Jan 2016)

Overview of Dell Systems Management using IPMI (updated for 13G)
PowerEdge Software Licensing (new for 13G)

Principled Technologies' Review of 13G PowerEdge OpenManage(New for 13G)

Understanding Physical Computer System View Profile Implementation (New for 13G)

Configuring Low-Latency Environments in PowerEdge Servers

Dell iDRAC7 Licensing Whitepaper - Differences between iDRAC6 and iDRAC7

iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller - Feature Guide

Lifecycle Controller Workflow Optimization

New Feature Overview: December 2013 Releases of iDRAC7 and Lifecycle Controller 2

New Features and Usability Enhancements to RACADM Commands in iDRAC7

PowerEdge C6320 Power Capping (New for 13G)

Networking and I/O configuration

Disabling a Third-Party PCIe Card Cooling Response with Dell PowerEdge Servers (new for 13G)

Dell Network Adapters with iDRAC (Updated April 2016)

IPv6 Best Practices using iDRAC (new for 13G)

Managing IO Identity and Server State Information (New for 13G)

Optimizing I/O Identity and Applying Persistence Policy on Network and Fibre Channel Adapters (new for 13G)

Retrieving Server OS Networking Information through iDRAC (New for 13G)

Understanding PreBoot Networking on Dell PowerEdge Servers (new for 13G)

Auto Dedicated NIC Feature in iDRAC7

Auto-Discovery Network Setup Specification

Configuring BIOS and NIC Using RACADM through Dell iDRAC

Converged Network Adapters with NIC, iSCSI, and FCoE Support

OS to BMC Pass-through operation

FCoE Boot Configuration Setup on Intel Card

FCoE boot using Broadcom card

iDRAC7 Network and Virtual Media Performance

iDRAC7 Networking and Improved Remote Access Performance

Network IO Identity

Reinitiate Auto-Discovery

Remote NIC Configuration Management  

Scripting and Server Configuration Profiles

RESTful Server Configuration with iDRAC REST API(NOV 2016) 

Dell PowerEdge Redfish API Overview

AutoConfig - Enabling rapid configuration of Dell servers using DHCP (12G and 13G)

Creating Applications using the WSMAN API (New for 13G)

Methods to Save and Restore PowerEdge Server Configuration Settings and Firmware Images (New for 13G)

Using Filter Dialects with the WSMAN API (New for 13G)

Automatic Backup Server Profile

Creating and Managing Server Configuration Profiles

Hardware Inventory Viewing Script

How to Build Inventory Reports 

iDRAC Cloning

Import and Export Server Profiles

Lifecycle Controller Backup and Restore in Dell PowerEdge 12th Generation Servers

Programmatic Scripting with WSMAN

Scripting WSMAN to Deploy OS Drivers

Scripting WSMAN to Deploy OS using Remote ISO Image to Stage and Boot

Scripting WSMAN to Deploy OS using vFlash to Stage and Boot to ISO

Server Cloning with Server Configuration Profiles

Server Configuration Profile - XML File Structure (files )

Understanding the iDRAC Power State Management in Base Server Profile

Understanding the iDRAC Power State Management Profile

Using Microsoft Windows PowerShell CIM Cmdlets with Dell iDRAC

BIOS and UEFI

Enabling iSCSI Boot Under UEFI Boot Mode on 13th Generation PowerEdge Servers

BIOS POST Troubleshooting Guide for 13th Generation PowerEdge Servers(new for 13G)

BIOS Setup User Guide for 13th Generation PowerEdge Servers(new for 13G)

Defining a Secure Boot Policy (new for 13G)

Updating BIOS on Dell 12G PowerEdge Servers (iDRAC7 - 12G only) 

Updating BIOS on Dell 13G PowerEdge Servers (iDRAC8 - 13G only) (New for 13G)

Using Lifecycle Controller to Configure UEFI Secure Boot and OS Deployment(new for 13G)

Configuring BIOS and NIC Using RACADM through Dell iDRAC

OS deployment

Unattended Installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Operating System on Dell PowerEdge Servers Using iDRAC With Lifecycle Controller(new for 13G)
Unattended Installation of Windows 2012 (12G and 13G)

Operating System Deployment in PowerEdge Servers

Operating Systems Deployment using iSCSI or FCOE LUN

Updates

Automatic Updates in Dell PowerEdge 12G servers  

Creating and updating iDRAC repository with Repository Manager

Lifecycle Controller Platform Update in Dell PowerEdge 12th Generation Servers

Lifecycle Controller with Dell Repository Manager

PowerEdge Updates with Repository Manager Best Practices Guide

Recommended methods of Updating Firmware on Dell Servers

Recommended Workflow for Performing Firmware Updates on PowerEdge Servers

Remote Firmware Update

Updating Firmware on PowerEdge Servers Using the iDRAC7 Web Interface

Using Dell Repository Manager to create a Bootable ISO and perform updates

Storage & PERC

Dell’s vFlash SD Flash Media Card – Better Endurance and Performance via Over-Provisioning

Understanding Real Time Storage Configuration for PERC9(new for 13G)
Managing Web Server Certificates on iDRAC (New for 13G)
Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD Devie Monitoring, Inventory, and Configuration (New for 13G)
vFlash Overview

vFlash Partition Management 

vFlash using the Lifecycle Controller GUI

Security

Dell responseto2016LeapSecondIssue(November2016)

Dell's response to CVE-2016-5685(November 2016) 

Dell Response to CVE-2016-2108 (OpenSSL) (18 May 2016)

Dell OpenManage Response to CVE-2015-7547, glibc overflow(March 2016)

Dell OpenManage Response to CVE-2016-0800, CVE-2016-0703 and CVE-2016-0704(March 2016)

Dell iDRAC Response to recent CVE notices(Dec 2015)

Security with iDRAC8 (and 7)(updated April 2016)

Managing Web Server Certificates on iDRAC (New for 13G)

System Erase in Dell 13th Generation PowerEdge Servers (New for 13G)
New Security Features in Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7

Active Directory Integration & Certificates

Active Directory using Lifecycle Controller 

Integrate iDRAC8 with Active Directory (New for 13G)
Integrating iDRAC7 with Microsoft Active Directory

iDRAC Web Server Certificate Management

Monitoring and Alerting

13G iDRAC8 Dell Test Event Notification Message Reference

Dell PowerEdge C6320 platform options and systems management (Oct 2015)

iDRAC QuickSync Technical Guide (Nov 2014)

Managing Backplane Split Mode (new for 13G)

Web Services Eventing Support for Hardware Inventory and Monitoring (new for 13G)

Pre-failure alerts provided by Dell server systems management (UPDATED!)

PSU Mismatch System Behavior for Dell PowerEdge Servers (For 12G & 13G)

Using VNC with iDRAC (New for 13G)

Enhanced Out of Band Performance Monitoring (New for 13G)

FAQ: iDRAC Quick Sync & OpenManage Mobile - October 2014 (New for 13G)

Agent-free Inventory and Monitoring for Storage and Network Devices

Discovering Features in the iDRAC Remote Services API

Gathering information from iDRAC7 using SNMPv3

OMSA / OMSS to iDRAC SNMP-Gets Migration Guide (updated Aug '16)

Using OpenManage Essentials to configure iDRAC7 Action Alerts

Using the iDRAC7 Video Capture Feature

Web Service Eventing for iDRAC7 1.30.30 or later versions

Support Assist & Part Replacement

Generating Tech Support Report on 13th Generation Dell PowerEdge Servers (New for 13G)
Motherboard Replacement

Lifecycle Controller Part Replacement

Part Replacement

Restoring iDRAC7 License after System Board Replacement

Using Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core on CentOS and Ubuntu OS

While Dell_OpenManage_Plugin_v2.0_Nagios_Core_A00.tar.gz package (available in Product Download section here) is officially supported on RHEL and SLES Linux operating systems as mentioned in the Systems Requirements section in product Installation Guide, it can also be deployed on other Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, CentOS, Scientific Linux, Oracle Linux etc.

Please scroll down to Learn section below to view technical resources on Dell OpenManage Plug-in installation and deployment.

The OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios-Core is Dell community supported for CentOS and Ubuntu platforms. For CentOS and Ubuntu related queries, use: Dell OpenManage Connections Forum

Learn

• Installalation
  • InstallationofDellOpenManagePlug-InforNagiosXIonCentOS (NEW)
  • Installation of Dell OpenManage Plug-In for Nagios Core on Ubuntu OS (NEW)

CCC Enterprise Engineering - Documentation

The CCC team at Dell creates solutions and appliances for datacenter EUC. Our work product includes reference and product architectures across a number of Dell platforms and partner software stacks. Performance Analysis and Characterization (PAAC) is the process we use to optimize and report the performance of the solutions we develop.

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

This page includes links to the latest solution architecture and test results documents for CCC solutions and appliances. All content is updated regularly, please bookmark.

Architecture Documents:

1. Dell Wyse Datacenter for Wyse Citrix
2. Dell XC Web-Scale Converged Appliance (with Nutanix)
3. Dell ApplianceforWyse
4. Dell Precision Appliance for Wyse
5. Dell Wyse Datacenter for VMware Horizon
6. Dell VMware Virtual SAN Ready Nodes

Test Results:

1. Dell Appliance for Wyse - Citrix
2. Dell XC (B5) with VMware Horizon 7
3. Dell XC (B5) with Citrix XenDesktop 7.9
4. Dell XC (B5) with Citrix XenDesktop 7.9 (AHV)
5. Dell XC (B5) with Citrix XenDesktop 7.7
6. Dell VMware Virtual SAN Ready Nodes HY-6 and HY-8 Configurations
7. Dell Precision Appliance for Wyse VMware Horizon 7 & NVIDIA M60
8. Dell Precision Appliance for Wyse VMware Horizon 7 & NVIDIA M10
9. Dell Precision Appliance for Wyse Citrix XenDesktop 7.9 & NVIDIA M10
10. Wyse Datacenter for VMware Horizon-Win10
11. Wyse Datacenter for Citrix XenDesktop 7.9

Dell Precision Appliance for Wyse

Easy adoption: Dell Precision Appliance for Wyse eliminates much of the complexity and need for in-house expertise traditionally required by many virtualization solutions, so a staff with limited experience can deploy a virtual workstation environment not in days or weeks but in just a few hours.

Efficient scalability: As your business needs change, the Dell Precision Appliance for Wyse allows you to scale your virtual workstation environment in a modular fashion to meet growing demands.

An end-to-end solution: The Dell Precision Appliance for Wyse can be purchased separately or as part of an end-to-end solution that includes validated thin clients, management software and service offerings.

Graphics-intensive computing, centralized and virtualized

Documents:

1. Reference Architecture for VMware Horizon
   
2. Reference Architecture for Citrix XenDesktop
   
3. Getting Started Guide
4.  User guide
5. Deployment Guide for VMware Horizon
6. Deployment Guide for Citrix XenDesktop

Quick Start Tool (QST)

QST Executable Files

Video Walk-through:

[View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeyRsSsLDac&feature=em-upload_owner:550:0]

Technical Specifications:

Dell Family Driver Packs

The driver packs on this page work with ImageAssist, KACE, MDT& SCCM deployments.  They are consolidated, combining models by generation rather than being model specific.  These packs are developed and sustained by Dell's Global Configuration Services group.  For support, please post comments directly to this page.

Drivers used during the development process have been tested and qualified by our Dell Product Group for both platform and factory integration.  There are times when newer drivers are provided by vendors, but in order to get these drivers to customers more quickly they are validated and posted online to support.dell.com.  (where Dell Command Update pulls from) These updated drivers if deemed required or critical will be tested, validated and integrated into the factory process during a future release.  Hence, there may be a delta between when a driver is ‘web-posted’ to support.dell.com and when it gets added to the relevant driver package.

Turn on page notifications for updates. (bottom right - requires logging in.)

• Windows 7 Drivers
• Windows 8.1 Drivers
• Windows 10 Drivers
  
• WinPE CABs

 NOTE: ImageAssist only includes support for Windows 10 64-bit.

If looking for model specific driver packs, go to Command | Deploy Driver Packs for Enterprise Client OS Deployment. 

Dell EMC XC Series Web-Scale Hyperconverged Solution

The Dell EMC XC Series platform is a scale-out cluster of hyperconverged nodes each running a standard hypervisor and containing processors, memory and local storage (consisting of SSD Flash and high capacity hard disk drives). The Dell EMC XC Series platform is powered by Nutanix software and managed through the Nutanix Prism interface. The Dell EMC XC Series Platform can horizontally scale from as few as three nodes to a large number of nodes, enabling organizations to scale their infrastructure as their needs grow.

Each node runs virtual machines just like a standard virtual machine host and currently VMware ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisors are supported. In addition, local storage from all nodes is virtualized into a unified pool by the Nutanix Distributed File System (NDFS). In effect, NDFS acts like an advanced NAS that uses local SSDs and disks from all nodes to store virtual machine data. Virtual machines running on the cluster write data to NDFS as if they were writing to shared storage.

Read what the IDC has to say about the proven Business Value of Dell XC Powered by Nutanix Software.

Read about the next wave of Dell XC Web-Scale Hyperconverged appliances that are expanding the SDS portfolio at Dell EMC. 

 What’s New

FindoutaboutbestpracticesforDellEMCSeriesusingMicrosoftWindowsServer2012R2.Thisdocumentprovidesrecommendationsformaintainingthestabilityandperformanceoftheplatformandworkloads,whilepreservingtheoperationallifetimeoftheSATDOM.Learnmore.

XCSeriesnowprovidesguidanceforcustomerswantingtodoRapidApplianceSelfRecovery(RASR)usingeitherAcropolisHypervisororWindows. AcropolisHypervisorversion.    WindowsVersion.

Dell XC630 Web-Scale HyperConverged Appliance: Greater Database Performance Than Alternative Integrated Solution
Learn more about how to get 73% greater OLTP database performance in hyperconverged Dell XC630 appliances by reading this Principled Technologies test report.

Dell XC Series Information Update
Get important information on how to properly use the SATADOM as a boot device and not for application use. This document also includes details on how to properly remove SED. In addition, this document contains a link to Nutanix knowledge base articles.

Update to Dell EMC XC Series 2.0 HBA Firmware

The supported H730 host bus adapter version has changed. You now must use firmware version 25.2.2-0004.

 Useful Links

Dell EMC XC Series Technical Content     
This page is a frequently updated collection of all Dell XC Series technical content produced by Marketing, Dell Storage Engineering, and Solution Partners. Add this page to your watch list for notification of new publications.

Dell  EMC XC Series Product Documentation  
Want all the installation and deployment details about this solution? Hop over to our product documentation page here.

Nutanix Documents
Link to Nutanix document resources including: VMware View, Citrix XenDesktop, and Citrix XenApp best practices.

Dell Red Hat OpenStack Cloud Solutions

Together, Dell EMC and Red Hat deliver co-engineered, enterprise hardened, and secure OpenStack private cloud solutions. Red Hat OpenStack Platform software and Dell EMC enterprise cloud components are designed, jointly engineered, and fully integrated to accelerate time to value with open and flexible configurations that maximize choice and eliminate lock-in. These solutions enable your implementation of private andhybrid clouds through enterprise-grade software, certified platforms, professional services and complete lifecycle support. OpenStack cloud solutions from Red Hat and Dell EMC help you to transform IT service delivery by deploying flexible and highly scalable cloud services that can enable a futire ready IT infrastructre and support your business needs.

So what does this really mean for you?

• OpenStack Cloud Solutions, co-engineered and validated by Red Hat and Dell EMC, help enterprises launch cloud implementations faster and more efficiently, while reducing risk and accelerating time to business value.
  
  
• These open, secure, and reliable solutions remove complexity and stabilize the OpenStack operating environment, allowing organizations to confidently build out agile, dynamic, customer-focused cloud foundations for business transformation.
  
  
• Recent extensions to the Dell EMC Red Hat OpenStack Cloud Solution expand the capabilities to include hybrid cloud management and self-service automation with CloudForms, and powerful Platform as a Service (PaaS) capabilities for application delivery using a standardized container model with OpenShift ContainerPlatform, Docker, and Kubernetes.

The latest release is the Dell EMC Red Hat OpenStack Cloud Solution version 6, based on Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (OSP 9). This release, which uses OpenStack Mitaka, delivers enhanced deployment automation, in-service upgrades, and options to implement containers as a service with Red Hat OpenShift 3.3, using Docker and Kubernetes. Read more about this release belowand on the latest Dell4Enterprise blog.

OpenStack

Technical Resources

Pleasereviewthe

The following technical resources areavailableforthisrelease:

• First and foremost, please read the Dell EMC Red Hat OpenStack Cloud Solution Reference Architecture Guide v6.
   
• In addition to the Reference Architecture Guide, several Technical Guides regarding OpenStack extensions, including expansion and validation of compute, storage, and networking resources, can be found in the Cloud Resource Repository. Please make sure that the version of Tech Guide matches the version of Reference Architecture that you are using.
  
  The latest Tech Guides andtechnicaldocumentation include the following:
   
  
  • AddingandRemoving ComputeandStorageNodesv6
  • Multi-RackNetworkingwithDellS6000-ONSwitchesv6
  • ValidatingtheOvercloudDeploymentwithaTempest-basedTestSuitev6  
  • Release NotesforDellRedHatOpenStackCloudSolutionReferenceArchitectureGuidev6
  • Errata forDellRedHatOpenStackCloudSolutionReferenceArchitectureGuidev6

Thefollowingdocumentswillbereleasedshortlyforversion6.Checkbacksoon,forForbackground,youmaywishtoreviewtheversion5documents

here

.

• Integrating Red Hat OpenShift and CloudForms for a Platform as a Service (PaaS) Solution (v5)
• Deploying Red Hat CloudForms Hybrid Cloud Management Platform (v5)
• Deploying Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (v5)
• ConfiguringMidokuraEnterpriseMidonetforSoftwareDefinedNetworking(SDN) (v5)
• ConfiguringInstanceHighAvailability (v5)
• AddingandRemoving ComputeandStorageNodes (v6)
• Multi-RackNetworkingwithDellS6000-ONSwitches (v6)
• ValidatingtheOvercloudDeploymentwithaTempest-basedTestSuite (v6) 
   
• More information and collateral on the Dell EMC Red Hat OpenStack Cloud Solution can be found at Dell.com/openstack.
  
  
• Information on the Dell EMC and Red Hat Global Alliance can be found at Dell.com/redhat. 

Related Dell TechCenter and Dell4Enterprise OpenStack Blogs

You can find additional information and insight in the following related blog posts (most recent first):

• Dell EMC Continues to Lead at OpenStack Summit
• Delivering Enterprise Capable OpenStack Clouds
• Experience Open Source with Dell at Red Hat Summit 2016
• SPEC Cloud IaaS Benchmarking: Dell Leads the Way
• Delivering on the Promise of OpenStack Clouds
• Announcing New Validated Extensions for Dell Red Hat Cloud Solution
• Dell at OpenStack Summit 2016!

Ceph Storage Solutions

In addition to using Red Hat Ceph Storage as the storage backend of the Dell EMC Red Hat OpenStack Cloud Solution, Dell EMC offers several standalone software-defined storage solutions based on Red Hat Ceph, including the PowerEdge R730xd server and the DSS 7000 Storage Server. Find out more with the following resources:

• Dell PowerEdge R730xd Red Hat Ceph Storage Performance and Sizing Guide
• Taking Open, Scale-out Object Storage to New Heights with the DSS 7000 Storage Server

Core OpenStack Solution Components

The Dell EMC Red Hat OpenStack Cloud Solution includes core software, hardware, professional services, and support.

Core Software Components from Red Hat

The solution architecture is based on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 89, also known as the LibertyMitaka release of OpenStack.

• Delivers both the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system and Red Hat OpenStack Platform in a single hardened and fully supported software distribution
• In the same manner Red Hat distributes Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat OpenStack Platform is a packaged, tested, and supported software package sold as an annual software subscription
• Red Hat performs compatibility testing, code back-porting, code patches and updates. The result is a stable, reliable and secure enterprise operating environment
• An extensive library of proven software from partners ensures customer choice for complementary applications that match their requirements.

Core Hardware Components from Dell EMC

The solution architecture includes Dell EMC server, storage, and networking infrastructure, recommended characterizations, validated system configurations, and a complete bill of materials. The core configuration includes all the necessary components that can be configured to meet the unique needs of any customer.
Server hardware delivers the latest Intel® Xeon® processor family, high-performance memory, and a broad range of local storage options.

• The Dell EMC PowerEdge R630 server,usedforthecomputeandcontrollernodes, is a hyper-dense, two-socket, 1U rack server. With computing capability previously only seen in 2U servers, the PowerEdge R630 delivers an impressive solution for cloud infrastructure.OptionalserverconfigurationsarediscussedintheReferenceArchitectureGuide.
• The Dell EMC PowerEdge R730R730xd is an exceptionally flexible and scalable, two-socket 2U rack server. Designed with an incredible range of configurability, the PowerEdge R730R730xd meets the needs of many different workloads.
• Storage is built out in blocks of 3x PowerEdge R730XDR730xd servers that delivers high performance processing and a broad range of workload-optimized local storage possibilities, including hybrid tiering.
• Network configuration and topology include ToR switch configurations that utilize the Dell Networking S3048 for 1 GbE and S4810 for 10 GbE, plus optional use of the S6000 for large scale multi-rack networking.

Red Hat and Dell EMC Professional Services

Jointly designed and coordinated services are provided to assist customers in the planning, deployment, training and implementation: 

• Assessment and feasibility – available from both Red Hat and Dell EMC
• Cloud solution consulting– available from both Red Hat and Dell EMC
• Hardware deployment and configuration – provided by Dell EMC Enterprise Deployment Team
• Network implementation – provided by Dell EMC Enterprise Deployment Team
• Software deployment and configuration – provided by Red Hat professional services

Red Hat and Dell EMC Support

Together, Red Hat and Dell EMC deliver an enterprise lifecycle experience by providing stable releases of OpenStack code that is integrated with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system, packaged together as Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform, and fully certified on Dell EMC hardware platforms. Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform support provides long-term stability that includes security fixes, bug fixes, performance enhancements, and selected OpenStack features that can be back-ported and implemented without disrupting production environments.

Customer support is provided via a collaborative model. Dell EMC ProSupport accepts all customer support calls, validates the request and determines if the issue is related to hardware or software. Dell EMC provides any necessary hardware repairs. If required, Dell EMC executes a warm hand off to Red Hat for L1, L2, L3 customer software issues. Red Hat engineers are experienced, and knowledgeable in Linux and OpenStack to resolve problems quickly.

The new Dell Docking Solutions that leverage the new Type-C connectors provide a new set of capabilities over a single connector.  This increased capability also introduces additional components that need to be managed.  Below, you will find a quick video for those looking to ensure that the requirement for their Dell Docking Solution are properly installed.

For the IT admin that wants to leverage their SCCM environment to install the requirements, we have instructions available here.

[View:[‎12/‎9/‎2016 2:549:183] 

OpenManage Network Manager (OMNM)

Contents: Overview | Features & Specifications | Downloads | Documents | Videos | Frequently Asked Questions | Case Study

Dell Networking OpenManage Network Manager Overview

Growing networks can be a headache for today’s IT organizations. Keeping track of the devices in your network and how they relate to each other and to other parts of your infrastructure can be difficult and time consuming. OMNM is designed to make it easier to manage heterogeneous network environments, monitor, configure, automate, push mass group updates of your Dell, Cisco, HP, Arista, Juniper, Aruba, Brocade, SonicWALL Security devices and thousands more network devices. 

Dell Networking OpenManage Network Manager (OMNM) is a Centralized Management Solution for Dell networking and also provides support for the following features and functionality from a high level overview: Entire Dell Networking Portfolio (includes Campus, Branch, Mobility, Data Center, OpenNetworking) Switching Devices, Thousands of Multi-vendor Device Support, Multi-tenant, High Availability/Disaster Recovery, 25 - 20,000 to Unlimited Device Support, SonicWALL Security Support, Automation/Scripting, Group Operations, Containers, OpenNetworking Support, SDN support, Cumulus Support, Servers, Routers, UPs, Wireless Support (ALL Dell Networking W-Series Controllers, IAP, APs including firmware upgrades, Scripting, Backups, Recovery, Restore, Reporting, Network Topology and Performance Monitoring to wireless devices), and anything that is SNMP enabled within a Network or DataCenter infrastructure). All these features and functionality are available today in OpenManage Network Managers (OMNM) latest release. 

[View:https://youtu.be/gFw6p9hain0:550:0]

Unify your network element management and simplify deployment of Dell and third-party networking environments with a rich suite of tools available in OMNM, an integrated management console for all your important network management functions.

OpenManage Network Managers (OMNM) centralized management solution for Dell networking environments provides discovery, configuration management, monitoring and reporting for the entire Dell Networking family of products and 3rd party products.

OMNM provides the following advantages:

• Automates the discovery of network devices, and provides detailed information on the devices and their connectivity, including the ability to draw physical and logical topology maps.
• Provides the ability to easily configure and manage groups of network devices; configuration changes and firmware deployments can be made to multiple devices in one operation, and many network operations can be scheduled for predetermined times.
• Enables the network administrator to monitor the health and performance of their network, allowing the creation of dashboards to capture important events and trends, and
• Resource group management provides one-to-many switch configuration
• Inventory reporting shows what you have and where is located
• Advanced scheduling schedules key tasks, such as backup, restore, deploy and configuration changes
• Event management filters and forwards events, alarms and traps
• Customizable web based user interface
• Monitoring provides flexible dashboards for fault, availability and performance monitoring
• Helps reduce TCO by proactively monitoring for network problems, automating common configuration actions and enabling easy firmware deployment, allowing network administrators to focus on more critical activities.
• Active Performance Monitors allow for proactive customization of performance monitoring
• Resource Discovery Wizard simplifies discovery of IP-based network elements
• Resource management enables easy configuration of single switches
• Free 30-day trial available to customers after which they will be required to purchase OMNM software.

Supported Operating System (64-bit):

• MSFT Windows 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2, Linux for Redhat and CentOS v6.5/v6.6

Supported Web Browsers:

• Chrome (version 41 and above), Safari (version 8 and above), Firefox (version 37 and above), Internet Explorer (version 11 and above)

Key Features and Functionality in OMNM:

• Multi-Vendor and scalable solution to consolidate your network management 
• Seamless integration of Device Management/Single CMDB with associations offers inter-connectivity and dependency mapping for accurate network availability and performance
• Consolidate deployment of compliance management with automated remediation through auditable actions
• Agent-less solution for scheduled, on-demand inventory discovery and management

Key Benefits:

Save Money

• Streamlines Operations, Reduces Software Maintenance Fees and Training Costs

Troubleshoot Faster

• Dashboard to locate service-affecting problems across Converging Devices for faster MTTR

Get / Stay in Compliance

• Plan and detect changes, automate remediation and provide comprehensive change reporting

Utilize Your Network Assets

• Make better technology investment decisions, find under utilized devices or ports with real time inventory 

Supported Dell Networking Switches:

OMNM 6.2 includes support for:

• S6100, S6010, S4810, S4820T, S5000, S6000, S4048T-ON, S3100, Z9500, Z9100, Z9000, X-Series, S-Series, C-Series, N-Series, E- Series, M-Series, B-Series,S3048-ON, S4048-ON, FTOS Model S600-ON, MXL, IOA, and Dell PowerEdge M I/O Aggregator, N1524, N1524P, N1548 and N1548P, FN410S, FN410T,FN2210S, 8100, 8000, 7000, 6000, 5000, 3000, 8132, 8164. PowerEdge VRTX IOM 
• Enhanced Cumulus Driver – S3048-ON, S4048-ON
• Brocade 6510
• Dell Networking W-Series Wireless Controllers, Instant Access Points, AP, v6.3 new firmware support
• Dell Networking OS support: v9.9
• Dell Networking 9.9 firmware support for the following devices:                                                                          

Dell SonicWALL Security Devices:

• Dell SonicWALL (SuperMassive, E-Class NSA, TZ and NSA Series) SuperMassive E10000 Series (E10800, E10400, E10200, SuperMassive 9000 Series (9800, 9600, 9400, 9200), E-Class Network Security Appliance (NSA) Series (NSA E8500, NSA E6500, NSA E5500), TZ Series (TZ 105/W, TZ 205/W, TZ 215/W), NSA Series (NSA 220/W, NSA 250M/W, NSA 2600, NSA 3600,NSA 4600,NSA 5600, NSA 6600).

For a comprehensive list of all Multi-Vendor 3rd Party Devices OMNM Supports, including (Cisco, HP, Juniper, Brocade, Alcatel-Lucent, Aruba and more), Please contact your Dell Representative for a complete list of all supported devices.

Downloads

To download a Free 30 DayTrial of OMNM 6.2 SP1 with support for up to twenty-five (25) Multi-Vendor Devices including Dell Networking Devices please visit: https://marketing.dell.com/omnmfreetrial.

Documents

Dell OpenManage Network Manager 6.2 User Guide

Dell OpenManage Network Manager 6.2 Installation Guide

Dell OpenManage Network Manager 6.2 VM Installation Guide

Dell OpenManage Network Manager 6.2 Quick Start For Single Install Guide

Dell OpenManage Network Manager 6.2 Release Notes

Dell OpenManage Network Manager 6.2 3rd Party Device & OS Support List

Dell OpenManage Network Manager 6.2 Spec Sheet

Dell Networking OMNM Traffic Flow Analyzer (TFA) Spec Sheet

Case Studies

[View:~/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-01-54/Austin-City-Limits-Music-Festival_5F00_Public-OMNM-Case-Study.pdf:550:0]

Publications

OpenManage Network Manager Fast, efficient management of expanding network environments  

Videos

Dell Networking OMNM TechTalk Basic Windows Install - On this installment of  Dell  Networking OMNM TechTalk we're going back to the basics! We'll show you how to complete a basic Windows install of your Dell OpenManage Network Manager and get you up and running in minutes!

[View:https://youtu.be/-DJ1S__TnFs:550:0] 

Dell OMNMTechTalk: AutomaticPortConfiguration InthissessionofDellNetworkingTechTalkyouwillseeanewfeaturethatallowsausertoplugintoanaccessportandbeautoconfiguredfortheappropriatevlan. ThisfeatureiscalledAutomaticPortConfiguration. FeaturesinthisdemoincludeEvents/AlarmsEventProcessingRuleandActions/ACLi.

[View:https://youtu.be/zDBrpdn-Fkk:550:0]

Dell Networking OMNM TechTalk TFA - In this installment of Dell Networking OMNM TechTalk, see how to increase network utilization and performance with a deep feature look at Traffic Flow analyzer (TFA).

[View:https://youtu.be/cR-bW9BA7LA:550:0] 

Dell Networking OMNM TechTalk - Setting Functional Permissions For Flexible Security User Management

[View:https://youtu.be/qrI5B0XKVKQ:550:0] 

Dell Networking OMNM TechTalk License Discovery Settings

[View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9xvBzUsTXU:550:0] 

[View:https://youtu.be/I9xvBzUsTXU:550:0] 

Dell Networking OMNM TechTalk ACLI

[View:https://youtu.be/58m_ZEjP5M8:550:0] 

Dell Networking OMNM TechTalk - How to install OMNM Virtual Appliance 

[View:https://youtu.be/1yf3RVQ9Epk:550:0]  

Dell Networking OMNM TechTalk - LDAP[View:https://youtu.be/3Y8IUP8C3Qc:550:0] 

Dell OpenManage Network Manager TechTalk - Group  Operations

[View:https://youtu.be/1jFa7eNbhcg:550:0] 

Dell OpenManage Network Manager TechTalks - Automation Framework:

[View:https://youtu.be/ZdAMgG_4bac:550:0] 

Dell OpenManage Network Manager Toolkit:  How to view details in a new browser window:

[View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7JYuRXi8sg:550:0]

 Dell OpenManage Network Manager Toolkit: How to upload device OS firmware images:

[View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM9BonSiN2c:550:0]

 Dell OpenManage Network Manager Toolkit: How to display resources by organization:

[View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VIAuDyTiz8:550:0]

 Dell OpenManage Network Manager Toolkit: Run a Configuration Backup

[View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xBhMgNACtEo:550:0]

 Dell OpenManage Network Manager Toolkit: Discover a New Device

[View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=W0w1r1_vFnA:550:0]

 Dell OpenManage Network Manager Toolkit: Create an Inventory Asset Report

[View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wIcMUMz2DLw:550:0]

 Dell OpenManage Network Manager Toolkit: Schedule Tasks

[View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x5BgHJ2XaeY:550:0]