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OpenManage Essentials
OME, openmanage
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Contents: Download - Documentation - Whitepapers - Videos - Forum - Blogs - FAQ
OpenManage Essentials (OME) is a systems management console that provides simple, basic Dell hardware management and is available as a free download.
The latest release is OME 1.3 and it launched on March 5th, 2014. It brings a lot of great new features to the product:
- Support for OpenManage Mobile — An Android application that allows you to remotely connect to one or more OpenManage Essentials consoles and iDRACs.
- Addition of Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 as a supported operating system for the management station.
- Addition of a device group for Dell NAS appliances in the device tree.
- Availability of Representational State Transfer (REST) interfaces that allow applications to retrieve device groups and device inventory information, alert information, and perform basic tasks.
- Ability to display alert pop-up notifications on the OpenManage Essentials console.
- Support for Dell SonicWALL firewall devices.
- Support for Dell PowerConnect W-Series devices.
- Support for Dell PowerEdge VRTX chassis with high availability (HA) support.
- Support for Brocade Fibre Channel switches.
- Support for Dell OEM servers.
- Classification of Dell PowerVault MD NX3500 and Dell EqualLogic FS7500 NAS devices with Fluid File System (FluidFS) agent under Storage Devices →Dell NAS Appliances in the device tree.
- Enhanced error messaging for system update tasks.
- Enhanced inventory information for Dell Compellent devices.
- Support for the installation of OpenManage Essentials in 64-bit operating systems only.
- Updated Dell SupportAssist extension for proactive “phone home” hardware issue resolution
- Multiple defect fixes and performance improvements.
Click here for OME improvements over ITA 8.9.
Dell OpenManage Essentials Features:
Simple and effective
- Modern UI and Faster responsiveness
- Easy to install & low touch maintenance
- Simple to use and learn
Basic Hardware Element Management
- Discover, Inventory & Monitoring Dell Servers, storage and networking switches.
- Update & Configure Dell Servers
- Asset reporting (ServiceTag, FRU and Warranty, etc)
Agent-free Management
- Discover and Correlate IDRAC / Server and Blades / Chassis
- Agent Free Monitoring on Dell 12th generation Dell servers.
- Update 11th and 12th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers (starting with OME v1.1)
OpenManage Essentials is available as a free download from the Dell Support Site. The OME console's inventory function integrates with the Dell Repository Manager to automatically facilitate the creation of custom repositories of new updates for your systems.
If you are new to the product, Take the Quick Tour or watch the OME Overview Video below:
- Download OpenManage Essentials 1.3
- previous versions available in the Archive section
- Dell Troubleshooting Tool for OME 1.3 (coming)
- Dell MIB Import Tool for OME 1.3 (coming)
- Download the Dell SNMP Configuration Tool
Discuss
- OpenManage Essentials 1.3 Release Notes (TBD)
- OpenManage Essentials 1.3 Documentation - (Manuals, Support Matrix, User's Guide, etc)
- OME Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- OME Tips and Tricks
- OME vs Dell IT Assistant
- OME Quick Tour
- Service Offering: Remote Installation and Configuration of OME
Archives / Historical downloads
- Download OpenManage Essentials 1.2
- Download OME 1.2.1 Patch (OME 1.2 required) details
- Infoformation on Hotfix 1001 for OME 1.2
- OpenManage Essentials 1.2 Release Notes
- OpenManage Essentials 1.2 Documentation - (Manuals, Support Matrix, User's Guide, etc)
- Dell Troubleshooting Tool for OME 1.2
- Dell MIB Import Tool for OME 1.2
- Download OpenManage Essentials 1.1
- Download OME 1.1.1 Patch (OME 1.1 required) details
- Download the Dell OpenManage MIB Import Utility (for OME 1.1)
- Download the Dell OpenManage MIB Import Utility (for OME 1.0.1)
- Optional Fix for False System is up/down alerts in OME 1.1/1.1.1
- OME v1.1 Readme file (what's new, prerequisites, issues - updated Oct 30th, 2012)
- Download the Dell Troubleshooting Tool (for OME 1.1)
- OpenManage Mobile for Android beta program (Now closed. Thanks for participating!)
Whitepapers and Best Practices
Overview
Setup / Settings
- Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials
- Multiple OME Instances on a SQL Server Database Instance(NEW)
- OpenManage IT Assistant to OpenManage Essentials Migration
- Configure VMware ESX Classic for discovery using OpenManage Essentials
- Making My Environment Manageable for OpenManage Essentials
- OpenManage Essentials v1.1 Scalability and Performance
- Integrating the Dell KACE K1000 with Dell OpenManage Essentials - OME
- OpenManage Essentials Role Based Security and Implementation
- How to set up ESXi for use with OpenManage Essentials
- Granular Installation and Sanity Check for Management Interfaces on Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
Discover
Configure
Monitor
- Build Daily HTML Systems Reports with OME
- Managing and Monitoring a Virtualization Environment Using OME
- OpenManage Essentials v1.2 – Supporting Dell Client Devices
- OME v1.2 - Device Support for Dell Compellent, Force10, PDU, and UPS
- Monitoring Dell PowerEdge Servers With OpenManage Essentials (Sept 2013)
- OpenManage Essentials Hardware Monitoring and KACE K1000 Service Desk Integration
- Dell OpenManage Essentials MIB Import Utility - Monitoring Force-10 Switches (paper obsolete, now a standard feature in OME 1.1)
- Dell OpenManage Essentials MIB Import Utility - Monitoring HP Servers
- Forwarding Dell Hardware Alerts in a Tiered Monitoring Environment
Manage
- Using Device Group Permissions in Dell OpenManage Essentials
- Managing Dell AppAssure with DellOpenManage Essentials
- Managing Devices via IPMI in OpenManage Essentials
- Benefits of Server Power Control Options in OpenManage Essentials
- Managing Compellent Storage With OpenManage Essentials
- OpenManage™ Essentials Command Line Interface
- Changing the Hostname of an Exisiting OME Management Server
- Proactively Managing Dell Servers with KACE K1000 and Dell OpenManage
- Managing Dell Blades and Chassis Using Dell OpenManage Essentials
- Leveraging PowerShell 2.0 with Dell OpenManage Essentials
- Managing Dell vStart Enterprise Virtualization with Dell OpenManage Essentials
Deploy / Update
- Update Dell Servers with OpenManage Essentials
- Updating iDRAC7 using OpenManage Essentials Remote Tasks Feature
- Improvements & Enhancements to Dell System Update & OMSA Deploy
- Deploying Server Administrator using OpenManage Essentials
- Using Dell Repository Manager with OME Essentials and Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter
[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e45BQ3I6Fgg:0:0]
OpenManage Essentials 1.2 New Features
[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQHKIMa_vsg:0:0]
OpenManage Essentials 1.2 Search Bar
[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGolQNaVUKE:0:0]
OpenManage Essentials Overview Demo
0:08 - Installing OpenManage Essentals
0:56 - Discovery and Inventory
2:03 - Monitoring Health of Devices
2:43 - Using the Home Portal
5:58 - Deploying Updates
7:03 - KACE Integration + MonitoringOpenManage
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 | Dell OpenManage Essentials with KACE Integration |
 | OpenManage Essentials Custom Alerts |
 | OpenManage Essentials Apply System Updates |
 | Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials |
 | OpenManage Essentials Discovery and Inventory |
 | Dell OpenManage Essentials Discovery |