OpenManage Server Administrator - OMSA

OpenManage Server Administrator - OMSA

Contents: Download - Documentation - Whitepapers - Videos - Resources

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) is a software agent that provides a comprehensive, one-to-one systems management solution in two ways: from an integrated, Web browser-based graphical user interface (GUI) and from a command line interface (CLI) through the operating system. 

OMSA is designed so that system administrators can manage server systems both locally and remotely on a network. It also interfaces with OpenManage Essentials (OME) console, which allows for monitoring of the systems in your data center from a single interface.

Currently the OMSA agent can be installed on 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows Server and Red Hat Linux as well as Novell SUSE Linux.

[11March17 September 2014] Latest release v7.4v8.0.1 is available now and it brings lots of new featurestotheproductenhancements:

• Installation: SupportAddedsupport for the following operating systems.

  • MicrosoftWindowsServer2012R2Datacenter,Foundation,Essentials,andStandardeditions
  • NovellSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer11SP3(64-bit)
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5(64-bit)7.0
    • VMware ESXi 5.0U35.5U2 and ESXi 5.1 U2
    • VMwarevSphere5.5
    • CitrixXenServer6.2SP1

  • Web/UI Enhancements:

    • Select
      • Addedsupportforadditionalattributes and UtilizesysteminstalledlatestJRE1.7UpdateswithServerAdministratorWebServervaluesinBIOSsetupgroups.

    • Browser Support:

      • Google Chrome 27,28 and 30.
      • Safari 6.0

    • Network Interface Cards (NICs) Supports:

      • MellanoxConnectX-3DualPort40GbEQSFP+NetworkAdapter
      • MellanoxConnectX-3DualPort10GbEDA/SFP+NetworkAdapter
      • MellanoxConnectX-3DualPort
        • Broadcom57201Gb  bNDC
        • Intel13501GbbNDC
        • IntelX71010 GbEKRBladeMezzanineCardGbrNDC
        • Emulex OCe14102-UX-DDualPortOCm14104-UX-D 10Gb SFP+CNArNDC
        • Emulex OCm14102-U3-DDualPortOCm14102-U2-D 10Gb KRBladeMezzbNDC
        • Emulex OCm14102-U2-DDualPortOCm14102-U3-D 10Gb KRBladeNDCMezz
        • Emulex OCm14104-UX-DQuadPortOCe14102-UX-D 10Gb DA/SFP+RackNDCPCIe

      • Storage Management:

        • Addedsupport

        • Supportenabled for DellMD1400andMD1420enclosures.
        • SupportforS130SWRAID
        • Supportfor  PERC 9 controllers(cards:
          • H730
          • H730PAdapter)withthefollowingfeatures
            • RAID10virtualdiskwithunevenspan.
            • Advanced4Ksectorharddiskdrives.
            • T10ProtectionInformation(PI)
            • H830
            • H330
          • Support for dataintegrity.

        • Addedsupport12gbpsSASHBA

        • Support for thefollowingLSISerialAttachedSCSI(SAS)HostBusAdapterscontrollermodeenumeration (HBAs)onsupported12Gsystems:
          • LSISAS9207-8e
          • LSISAS9300-8e 
          • LSISAS9206-16eRAIDandHBA)

         

        • Deprecated support for thefollowingoperatingsystems:
          • SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer10SP4
          • SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer11SP2
          • RedHatEnterpriseLinux6.4(64-bit)
          • VMwareESXi5.1U1HDDandFlash
          • VMwareESXi5.0U2HDDandFlashSNMPsetfeature.

           

          Dell OpenManage

          Dell OpenManage is a set of systems management applications built using industry standard protocols and specifications. Dell OpenManage is not a product within itself, but rather a brand name for the suite of products in the portfolio. Server Administrator (OMSA) is part of OpenManage family.

          You can refer various system management manuals to learn more about the Dell products.

          Manuals:

          • Various OpenManage
          • Various Server Administrator

          Dell OpenManage v7.4v8.0.1 Documentation

          • Documentation (Events,  Management Tools, Release Notes etc.)

           

          For more details on previously released Server Administrator and other OpenManage products, refer the OpenManage manuals.

          • Download OpenManage MIBs for Management Consoles

          Server Administrator v7.4v8.1 Documentation

          Refer all the below documents from the Server Administrator Manuals page.

          • Server Administrator Storage Management Guide
          • Server Administrator CIM Reference Guide.
          • Server Administrator SNMP Reference Guide.
          • Server Administrator CLI (Command Line Interface) Guide.
          • Server Administrator User's Guide
          • Server Administrator Readme
          • Server Administrator Release Notes
          • Server Administrator Installation Guide
          • Storage Management User's Guide

          Download

          OMSA v7.4v8.1 can be downloaded from the following links. Please refer Server Administrator Installation Guide and Support Matrix to install these packages on the supported operating system.

          Windows:
          • x86
          • x64
          Linux:
          • Consolidated Package (1264 MB)
          • RedHatEnterpriseLinux5(x86) (DistributionPackage,133 MB)
          • Red Hat Enterprise Linux5 7 (x64) (Distribution Package, 162 MB)
          • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (x64) (Distribution Package, 163 MB)
          • Novell SuSE Linux ES 11 (Distribution Package, 133 MB)
          • VMWareESX4.1 (DistributionPackage, 163 MB)
          ESXi VIB:
          • ESXi4.1(5MB)
          • ESXi5.0(5MB)
          • ESXi 5.1 (6 MB)
          • ESXi 5.5 (6MB)

          To use the ESXi VIB with VMWare vSphere application, you can utilize the packages from Dell VMWare depot.

          • Dell VMWare Depot (Download OMSA VIBs for different ESXi versions)
          • Dell VMWare Depot (SSL)

          XenServer (Supplemental Pack):

          • XenServer 6.2 (65 MB)

          Resources

          • Dell OpenManage System Management Tools (Know more about Dell OpenManage Products)
          • Dell OpenManage Essentials (Management console to remotely manage Dell devices) 
            • Dell Troubleshooting Tool (Used in several of the videos below to test SNMP connection)
          • Sample PowerShell scripts (To query system details from OMSA's WMI classes)
          • How to install and configure OMSA on ESX 4.x

          Whitepapers

          • Deploying OMSA on VMware ESXi Using Dell Online Depot and VMware Update Manager
          • How to setup and configure ESXi 5 for use in OpenManage Essentials
          • Configure VMware ESX Classic with OpenManage Essentials (OME)
          • Granular Installation and Sanity Check for Management Interfaces on Microsoft Windows Operating System
          • Dell OpenManage Server Administrator – Single Sign-On

           

          Videos

           

          Configuring RAID 5 Virtual Disk using Server Administrator 

          [View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOhiacwKfks:550:0]
          

          OMSA Web Browser Installer

          [View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7jrg4_kL7s&feature=youtu.be:550:0]
          

          Install OMSA on Citrix XenServer

          [View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ6k_FkqVMs:0:0]
          

          Linux SNMP Configuration + OMSA Installation for use with OpenManage Essentials

          [View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBfYwwP4OdQ:550:0]

          ESXi4 SNMP Configuration + OMSA Installation for use with OpenManage Essentials  

          [View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWc4umFUxms:550:0]

          Windows 2008 SNMP Configuration + OMSA Installation for use with OpenManage Essential

          [View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrvbiZzRApk:550:0]

          Windows Granular Install (How to exclude various management interfaces SNMP, WMI, CLI, OS logging)

          Starting with OMSA v7.2, during installation you can choose to exclude the management interfaces which you are not interested in. By default all these will be installed. Excluding any of the management interface has the impact on the way you can access the server details. 

          [View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIBrz3miliw:550:0]

          Linux Granular Install (How to exclude various management interfaces SNMP, CLI, OS logging)

          Starting with OMSA v7.2, during installation you can choose to exclude the management interfaces which you are not interested in. By default all these will be installed. Excluding any of the management interface has the impact on the way you can access the server details.

          [View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th0FR-jjMwY:550:0]

          How to use Fluid Cache (v7.3 and Onwards)

          Fluid Cache is a solution that creates a large-scale, low-latency cache by using PCIe-SSD. It also includes features to prevent data loss or corruption while using caching techniques to increase performance.

          [View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzsDwwbon6M:0:0]

          Virtual Disk Creation Wizard

          You can create (any supported) RAID volumes in a more usable and effective approach. This video primarily showcase the user interactive pages of the same.

          [View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKFIcPMCOEw:550:0]