OpenManage Storage Services (OMSS)

OpenManage Storage Services (OMSS)

Contents: Manuals - Download - Videos

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management is designed for system administrators who implement hardware RAID solutions and understand corporate and small business storage environments. Storage Management enables you to configure the storage components attached to your system. These components include RAID and non-RAID controllers and the channels, ports, enclosures, and disks attached to them.

Using Storage Management, you can configure and manage controller functions without accessing
the BIOS. These functions include configuring virtual disks and applying RAID levels and hot spares for data protection. You can initiate many other controller functions like rebuilds, troubleshooting, setting thresholds, and so on. Most functions can be configured and managed while the system remains
online and continues to process requests.

Manuals

• Various OpenManage
• Various Server Administrator

 Dell OpenManage version 8.1.1 & version 8.1 Documentation

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

Dell OpenManage version 8.0.1 Documentation

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

 Dell OpenManage version 8.0.2 Documentation

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

Server Administrator version 8.1.1 & version 8.1 Documentation

Refer

Youcanreferto all the belowfollowingandmore documents from the Server Administrator Manuals page.

• Server Administrator Storage Management Guide
• ServerAdministratorCIMReferenceGuide.
• ServerAdministratorSNMPReferenceUser's Guide.
• Server Administrator CLI (Command Line Interface) Guide.
• Server Administrator User's Guide
• Server Administrator ReadmeInstallationGuide
• Server Administrator Release Notes

Server Administrator InstallationGuide

• StorageManagement User'sGuide

 ServerAdministrator version 8.0.1 Documentation

Refer

Youcanreferto all the belowfollowingandmore documents from the Server Administrator Manuals page.

• Server Administrator Storage Management Guide
• ServerAdministratorCIMReferenceGuide.
• ServerAdministratorSNMPReferenceUser's Guide.
• Server Administrator CLI (Command Line Interface) Guide.
• Server Administrator User's Guide
• Server Administrator ReadmeInstallationGuide
• Server Administrator Release Notes

Server Administrator InstallationGuide

• StorageManagement User'sGuide

ServerAdministrator version 8.0.2 Documentation

Refer

Youcanreferto all the belowfollowingandmore documents from the Server Administrator Manuals page.

• Server Administrator Storage Management Guide
• ServerAdministratorCIMReferenceGuide.
• ServerAdministratorSNMPReferenceUser's Guide.
• Server Administrator CLI (Command Line Interface) Guide.
• Server Administrator User's Guide
• Server Administrator ReadmeInstallationGuide
• Server Administrator Release Notes
• ServerAdministratorInstallationGuide
• StorageManagement User'sGuide

Download

TheOpenManageSystemToolsandDocumentationDVDISOcanbedownloadedhere:

OMSA version 8.1.1 Download

OMSA version 8.1.1 can be downloaded from the following links. Please refer Server Administrator Installation Guide and OpenManage Support Matrix to install these packages on the supported operating system.

Microsoft Windows:

• x86 (186MB)
• x64 (187MB)

Linux:

• Consolidated Package  (712 MB)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (x64) (Distribution Package, 199 MB)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (x64) (Distribution Package, 193 MB)
• Novell SuSE Linux ES 11 (Distribution Package, 163 MB)

Citrix XenServer (Supplemental Pack):

• XenServer 6.5 (120 MB) 

OMSA version 8.1 Download

OMSA version 8.1 can be downloaded from the following links. Please refer Server Administrator Installation Guide and OpenManage Support Matrix to install these packages on the supported operating system.

Microsoft Windows:

Linux:

ESXi

VMwarevSphere(ESXi) VIB:

OMSA version 8.0.1 can be downloaded from the following links. Please refer Server Administrator Installation Guide and OpenManage Support Matrix to install these packages on the supported operating system.

Videos

Enhancements in Virtual Disk Creation Wizard

The following video explains the methods of OpenManage Storage Services (OMSS) aided Virtual Disk creation via Express and Advanced Wizard on Dell PowerEdge™ systems. 

Enhancements in Virtual Disk Creation Wizard feature from OpenManage Storage Services (OMSS) are available from OpenManage version 7.2 onwards.

This feature provides an improved algorithm that allows you to create RAID volumes in a more usable and effective approach. The feature has been developed keeping legacy compatibility in mind, therefore retaining all other feature and support which were available in the previous versions.

As a new feature of OM 7.2 – OMSS – Virtual Disk Creation Wizard, an improved algorithm that allows customers to create (any supported) RAID volumes in a more usable and effective approach is implemented. This video primarily showcase the user interactive pages of the same.

Video shows screen by screen deep dive for:

• Virtual Disk creation using the Express Wizard
• Virtual Disk creation using the Advanced Wizard with Dedicated Hot spare
• Virtual Disk creation using the Advanced Wizard with Dedicated Hot spare and Encryption

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

Configuring RAID 5 Virtual Disk using Server Administrator

The following video helps Configure RAID 5 using Server Administrator on Citrix XenServer 6.2.

RAID is a way to virtualize multiple, independent hard-disk drives into one or more arrays to improve performance, capacity, and reliability (availability).

RAID Level 5 (Striping With Distributed Parity) - RAID 5 provides data redundancy by using data striping in combination with parity information. Rather than dedicating a physical disk to parity, the parity information is striped across all physical disk drives in the disk group.

Using OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA), you can configure or reconfigure RAID from within the operating system. There is no need to restart the server to access the controller BIOS.

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

OpenManage Server Administrator

• ServerAdministratorInstallationGuide