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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 1.1 and it launched on October 30th 2012. It brings a lot of great new features to the product:
- Agent-free hardware inventory for Dell 11G and 12G servers
- Agent-free system updates (e.g., BIOS, firmware) for Dell 11G and 12G servers
- Dell SupportAssist extension for proactive “phone home” hardware issue resolution
And other features like:
- Discover, Inventory, monitor health, and view logs of Dell clients (i.e., desktops, portables)
- Discover, Inventory, and monitor health of Dell Force 10 Switches, Dell PDU and UPS devices
- Discover and collect limited inventory Linux servers via SSH
- Enhanced hardware inventory for ESXi servers with Server Administrator (OMSA)
- Alerts for hardware health status changes (not just when a hardware trap is sent)
- Ability to forward alerts in original format to support tiered event management
- A new command line interface (CLI) for automation of server discovery and grouping
- Calendar style task schedule view
- Group filtering on portal pages
- More configurable portal pages
- Grouped discovery ranges for common protocol settings
- Custom URL launch points to allow user-defined right-click actions on devices
Click here for OME improvements over ITA 8.9.
Contents: Download - Documentation - Whitepapers - Videos - Forum - Blogs - FAQ
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:
Resources
- Participate in the OpenManage Mobile for Android program
Service Offering
Documentation
- OpenManage Essentials Support Manuals (Support Matrix, User's Guide, Readme, v1.0.1 archive)
- OME Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- OME v1.1 Readme file (what's new, prerequisites, issues - updated Oct 30th, 2012)
Whitepapers and Best Practices
Setup / Settings
- Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials (UPDATED)
- OpenManage IT Assistant to OpenManage Essentials Migration (UPDATED)
- Configure VMware ESX Classic for discovery using OpenManage Essentials(NEW!)
- Making My Environment Manageable for OpenManage Essentials (UPDATED)
- OpenManage Essentials Scalability and Performance (v1.1) (NEW!)
- Integrating the Dell KACE K1000 with Dell OpenManage Essentials - OME
- OpenManage Essentials Role Based Security and Implementation (UPDATED)
- How to set up ESXi for use with OpenManage Essentials
Discover
Monitor
- Build Daily HTML Systems Reports with OME (NEW!)
- OpenManage Essentials v1.1 – Supporting Dell Client Devices (NEW!)
- OME v1.1 - Device Support for Dell Force10, PDU, and UPS (NEW!)
- Monitoring Dell PowerEdge Servers With OpenManage Essentials (UPDATED)
- OpenManage Essentials Hardware Monitoring and KACE K1000 Service Desk Integration (UPDATED)
- 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 (NEW!)
Manage
- Managing Devices via IPMI in OpenManage Essentials (NEW!)
- Benefits of Server Power Control Options in OpenManage Essentials (NEW!)
- Managing Compellent Storage With OpenManage Essentials (NEW!)
- OpenManage™ Essentials Command Line Interface (NEW!)
- Changing the Hostname of an Exisiting OME Management Server(NEW!)
- Proactively Managing Dell Servers with KACE K1000 and Dell OpenManage
- Managing Dell Blades and Chassis Using Dell OpenManage Essentials (UPDATED)
- 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 (UPDATED)
- Updating iDRAC7 using OpenManage Essentials Remote Tasks Feature(NEW!)
- Improvements & Enhancements to Dell System Update & OMSA Deploy(NEW!)
- Deploying Server Administrator using OpenManage Essentials (UPDATED)
- Using Dell Repository Manager with OME Essentials and Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter
(Please visit the site to view this video)
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 + Monitoring
 | OpenManage Essentials Overview Video |
 | OpenManage Essentials and Repository Manager Integration |
 | Enable SNMP on OpenManage Server Administrator for ESXi4 |
 | Enable SNMP on OpenManage Server Administrator for Windows |
 | Enable SNMP on OpenManage Server Administrator for Linux (RHEL) |
 | 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 |
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