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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 1.2 and it launched on July 9th, 2013. It brings a lot of great new features to the product:
- Support for Discovery, Inventory and Geographical View for Dell PowerEdge VRTX devices.
- Addition of Microsoft Windows Server 2012 as a supported operating system for the management station.
- Improved Searching capability.
- Sending warranty expiration notification through email.
- Display warranty expiration status using the scoreboard icon.
- Adding support for Dell Compellent, Dell Force10 E-Series and C-Series, Dell PowerConnect 8100 series, Dell PowerVault FS7500, and PowerVault NX3500 devices.
- Support for installing OpenManage Essentials on a domain controller.
- Allow creating granular permission control based on device group.
- Additional reports: Asset Acquisition Information, Asset Maintenance Information, Asset Support Information, and Licfensing Information.
- Addition of a device group for Citrix XenServers and Dell PowerEdge C servers in the device tree.
- Availability of storage and controller information in the device inventory for the following client systems: Dell OptiPlex, Dell Latitude, and Dell Precision.
- CLI support for discovery, inventory, status polling, and removal of devices from the device tree.
- Provided more sample command line remote tasks for uninstalling OpenManage Server Administrator and applying a server configuration on multiple managed nodes.
- Support for SUDO users in Linux for system updates and OMSA deploy tasks.
- Display of a notification icon in the heading banner to indicate the availability of a newer version of OpenManage Essentials.
- Support for enabling or disabling rebooting after system update for out-of band (iDRAC) system updates.
- Support for re-running system update and OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) deployment tasks.
- Support for Single Sign-On (SSO) for iDRAC and CMC devices.
- Ability to log on as a different user.
- 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 1.2
- previous versions available in the Archive section
- Dell Troubleshooting Tool for OME 1.2
- Dell MIB Import Tool for OME 1.2
- Download the Dell SNMP Configuration Tool
Discuss
- OpenManage Essentials 1.2 Release Notes
- OpenManage Essentials 1.2 Support Manuals (COMING SOON) - (Support Matrix, User's Guide)
- 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 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 (UPDATED)
- 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
Discover
Configure
Monitor
- Build Daily HTML Systems Reports with OME
- OpenManage Essentials v1.1 – Supporting Dell Client Devices (UPDATED)
- OME v1.1 - Device Support for Dell Compellent, Force10, PDU, and UPS (UPDATED)
- Monitoring Dell PowerEdge Servers With OpenManage Essentials
- 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 (NEW)
- 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
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OpenManage Essentials 1.2 New Features
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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
 | 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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