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OpenManage is Dell's systems management and administration platform.

OpenManage is Dell's systems management and administration platform.

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How to send command to Dell 2850 gen II?

Sorry for a dumb question, but.. I need to reset DRAC password on this server. I've read (http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/servers/f/177/t/19316985) that I have to install OMSA in order to run RACADM RACRESETCFG at command prompt. I've…
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Dell/Vmware - VIB/iDrac/OME/OMSA -- how to tie them together?

I have vSphere Server with 2 Dell hosts (hypervisors) A: is a 710, with iDrac6 essentials. Vanilla VMware Esxi 5.1 install B: is a 720 with iDrac7 enterprise. Dell customized VMware Esxi 5.5 install I'd like VMware to have more visibility into…
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Dell PowerEdge 1950 physical disk has foreign status error

Dell PowerEdge 1950 has an issue with a raid. I have 2 disks on the raid, and it fails. When looking at Dell Open Manage it is because both disks show as state = foreign. Name State Bus Protocol Media Revision …
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OpenManage: how to update systems?

Are there components beyond the base installation for OMSA required if you want to use the system to update other servers? I found the .ISO for 'SUU' which definitely didn't get included in the original installation. As it stands I can't do any of…
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Are there any Windows 7 applications that can veiw RAID status on a PERC 6/e?

I am trying to troubleshoot an MD1000 that is plugged into a PERC 6/e that is in a Precision T3600 running Windows 7. Windows can see, use, and push and pull data on the RAID 50 array on the MD1000, I just can't see the status of the controller or…
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Dell OMSA Storage Auto Patrol Read Schedule

My Dell servers with Perc H700 Controller are automatically performing periodic Patrol Reads. Is there a way to set schedule for these checks?
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OpenManage: what's blocking my systems?

I drank the proverbial koolaid earlier this week and installed OpenManage Essentials on my desktop and updated / installed the agent on my servers. After doing the discovery on the various subnets I was surprised at how many systems were…
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Is mcelog redundant if I'm using OpenManage as well?

I'm exploring whether it's worth deploying mcelog on physical RHEL machines. These machines are about 90% Dell and so we can see them in OpenManage and OM is configured to send alerts for various hardware error events, and I'm wondering how much…
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Dell Open Manage physical disk failure predicted

I've installed the Open Manage Server Administrator on my Dell T100 to monitor RAID Controller and disks. From the Physical Controller report web page I see a table listing the two disks I have but under the column "Failure Predicted" I see the…
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Can't get to Dell OMSA webpage on my server

I'm running CentOS 6.3 x64 on a Dell PowerEdge R520. I have run the following two commands as per This Wiki sudo wget -q -O - http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/bootstrap.cgi | bash sudo yum install srvadmin-all All the related…
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Dell Open Manage message in Windows Event Log, should I be worried?

I have a Dell T110 server with a SAS 6i/R controller and two hard disks in RAID 1. Ocasionally a warning appears in the Windows Event Log with the following message: SAS port report: SAS wide port 2 lost link on PHY 2.: Controller 0 (SAS 6/iR…
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Dell OpenManage - Finding Information

I have a bunch of Dell servers with OpenManage installed. If I access the RAID manager screens when it goes through the BIOS check, I can view each individual disk and see any issues. Specifically I can see the number of sectors on the disk marked…
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OpenManage keeps crashing on Server 2008 R2

Most of our servers are Dell boxes running Windows 2003 R2, and we are planning an upgrade to Server 2008 across the board. To that end we have already upgraded one of our servers using an in-place upgrade, and everything seems to be working…
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Is there a centralised server management tool for dell systems?

I've heard of the OpenManage stuff, but from what I've read you need a windows app called "IT Assistant" to connect to all your OSMA agents on the servers. Is there an open source / *nix friendly web based "Controller" application which allows you…
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Dell OMSA Remote Enablement? What is it for?

I'm managing a group of Dell and HP servers the were put in service before I came into this group. My prior experience is with HP DL3x0 servers. There wasn't any remote management before I joined the group, but I've set up both HP SIM and Dell IT…
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