Questions tagged [dell-openmanage]

OpenManage is Dell's systems management and administration platform.

OpenManage is Dell's systems management and administration platform.

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OMSA on R300 running CentOS7

I recently purchased a dell R300 server off Ebay and don't know the setting to log into the iDRAC interface. I've played around in the boot sequence but there doesn't seem to be a configuration utility there. I've tried installing OMSA, Dell's…
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Openmanage failing to recognize firmware versions?

I'm running (what I believe) is the latest version of OpenManage. Every night it polls the various machines for firmware versions and compares them to what it believes are the latest available. This is all well and good except that it's not getting…
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Dell raid configuation issue omsa

I've been trying to create a raid using the dell srvadmin tools including raidcfg and omconfig. Controller info: [root@ksssd tmp]# /opt/dell/toolkit/bin/raidcfg controller controllerid=0 Controller_ID/Slot_ID: 0 Controller_PCI_ID: 1:0:0 …
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Monitoring servers using Dell OpenManage or IPMI

We have some Dell servers, 11th and 12th generation. These servers supports IPMI over LAN and Dell OpenManage. As I can see, I looks like I can get all the sensor data, from both OpenManage and IPMI. Can anybody tell me the difference between then?…
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Disable "System Memory Testing" via OMSA 6.4.0

Is it possible to disable system memory testing via OMSA 6.4.0? I can only find ways to do it using newer versions of OMSA; and I can't even see the setting in 6.4.0. I have quite a few machines that I want to disable this (BIOS) setting on, but I…
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/dev/ipmi0 does not exist R710 SLES 11 SP2

I have been searching without success to find how to get ipmitool to work. It is dependent on /dev/ipmi0 existing, however in my case it doesn't. Here's some information that I think would be helpful: # service ipmi status ipmi_msghandler module…
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Insert hot-swappable disks into a running server?

I have a Dell PowerEdge 2900 with a PERC 6/i card and 4 HDDs running a single RAID-10 array. I want to add an additional 4 HDDs into the server and create a new RAID-10 array on those disks, without having to power-down the server. There's an option…
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Dell OMSA Authentication Fail on Ubuntu

I am trying to log into an install of Dell OMSA 5 on a Dell PowerEdge 2850 running Ubuntu 8.04 LTS x64. OMSA is 32bit and is trying to load the 64bit pam modules for authentication. Whatever credentials I use to authenticate with via the OMSA web…
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How-to configure Dell Drac5 and access to it

Help me please how to configure Dell Drac5 and How to access to it. Tried almost everything on google and still no idea, how Drac works. Will I be able to reboot my machine even without VNC or SSH access? I have installed OMSA 7.1 on my Debian and…
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Manage Dell workstations with OpenManage Essentials (OME)

How can I manage Dell workstations with OpenManage Essentials ? First, is it possible? Because iv read that only Dell servers can be managed with OME. I would like to inventory each Dell workstations I have in my environment, and be able to see…
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OpenManage vs Reality: where are my disks?

Im getting a 'degraded disk' error from an old PE 2850. I see the orange light blinking on the array so I know where the problem is. The system is running win2003 x64. Im running OpenManage also and I'd like to add a hot-spare to the system so I can…
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OMSA killed DRAC

I used to be able to use both OMSA and DRAC at the same time on my PE1950. I've updated the OMSA recently and DRAC is not accessible right after starting "Systems Management Data Engine". Shutting down OMSA doesn't seem to start DRAC again.…
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Is it Possible to Configure a Dell DRAC from Windows (without Rebooting)?

One of our Dell R610 servers running Windows Server 2008 R2 doesn't have it's Enterprise DRAC configured. Is there a utility (or perhaps a way from OpenManage) to configure the DRAC without rebooting and doing it via the BIOS?
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Dell OpenManage CIM module 6.5 for ESXi 4.1 support for Dell PowerEdge 1855 and 1955 blades

Anyone knows if Dell OpenManage CIM module 6.5 for ESXi 4.1 does support Dell PowerEdge 1855 and 1955 servers? Compatibility list does not show these models, it sounds quite strange to me as without CIM module hardware informations can't be…
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pam.d errors after OMSA 6.4 upgrade

I have a Dell R710 running CentOS 5.6 x64. I have it set up to pull Dell's software & patches from their own repos. This works as well as I can expect it work. However, I"ve been getting these errors in my system log after the latest OSMA update…
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