Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Active System Manager Release 8.3.1 User’s Guide
- Overview
- Getting started with ASM 8.3.1
- Initial Setup
- Dashboard
- Services
- Deploying service
- Add existing service
- Viewing service details
- Editing service information
- Deleting service
- Exporting service details
- Retrying service
- Viewing all settings
- Migrating servers (service mobility)
- Migrating servers
- Upgrading components
- Adding components to an existing service deployment
- Deleting resources from service
- Templates
- Managing templates
- Viewing template details
- Creating template
- Editing template information
- Building template overview
- Building and publishing template
- Importing template
- Exporting template
- Uploading external template
- Editing template
- Viewing template details
- Deleting template
- Cloning template
- Deploying service
- Deploying multiple instances of service
- Adding Attachments
- Decommissioning services provisioned by ASM
- Component types
- Component combinations in templates
- Additional template information
- Managing templates
- Resources
- Resource health status
- Resource operational state
- Port View
- Resource firmware compliance status
- Updating firmware
- Removing resources
- Viewing firmware and software compliance report
- Discovery overview
- Configuring resources or chassis
- Removing discovered resources
- Configuring default firmware repository
- Running firmware compliance
- Configuring global chassis settings
- Configuring unique chassis settings
- Configuring unique server settings
- Configuring unique I/O module settings
- I/O module configuration
- Completing the chassis configuration
- Adding or editing Chassis Management Controller (CMC) user
- Adding or editing Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) user
- Updating resource inventory
- Viewing resource details
- Understanding server pools
- Settings
- Troubleshooting
Go to dell.com/asmdocs for more supporting documents such as:
• Active System Manager Release 8.3.1 Release Notes
• Active System Manager Release 8.3.1 Installation Guide
• Active System Manager Release 8.3.1 Compatibility Matrix Guide
• Active System Manager Release 8.3.1 API Reference Guide
• Active System Manager Release 8.2 SDK Reference Guide
• Active System Manager Integration for VMware vRealize Orchestrator User's Guide
For more information about ASM, including how-to videos, white papers, and blogs, see the Active System Manager page on Dell
TechCenter:
http://www.dell.com/asmtechcenter
Contacting Dell Technical Support
To contact Dell Technical Support, make sure that the Active System Manager Service Tag is available.
• Go to the tech direct portal https://techdirect.dell.com
• Login using your existing account or create an account if you do not have an account.
• Create a case for your incident.
• Add your Active System Manager Service Tag
• Select Active System Manager as the Incident type.
• Type relevant information in the Problem Details, and add attachments or screenshots if necessary.
• Fill in contact information and submit the request.
Licensing
ASM licensing is based on the total number of managed resources, in an environment being managed by ASM.
Resources that make use of an ASM license contains:
• Physical servers
• Switches (access layer with server facing switch ports, or having their Firmware updated by ASM)
• Storage array controllers
Resources that do not make use of an ASM license contains:
• Chassis Management Controllers
• Switches (Core switches without server facing switch ports, or not having their Firmware updated by ASM)
• Virtual Machines
• Virtual Machine Managers (For example, vSphere, System Center Virtual Machine Manager)
• Switch ports
• CPU cores
ASM 8.3.1 supports following license types:
• Trial License—A trial license can be procured through the account team and it supports up to 25 resources for 120 days.
• Standard License—A standard license grants full access.
After purchasing ASM, an email is sent from customer service containing instructions for downloading ASM software components,
the ASM license le, and the ASM Service Tag.
9