Users Guide

Minimum system requirements for deploying OpenManage
Enterprise
Table 5. Minimum requirements
Particulars Minimum requirements
Supported hypervisors
● VMware vSphere versions:
○ vSphere ESXi 5.5 onwards
● Microsoft Hyper-V supported on:
○ Windows Server 2012 R2 onwards
● KVM supported on:
○ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 onwards
Network Available virtual NIC which has access to the management
networks of all the devices which is managed from
OpenManage Enterprise.
Supported browsers
● Internet Explorer (64-bit) 11 and later
● Mozilla Firefox 52 and later
● Google Chrome 58 and later
● Microsoft Edge version 41.16299 and later
User interface HTML 5, JS based
NOTE: For the latest update about the minimum requirements for OpenManage Enterprise, see the Dell EMC OpenManage
Enterprise Support Matrix on the support site.
Deploy OpenManage Enterprise on VMware vSphere
NOTE:
To perform any tasks on OpenManage Enterprise, you must have necessary user privileges. See Role and scope
based access control in OpenManage Enterprise on page 15.
NOTE: If a secondary adapter is added before powering on the appliance for the first time, the adapter will be configured
with IPv4 and IPv6 disabled. Upon login to the TUI, and after accepting the EULA and changing the admin password, the
adapter will show up as DISABLED and must be configured by the user.
1. Download the openmanage_enterprise_ovf_format.zip file from the support site and extract the file to a location
accessible by VMware vSphere Client. It is recommended to use a local drive or CD/DVD, because installing from a network
location can take up to 30 minutes.
2. In vSphere Client, select File > Deploy OVF Template.
The Deploy OVF Template wizard is displayed.
3. On the Source page, click Browse, and then select the OVF package. Click Next.
4. On the OVF Template Details page, review the information that is displayed. Click Next.
5. On the End User License Agreement page, read the license agreement and click Accept. To continue, click Next.
6. On the Name and Location page, enter a name with up to 80 characters, and then select an inventory location where the
template will be stored. Click Next.
7. Depending on the vCenter configuration, one of the following options is displayed:
● If resource pools are configured — On the Resource Pool page, select the pool of virtual servers to deploy the
appliance VM.
● If resource pools are NOT configured — On the Hosts/Clusters page, select the host or cluster on which you want
to deploy the appliance VM.
8. If there are more than one datastores available on the host, the Datastore page displays such datastores. Select the
location to store virtual machine (VM) files, and then click Next.
9. On the Disk Format page, click Thick provision to pre-allocate physical storage space to VMs at the time a drive is
created.
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