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Upgrade the OpenManage Enterprise appliance
6 Upgrade the Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise appliance version
It is recommended that you to upgrade your OpenManage Enterprise to its latest version so that you can fully
utilize the following new features and enhancements:
 Enhanced scalability to support a max of 8,000 devices for larger Enterprise requirements.
 Discovery and inventory on IPV4 and IPv6 networks for up to 8,000 devices
 Unified support for multi-generational PowerEdge tower, rack, blades, and chassis from a single
unified console with added support for the following new devices:
o Latest 14th generation PowerEdge servers including the new PowerEdge MX7000 chassis
and blade servers.
o PowerEdge FD332 storage module.
o Dell Compellent FS8600 storage.
 Full lifecycle management of the MX7000 chassis and contained compute sleds in either standalone
mode or as a lead-chassis in a multi-chassis management (MCM) group.
 Enablement of "stateless deployments and virtual Identity management" to create a server
environment that is both dynamic and flexible.
 Full parity with the following OpenManage Essentials v2.4 features:
o Virtual identity management
o Virtual identity migration
o VLAN management
 Enablement of "Configuration Remediation" to assist in maintaining data center compliance to
configuration standards upon detection of any drift/changes against a defined template.
 Enhanced data center automation policies based upon defined alert-policies, alert reception and
processing from third party devices.
 Enablement of custom-guided template editing of deployment templates to assist in eliminating
human errors. That is, the ability to edit the attributes of a deployment template by using:
 Guided View (BIOS, boot sequence, and so on)
 Advanced View (granular control of individual tokens)
o Integration with the Dell EMC OpenManage Mobile (OMM) application for remote data center
monitoring and maintenance using an Android or iOS mobile handheld device.
1.2 Before you upgrade the OpenManage Enterprise appliance
By clicking OpenManage Enterprise  Application Settings  Console Update, you can:
 View the current version of your OpenManage Enterprise
 Check if any updated version is available
 Upgrade the OpenManage Enterprise version.
A checklist you can follow for pre- and post-upgrade tasks is given in Process map for checking and updating
the OpenManage Enterprise version.
 Allocate at least an hour for the upgrade process. Allocate additional time if the upgrade must be
downloaded by using a slower network connection.
 Make sure no device configuration tasks or deployment tasks are running or are scheduled to run
during the planned downtime.
 Notify other console users of the impending scheduled upgrade.
 Take a VM snapshot of the console as a backup in case something unexpected occurs. (Allocate
additional downtime for this, if necessary).