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3 Benchmark the Performance, Reliability, and Scalability of Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise 3.4 in your data
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Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................................................. 2
Table of contents ................................................................................................................................................................ 3
Executive summary ............................................................................................................................................................. 5
Acronyms ............................................................................................................................................................................ 6
1. Impact of hardware on the performance of OpenManage Enterprise 3.4 in PowerEdge servers and MX7000 chassis
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2. OpenManage Enterprise 3.4 features tested ............................................................................................................... 8
2.1 System Configurations used for Scalability and Performance evaluation of OpenManage Enterprise 3.4 ....... 9
2.2 Load parameters used for performance evaluation ............................................................................................ 9
2.3 General recommendations for optimal performance and scalability of OpenManage Enterprise 3.4 .............. 10
2.4 Test results for deployment of OpenManage Enterprise 3.4 ............................................................................ 11
2.5 Test results for console upgrade to OpenManage Enterprise 3.4 from various previous versions ................. 12
3. Scalability and performance test results of OpenManage Enterprise 3.4 (tested on multiple PowerEdge servers) . 13
3.1 Test setup and results of the Discovery and Inventory feature in OpenManage Enterprise 3.4 ...................... 13
3.1.1 Recommendations for setting an environment to test the Discovery and Inventory feature in OpenManage
Enterprise 3.4 ............................................................................................................................................................. 13
3.1.2 Test environment and results of the Discovery and Inventory feature in OpenManage Enterprise 3.4 ........... 13
3.2 Test setup and results of the Firmware and Driver Upgrade feature in OpenManage Enterprise 3.4 ............. 16
3.2.1 Recommendations for setting an environment to test the Firmware and Driver Upgrade feature in
OpenManage Enterprise 3.4 ...................................................................................................................................... 16
3.2.2 Test environment and results of the Firmware Upgrade feature in OpenManage Enterprise 3.4 ................... 16
3.2.3 Test environment and results of the Driver Upgrade feature in OpenManage Enterprise 3.4 ......................... 18
3.3 Test setup and results of the Configuration Compliance feature in OpenManage Enterprise 3.4 ................... 19
3.3.1 Recommendations for setting an environment to test the Configuration Compliance feature in OpenManage
Enterprise 3.4 ............................................................................................................................................................. 19
3.3.2 Test environment and results of the Configuration Compliance feature in OpenManage Enterprise 3.4 ........ 19
3.4 Test setup and results of the Alert and Task Management feature in OpenManage Enterprise 3.4 ............... 21
3.4.1 Recommendations for setting an environment to test Alert and Task Management feature in OpenManage
Enterprise 3.4 ............................................................................................................................................................. 21
3.4.2 Test environment and results of the Alert and Task Management feature in OpenManage Enterprise 3.4 .... 21
3.5 Test setup and results of the Power Control, Remote CLI, Blink LED Task feature in OpenManage Enterprise
3.4 .......................................................................................................................................................................... 23
3.5.1 Recommendations for setting an environment to test Power Control, CLI, Blink LED Task feature in
OpenManage Enterprise 3.4 ...................................................................................................................................... 23