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NOTE: For information about supported browsers, see the OpenManage Enterprise Support Matrix available on the
support site.
Recommended scalability and performance
settings for optimal usage of OpenManage
Enterprise
The following table lists the performance parameters of the supported features in OpenManage Enterprise. To ensure an optimal
performance of OpenManage Enterprise, Dell EMC recommends to run the tasks at the specified frequency on the maximum number of
devices that are recommended per task.
Table 5. Scalability and performance considerations of OpenManage Enterprise
Tasks Recommended frequency of
running the tasks
Tasks whether pre-canned? Maximum devices that are
recommended per task
Discovery Once a day for environment with
frequent network changes.
No 4000/task
Inventory OpenManage Enterprise
provides a pre-canned task that
automatically refreshes
inventory once a day.
Yes. You can disable this feature. Device monitored by
OpenManage Enterprise
Warranty OpenManage Enterprise
provides a pre-canned task that
automatically refreshes warranty
once a day.
Yes. You can disable this feature. Devices that are monitored by
OpenManage Enterprise
Health poll Every one hour Yes. You can change the
frequency.
Not applicable
Firmware update Need-basis 100/task
Configuration inventory Need-basis 50/baseline
Supported protocols and ports in OpenManage
Enterprise
Supported protocols and ports on management stations
Table 6. OpenManage Enterprise supported protocols and ports on the management stations
Port Number Protocol Port Type Maximum
Encryption Level
Directio
n
Usage
21 FTP TCP 256-bit In/Out To download updates from Dell.com.
22 SSH TCP 256-bit In/Out Required for incoming only if FSD is used.
OpenManage Enterprise administrator must enable
only if interacting with the Dell EMC support staff.
25 SMTP TCP None Out To receive email alerts from OpenManage
Enterprise.
53 DNS UDP/TCP None Out For DNS queries.
68 / 546 (IPv6) DHCP UDP/TCP None Out Network configuration.
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