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-based

OpenManage Enterprise user privileges on page 14.

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.

Deploy and manage OpenManage Enterprise