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3 Benchmark the Performance, Reliability, and Scalability of Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise 3.2 in your data
center environment
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Contents
Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................................................. 2
Acronyms ............................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Executive summary ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
1 Impact of hardware on the performance of OpenManage Enterprise 3.2 in PowerEdge servers and MX7000 chassis
7
2 OpenManage Enterprise 3.2 features tested ............................................................................................................... 8
2.1 Configurations used for testing the Scalability and Performance of OpenManage Enterprise 3.2 .................... 8
2.2 Load parameters defined in various tables ........................................................................................................ 9
2.3 General recommendations for testing scalability and performance of OpenManage Enterprise 3.2 ................. 9
2.4 Test results for deployment of OpenManage Enterprise 3.2 ............................................................................ 10
3 Scalability and performance test results of OpenManage Enterprise 3.2 (on multiple PowerEdge servers) ............ 11
3.1 Test setup and results of the Discovery and Inventory feature in OpenManage Enterprise 3.2 ...................... 11
3.1.1 Recommendations for setting an environment to test the Discovery and Inventory feature in OpenManage
Enterprise 3.2 ............................................................................................................................................................. 11
3.1.2 Test environment and results of the Discovery and Inventory feature in OpenManage Enterprise 3.2 ........... 11
3.2 Test setup and results of the Firmware Upgrade feature in OpenManage Enterprise 3.2 ............................... 14
3.2.1 Recommendations for setting an environment to test the Firmware Upgrade feature in OpenManage
Enterprise 3.2 ............................................................................................................................................................. 14
3.2.2 Test environment and results of the Firmware Upgrade feature in OpenManage Enterprise 3.2 ................... 14
3.3 Test setup and results of the Configuration Inventory feature in OpenManage Enterprise 3.2 ....................... 16
3.3.1 Recommendations for setting an environment to test the Configuration Inventory feature in OpenManage
Enterprise 3.2 ............................................................................................................................................................. 16
3.3.2 Test environment and results of the Configuration Inventory feature in OpenManage Enterprise 3.2 ............ 16
3.4 Test setup and results of the Alert and Task Management feature in OpenManage Enterprise 3.2 ............... 17
4 Scalability and performance test results of OpenManage Enterprise 3.2 (tested on a single PowerEdge server) ... 19
4.1 Test setup and results of the Discovery, Inventory, and Status Poll feature in OpenManage Enterprise 3.2
(tested on a single server) .......................................................................................................................................... 19
4.2 Test setup and results of the Firmware Upgrade feature in OpenManage Enterprise 3.2 (tested on a single
server) ........................................................................................................................................................................ 20
4.3 Test setup and results of the Configuration Inventory and Deployment feature in OpenManage Enterprise 3.2
21
5 Scalability and performance test results of OpenManage Enterprise 3.2 (tested on 20 MX7000 chassis) ............... 22
5.1 Test setup and results of the Discovery, Inventory, and Status Poll feature in OpenManage Enterprise 3.2
(tested on 20 MX7000 chassis) .................................................................................................................................. 22
5.2 Test setup and results of the Firmware Upgrade feature in OpenManage Enterprise 3.2 (tested on a single
MX7000 chassis) ........................................................................................................................................................ 23