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What is OpenManage Essentials?
5 Installing Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials
2 What is OpenManage Essentials?
Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials (OME) is a lightweight, web-based, one-to-many console that provides a
comprehensive view of Dell EMC systems, devices, and components in an enterprise network. For more
information about OME, see www.delltechcenter.com/ome.
2.1 Minimum installation requirements
The following table lists the software, network, and system configurations required to install the OME.
Note—You must have system administrator privileges to install the OME.
Table 1: Recommended hardware
Minimum
recommended
Hardware
Large
deployments
Large
deployments
Large
deployments
Medium
deployments
Small
deployments
Number of
devices
Up to 8000
Up to 5500
Up to 2000
Up to 500
Up to 100
Type of
system
Physical
Machines/
Virtual
Machines
Physical
Machines/
Virtual
Machines
Physical
Machines/
Virtual
Machines
Physical
Machines/
Virtual
Machines
Physical
Machines/
Virtual
Machines
RAM
16 GB
8 GB
8 GB
6 GB
4 GB
Processors
16 cores total
8 cores total
8 cores total
4 cores total
2 cores total
Database
SQL Enterprise
or Standard
SQL Enterprise
or Standard
SQL Enterprise
or Standard
SQL Express
SQL Express
Database
location
Remote [b]
Remote [b]
Remote [b]
Local
Local
Hard drive
30 GB
20 GB
10 GB
10 GB
10 GB
• If you are not using SQL Express, limit the maximum memory usage to 2 GB which is less than
the total system memory and disable the SQL analysis and report services.
• Install the remote database on a system that supports the recommended hardware for OME.
Note—The recommended hardware for OME on a domain controller is 8 GB RAM, 8 core processor, and
a remote database.