Users Guide
NOTE: OpenManage Essentials can maintain up to 175,000 task execution history details without any issues. If the task
execution history details exceed 175,000, you may experience problems starting OpenManage Essentials. The earlier task
execution history records are purged when the limit set under Task Settings → Task Execution History Records to be
Retained is exceeded. The task execution history details of few tasks are not purged. For more information, see Task
Settings. It is recommended that you periodically delete task execution history details that you may no longer require or
change the purge settings of task execution history details.
NOTE: For more information, see the
OpenManage Essentials Scalability and Performance
technical white paper at
DellTechCenter.com/OME.
Download OpenManage Essentials
Do keep the Service Tag of your Dell EMC PowerEdge server handy. It is recommended that you use the Service Tag to access all
support on the Dell Support Website. This ensures that you download the appropriate version of the software for your platform.
To download OpenManage Essentials:
1. Go to Dell.com/support.
2. Perform one of the following actions:
• Enter the Service Tag of your Dell EMC PowerEdge server, and then select Search.
• Select Browse all products → Servers → PowerEdge, and select the appropriate model of your PowerEdge server .
3. On the support page of your server, select Drivers & downloads.
4. From the Category list, select Systems Management.
The supported version of OpenManage Essentials is displayed.
5. Click Download or select the check box to add the software to your download list.
Installing OpenManage Essentials
Before you install OpenManage Essentials, ensure that you have local administrator rights on the system.
NOTE: OpenManage Essentials 2.5 use TLS version 1.2 to support Feature Usage Settings and the following features of
MX7000 chassis—discovery, system update, device conguration template creation and deployment, and remediation.
For more information about the best practices to be followed to secure .NET framework applications that use the TLS
protocol on the management station, see www.docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/network-programming/tls.
To install OpenManage Essentials:
1. Extract the OpenManage Essentials installation package.
2. Double-click the Autorun.exe le available in the folder where you extracted the installation package.
The OpenManage Install screen is displayed. The following options are available:
• Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials — Select this option to install OpenManage Essentials, and Troubleshooting Tool.
• Dell EMC Repository Manager — Select to install Repository Manager. Using Repository Manager, you can create
customized bundles and repositories of Update Packages, software utilities such as update drivers, rmware, BIOS, and
other applications.
• Dell EMC License Manager — Select to install License Manager. The License Manager is a one-to-many license
deployment and reporting tool for the integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC), Chassis Management Controller
(CMC), OpenManage Essentials, and the PowerEdge storage sled licenses.
• Dell EMC SupportAssist Enterprise — Select to install SupportAssist Enterprise. The SupportAssist Enterprise provides
proactive support capabilities for supported server, storage, and networking solutions.
• Documentation — Click to view the online help.
• View Readme — Click to view the readme le. To view the latest readme, go to DellTechCenter.com/OME.
3. In OpenManage Install, select Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials, and click Install.
The OpenManage Essentials Prerequisites window displays the following requirement types:
• Critical — This error condition prevents the installation of a feature.
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