Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- OpenManage Network Integration for SmartFabric Services User Guide Release 2.1
- Contents
- About this guide
- Change history
- Overview of OMNI, SFS, VxRail, and PowerEdge MX
- OpenManage Network Integration
- OMNI vCenter integration
- Access the OMNI stand-alone portal
- Access the OMNI Fabric Management Portal
- OMNI Appliance Management user interface
- SmartFabric management with OMNI
- OMNI feature support matrix
- View SmartFabric instance overview
- View fabric topology
- Manage switches in a fabric
- SmartFabric bulk configuration
- Configure server interface profile
- Configure and manage uplinks
- Configure networks and routing configuration
- Configure global settings for SmartFabric
- View fabric events and compliance status
- OMNI automation support for PowerEdge MX SmartFabric
- OMNI automation support for NSX-T
- Lifecycle management
- Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting tools
- Unable to add SmartFabric instance in OMNI
- Missing networks on server interfaces
- Unable to launch OMNI UI
- OMNI plug-in does not show service instance
- Unable to register the vCenter in OMNI
- OMNI is unable to communicate with other devices
- Timestamp not synchronized in OMNI
- Reset OMNI VM password
7. Click Back, and OK to exit the network management UI.
8. Enter a valid NTP Server IP address or hostname, and click Enter.
9. Enter n to not install the SSL certificate from remote server. When you enter n, the self-signed certificate that is created
locally is installed.
NOTE: To install a new certificate, see Generate and install SSL certificate.
NOTE: If the NTP Server is not configured, the OMNI appliance VM synchronizes with the ESXi server time zone.
Install OMNI application on ESXi server without
vCenter
Starting from 2.0 release, you can install a remote OMNI instance on ESXi server without vCenter. Use this feature when
you want to install OMNI independently (without vCenter), and manage SFS. For example, use this feature to install OMNI to
manage SFS in Isilon deployment.
This information describes how to deploy the OMNI appliance on VMware ESXi server using the OMNI OVA file.
Prerequisite
● The supported version of the ESXi server is 6.7 or later.
● ESXi server should have the expected hardware profile to install OMNI .ova file, see OpenManage Network Integration.
● Use Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browser.
Download and Install OVA on ESXi server
1. Download the OVA from OpenManage Network Integration support, and store the OVA image locally.
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