Install Guide
Management Server (MS) requirements
Table 18. Prerequisites for software
Software Purpose
(Required) Operations Manager 2012 or later Dell EMC Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring (Licensed)
feature is available only on management servers running Operations
Manager 2012 or later.
NOTE: If you are using Operations Manager 2016, then for
systems running Nano server, apply the
Update Rollup 1
for Microsoft System Center 2016 - Operations Manager
agent package provided in the Microsoft knowledge base
article KB3190029. For more information, see
support.microsoft.com/kb/3190029.
(Required) SMASH Library MPB from Microsoft Dell EMC Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring (Licensed)
feature requires SMASH library MPB from Microsoft to discover
Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers. For more information, see Installing
the WS-Management and SMASH Device Template.
(Optional) Dell License Manager (for iDRAC7 or later systems only) Launches Dell License Manager console. To deploy licenses and
collect reports; install Dell License Manager on the management
server. For more information, see Dell License Manager User’s
Guide at dell.com/support/home..
(Optional) OpenManage Power Center Launches Dell OpenManage Power Center console. To monitor
and manage power consumption, and temperature in the data
center using the Operations Manager console, install OpenManage
Power Center on the management server. For more information,
see OpenManage Power Center Installation Guide at dell.com/
support/home.
Managed System requirements
To discover and monitor managed systems, ensure that the following requirements are met:
• Required iSM version is installed on the Dell EMC device. Based on your monitoring requirements, the following features must be
enabled through the iDRAC console:
– Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) feature to monitor through iSM–WMI.
– iDRAC access via Host OS (Experimental feature) to monitor through iDRAC using host IP.
• iDRAC7 or later.
NOTE
: If you are monitoring devices through iSM–WMI feature on systems running Microsoft Nano server, see the section
Installing iDRAC Service Module on Nano operating system in the
iDRAC Service Module version 2.4 Installation Guide
at
Dell.com/support.
NOTE: If you are using iDRAC rmware version 2.40.40.40 or later, Transport Layer Security (TLS) versions 1.1 or later is enabled
by default. Before installing Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite version 7.1 for Microsoft System Center Conguration
Manager, see
Support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3140245
for more information about TLS updates. Based on your web browser,
you may have to enable support for TLS 1.1 or later. For more information about iDRAC, see
Dell.com/idracmanuals
.
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