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What's New for the Connection 3.2?
DellOpenManage™ConnectionforHPOpenViewNNMUser'sGuideVersion3.2
Before You Begin
Connection Installation Prerequisites
New Features of the Connection 3.2
Systems Management Software Supported
Dell OpenManage Connection for HP OpenView NNM is hereafter referred to as the Connection.
Before You Begin
l Read the installation requirements to ensure that your system meets or exceeds the minimum requirements. See installation prerequisites.
l Read the Connection readme file, which contains the latest information about software, firmware, and driver versions, in addition to information about
known issues. The file is posted to the Systems Management documentation page on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com.
Connection Installation Prerequisites
The following are system prerequisites for installing the Connection:
l Microsoft®Windows®operating system versions supported by HP OpenView NNM versions 6.4 and later
l HP OpenView NNM version 6.4–7.5
l A minimum of 400 MB of free hard-drive space
New Features of the Connection 3.2
l Added support for Dell OpenManage Server Administrator version 5.0.
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l Added support for Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management Service version 2.0.
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l Added support for Dell OpenManage Array Manager version 3.4 - 3.7.
l Added support for Dell OpenManage IT Assistant Management Console version 7.0 and later.
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l Added support for management of DRAC 5 through the RAC Web console.
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l Added support for the Platform Event Traps (PET) from the baseboard management controller (BMC). The PET alerts are embedded with the host name
of the system generating the defect.
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l Added support for running the Intelligent Platform Management Interface shell (IPMISH) commands on Dell systems that have BMCs.
Systems Management Software Supported
Table 1. Systems Management Software Supported
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Agent
Versions Supported
Server Administrator
1.6–5.0
Storage Management
1.0–2.0
Array Manager
3.4–3.7
DRAC II
2.4–2.5
RAC (DRAC 5, DRAC 4,
DRAC/MC, DRAC III, DRAC
III/XT, ERA/MC, ERA, ERA/O,
and DRAC II)
ERA/MC and DRAC/MC:
Support for events only
All firmware versions
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Console
Versions Supported
DRAC II
2.4–2.5
RAC Web Console
All firmware versions
Array Manager
3.4–3.7
IT Assistant Management
Console
6.5–7.2
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Baseboard management
controller Management Utility
(BMU)
2.0