Setup Guide

Component Requirement Purpose
the Netcool/OMNIbus Knowledge Library
(NcKL).
ObjectServer Install and congure the confpack utility. To import Dell integration automation
triggers, tools, menus, and conversion
classes.
Desktop Make sure that the SNMP/WS-MAN
communication between the desktop and
Dell devices exists.
To retrieve the required information from Dell
devices.
Web GUI
Install and congure the OMNIbus web GUI
and WAAPI.
Make sure that the SNMP/WS-MAN
communication channel between the web
GUI server and the managed Dell systems
exists.
To support Dell tools available for Dell
OpenManage Connection.
To retrieve the required information from Dell
devices.
Supported Operating Systems for managed systems
The following table lists the operating systems supported on the supported Dell devices:
Table 5. Supported operating systems for Dell Workstations
VMware vSphere ESXi Windows Server SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
(SLES)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Server (RHEL)
ESXi 6.0 U1 Windows Server 2012 R2
(Datacenter, Foundation,
Essentials, and Standard
editions)
SLES 12 64-bit RHEL 7.2 64-bit
ESXi 5.5 U3 Microsoft Windows Server 2008
R2
SLES 11 SP4 64-bit RHEL 7.1 64-bit
ESXi 5.5 U2 Windows 7 Professional 32-bit
and 64-bit
RHEL 7.0 64-bit
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
SP1
RHEL 6.7 64-bit
Table 6. Supported operating systems for Dell Servers
VMware vSphere ESXi Windows Server SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
(SLES)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Server (RHEL)
ESXi 6.0 U1 Windows Server 2012 R2
(Datacenter, Foundation,
Essentials, and Standard
editions)
SLES 12 64-bit RHEL 7.2 64-bit
ESXi 6.0 Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Essentials
SLES 11 SP4 64-bit) RHEL 7.1 64-bit
ESXi 5.5 U3 Windows Essential Business
Server 2008 SP1
RHEL 7.0 64-bit
8 Prerequisites