Release Notes
NIC information is not displayed in the device details screen for Dell/EMC arrays. Use Navisphere Manager to view these
details.
If you are managing a Dell/EMC storage array, enter the IP address for only one of the storage processors (that is,
either SPA or SPB, and not both) in the discovery range. The storage processors are redundant and return the same
inventory data to OpenManage Essentials. If you enter both SPs in the discovery range, only one SP will be displayed in
the device tree.
It is not recommended to provide an IP address in multiple ranges, especially when you are using the IPMI Protocol. This
could result in duplicate devices being displayed on the device tree. [78710]
For IPMI-based discovery or inventory, the maximum length for the host operating system name is 62 characters. Any
character beyond that limit will be truncated. [91210]
SNMP connectivity from Essentials may fail if the SNMP ports on the management station and managed system are
different. If some management applications change the default SNMP port, it could lead to SNMP connectivity failure
from Essentials.[175442]
If you manually change the host name of the server which has already been discovered in OpenManage Essentials, then
duplicate entries appear in the device list corresponding to the IP address of the device whose host name has been
changed. The new host name also corresponds to same IP address and the duplicate entry of the earlier host name is
not automatically deleted. OpenManage Essentials displays both the new and the old host names.[247879]
If a server is discovered using both SNMP and IPMI (in-band and out-of-band IP addresses respectively) Essentials will
correlate the two and display a single device under the "Servers" group in the devices view. If IPMI is then disabled, a
new device would appear under the "Unknown" group, corresponding to the out-of-band interface. The device details
under the Servers group continue to display the out-of-band IP address as well. After you re-enable IPMI, the device
under Unknown group can be removed by right-clicking it and selecting "Remove". [262869]
When a "Power Monitoring Capable" Server is discovered through the CIM protocol, on the "Device Details" screen,
Essentials may display "No" under the "Power Management" column in "Power Supply Information" section. To display
the correct information, discover the server with either SNMP, or both SNMP and CIM protocols. [300080]
Even after performing inventory on the discovered Linux servers 'N' number of times, the Linux servers are still listed
under Non-Inventoried systems'. To resolve this issue perform the following steps:
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
1.
Mount the OpenManage Server Administrator dvd in the Linux server
2.
Install 'srvadmin-cm' rpm.
3.
Restart OpenManage Server Administrator services.
4.
Ensure OpenManage Server Administrator inventory collector is working fine
(Run ./invcol -outc=/home/inv.xml from /opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin/invcol location)
5.
Re-inventory the Linux server in OpenManage Essentials.
6.
Now the Linux server will be either listed under 'Compliant sytems' or 'Non-Compliant systems'.
An exception might be seen in the
OpenManage Essentials
Console, when a discovered virtual machine of a VMware
Classic ESX server is selected from the "Unknown" node in the "All Devices" tree.[516274]
The RAC Console application launch point is available when SNMP protocol is used to discover the DRAC (Dell Remote
Access Controller) devices.[515308]
To properly discover, inventory and classify a Dell server running ESXi 5.0 you must install OpenManage Offline Bundle
and VIB 6.5 A02 from support.dell.com. For more information about this, see delltechcenter.com/ome.
When you create a custom group you have the ability to select a pre-defined device search query or the ability to
select individual devices and groups to form your newly created custom group.