Release Notes

Additional Software Required to Run Some Features of Essentials
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 For Dell/EMC storage arrays inventory, ensure that your array is FLARE(R) version 19 or above. You must also install
Navisphere(R) Secure CLI (version 19 or above) on your management station.
NOTE: This CLI software is part of the OpenManage Essentials installer media and can be installed from the prerequisites
window.
Installation
(A) First-time Installation of OpenManage Essentials 1.0.1
See the Dell OpenManage Essentials Version 1.0 User's Guide" for instructions on setting up OpenManage Essentials for the
first time on a system.
(B) Upgrade from IT Assistant 8.x to OpenManage Essentials 1.0.1
ITAssistant 8.x can be upgraded to Essentials 1.0.1. IT Assistant user data will be consumed during upgrade. After the
upgrade IT Assistant is removed from the system.
The followings data/tasks are not migrated during the upgrade to Essentials:
1) System Update: Essentials provides new functionality on the System Update (Software Repository), and OpenManage
Server Administrator deployment so your existing packages and tasks in ITA are not migrated to Essentials after upgrade.
You have to reimport those packages and re-create those tasks.
2) Performance and Power Monitoring Tasks: OpenManage Essentials 1.0.1 does not provide Performance and Power
monitoring.
NOTE: If you used the CIM protocol before an upgrade, then after an upgrade, it is important to verify the CIM credentials.
CIM credentials should be qualified with a domain or a local host if no trusted domain is configured (for example,
domain\administrator or local host\administrator). You can view the CIM credentials by editing the imported discovery
ranges in the "CIM Configuration Pane." If the CIM credentials are not qualified with a domain or local host, devices are not
discovered through the CIM protocol.
Prerequisites
For more information on Operating system, browser & consoles, and minimum hardware configuration see the “Support
Matrix” at support.dell.com/manuals.
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Operating System (Standard and Enterprise Editions)
 Microsoft Windows 2008 Server R2
 Microsoft Windows 2008 Server R2 SP1
 Microsoft Windows 2008 Server (x86/x64)
NOTE: Essentials is a 32 bit application and therefore requires the Wow64 component to be enabled on R2/x64 bit Operating
System.
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Database (Microsoft SQL Server – Local or Remote)
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