User's Manual

Contents
1 About OpenManage Essentials............................................................................ 15
What is New in This Release................................................................................................................15
Other Information You May Need...................................................................................................... 15
Contacting Dell....................................................................................................................................16
2 Installing OpenManage Essentials......................................................................19
Installation Prerequisites and Minimum Requirements..................................................................... 19
Minimum Recommended Hardware............................................................................................ 19
Minimum Requirements............................................................................................................... 20
Terms and Conditions for Using Relational Database Management Systems................................. 20
Database Size and Scalability.............................................................................................................. 21
Network Bandwidth Utilization........................................................................................................... 21
Minimum Login Roles for Microsoft SQL Server................................................................................22
Downloading OpenManage Essentials...............................................................................................23
Installing OpenManage Essentials...................................................................................................... 23
Custom Setup Installation.............................................................................................................24
Considerations When Installing OpenManage Essentials on a Domain Controller......................... 25
Setting Up OpenManage Essentials Database on a Remote SQL Server..........................................25
Installing Dell SupportAssist................................................................................................................25
Installing Repository Manager.............................................................................................................27
Installing Dell License Manager..........................................................................................................28
Uninstalling OpenManage Essentials................................................................................................. 28
Upgrading to OpenManage Essentials Version 1.3............................................................................28
Setting Up and Configuring VMware ESXi 5...................................................................................... 30
Migrating IT Assistant to OpenManage Essentials............................................................................. 30
3 Getting Started With OpenManage Essentials................................................ 31
Launching OpenManage Essentials....................................................................................................31
Configuring OpenManage Essentials..................................................................................................31
Using the OpenManage Essentials Home Portal............................................................................... 32
OpenManage Essentials Heading Banner.......................................................................................... 33
Customizing Portals............................................................................................................................33
Displaying Additional Available Reports and Graphs......................................................................... 34
Drilling Down Charts and Reports for More Information............................................................35
Saving and Loading the Portal Layout................................................................................................35
Updating the Portal Data.................................................................................................................... 35
Hiding Graphs and Reports Components..........................................................................................35
Rearranging or Resizing Graphs and Reports (Components)........................................................... 36