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7 Deployment and Managing Configurations with Dell OpenManage Essentials | Revision A00
2 Preparing OME for Device Configuration
Device prerequisites and file share settings are required to use the configuration and deployment features
in OME. This section covers the device requirements, how to setup the file share settings and
troubleshooting for the file share settings.
2.1 Target device requirements
Target Server requirements:
1. For Dell’s 12th generation PowerEdge servers, the minimum supported version of iDRAC is 1.57.57.
2. For Dell’s 13th generation PowerEdge servers, the minimum supported version of iDRAC is 2.0.
3. ‘Server configuration for OpenManage Essentials’ license installed on the iDRAC. This is a separate
license from the iDRAC license.
4. iDRAC Enterprise or iDRAC Express license. This is a separate license from the ‘Server
configuration for OpenManage Essentials’ license.
Target Chassis requirements:
1. For the PowerEdge M1000e, the minimum supported version of CMC firmware for is 4.6.
2. For the PowerEdge VRTX, the minimum supported version of CMC firmware is 1.3.
2.2 File share settings
The device configuration and deployment features require a staging area (file share). This section explains
the details of the file share and how to setup the file share.
2.2.1 File share requirement explanation
The file share is a staging area for deployment. To use the deployment and configuration feature, a file
share is required to send and receive configuration files to and from a device. During a create or deploy
task, configuration files will briefly exist in the file share folder. On completion of the create or deploy task,
the file is deleted. Security attributes (passwords and other sensitive data) are not included in the file.
2.2.2 How to setup the file share
The file share settings must be entered in OME. The file share settings require a username and a password.
The username and password must be a user on the OME system that has enough privileges to read and
write files on the system. During a deployment/configuration task, the username and password are sent to
the remote targets to access the file share. Using an administrator account is recommended.
1. Navigate to the ‘Deployment’ portal.
2. Click ‘File Share Settings’ in the left hand navigation under the ‘Common Tasks’ section.
3. Enter the username and password of a user on the OME system that has enough privileges to read
and write files to the system and click ‘Apply’.