Users Guide

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Installing OpenManage Essentials
Related Tasks
Downloading OpenManage Essentials
Installation Prerequisites and Minimum Requirements
Installing OpenManage Essentials
Migrating IT Assistant to OpenManage Essentials
Installation Prerequisites and Minimum Requirements
For a list of supported platforms, operating systems, and browsers, see the Dell OpenManage Essentials
Support Matrix at dell.com/OpenManageManuals.
To install OpenManage Essentials, you require local system administrator rights and the system you are
using must meet the criteria mentioned in Minimum Recommended Hardware and Minimum
Requirements.
Related Concepts
Installing OpenManage Essentials
Minimum Recommended Hardware
Minimum
Recommended
Hardware
Large
Deployments
Large
Deployments
Medium
Deployments [a]
Small
Deployments [a]
Number of
Devices
Up to 4000 Up to 2000 Up to 500 Up to 100
Type of System
Physical
machines / Virtual
machines
Physical
machines / Virtual
machines
Physical
machines / Virtual
machines
Physical
machines / Virtual
machines
RAM
8 GB 8 GB 6 GB 6 GB
Processors
8 cores total 8 cores total 4 cores total 2 cores total
Database
SQL Standard SQL Standard SQL Express SQL Express
Database Location
Remote [b] Remote [b] Local Local
Hard Drive
20 GB 10 GB 10 GB 10 GB
[a] If you are not using SQL Express, limit the maximum memory to 2 GB less than the total system
memory and disable SQL analysis and report services.
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