Users Guide

NOTE: A hostname:
● Can have alphanumeric characters (a−z and 0−9), hyphen (-), and a period (.).
● Must not start with a hyphen or period.
● Must not include other special characters such as an underscore (_).
NOTE: You can change the IP address of the OMIMSSC appliance by selecting the Device configuration option.
● Do not change the hostname of the appliance after this point.
● You can choose to use a static IP or a dynamic IP while configuring the appliance network settings. However, ensure
that the IP address does not change while using the OMIMSSC appliance to discover and monitor devices on SCOM
console.
4. Select Quit, and then press Enter.
OMIMSSC and SCOM interfaces for enrollment and
device management
For the OMIMSSC appliance for SCOM, based on the type of device management tasks you perform, monitoring operations
must be performed on the following:
● OMIMSSC Admin Portal—Accessed through a supported web browser, allows you to log in as an OMIMSSC administrator
to enroll a SCOM Management Group with OMIMSSC appliance, modify Windows credential profiles, edit enrollment settings
to change the monitoring scope, de-enroll a SCOM Management Group, backup and restore OMIMSSC appliance settings
and data, view all jobs started in Dell EMC OMIMSSC by various users, view license details, console details, and to upgrade
Dell EMC OMIMSSC appliance for SCOM.
● SCOM console—The SCOM console provides the Dell EMC state views, alert views, diagram views, and performance
metrics views to view the discovered objects in the console.
● Dell EMC OpenManage Integration Dashboard—Appears as a view under the Dell EMC folder in the Monitoring pane
of the SCOM console. Use this page for Dell EMC device discovery, monitoring, and performance monitoring. For example,
tasks that are related to starting OpenManage Integration Dashboard from the SCOM console, discovering Dell EMC
devices—PowerEdge Servers, Rack Workstations, Chassis, and Network Switches, managing device credential profiles, and
managing jobs.
NOTE:
Configure these settings on Internet Explorer (provided Internet Explorer is the default web browser) before
accessing the OMIMSSC Admin Portal or Dell EMC OpenManage Integration Dashboard on the SCOM console:
● Go to Internet Options > Security > Local Intranet > Sites > Advanced and enter the IP address and FQDN of the
OMIMSSC appliance to include in the Local Intranet zone.
● Go to Internet Options > Advanced > Security and clear the Do not save encrypted pages to disk option.
Log in to the OMIMSSC Admin Portal
About this task
NOTE:
On Internet Explorer, configure these settings before accessing the OMIMSSC Admin Portal:
● Go to Internet Options > Security > Local Intranet > Sites > Advanced and enter the IP address and FQDN of the
OMIMSSC appliance to include in the Local Intranet zone.
● Go to Internet Options > Advanced > Security and clear the Do not save encrypted pages to disk option.
To log in to the OMIMSSC Admin Portal:
Steps
1. Open the supported web browser and enter the OMIMSSC IP address.
To get the OMIMSSC IP address or URL details, see Configure OMIMSSC VM network settings on page 24.
2. On the Login page of OMIMSSC Admin Portal, enter the OMIMSSC admin password.
The OMIMSSC admin password is set while configuring the OMIMSSC appliance. See Configure the OMIMSSC appliance on
page 23.
Deploy and configure the OMIMSSC appliance for SCOM
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