Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center Version 7.3 for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager and System Center Virtual Machine Manager Unified User’s Guide
- Contents
- Introduction to OMIMSSC
- OMIMSSC license
- OMIMSSC components
- Support Matrix for OMIMSSC
- Deploy OMIMSSC
- Enroll Microsoft console in OMIMSSC
- Manage OMIMSSC and its components
- Backup and Restore OMIMSSC Appliance
- Uninstall OMIMSSC
- Upgrade OMIMSSC
- Manage Credential and Hypervisor profiles
- Discover devices and sync servers with OMIMSSC console
- Remove devices from OMIMSSC
- Views in OMIMSSC
- Manage Operational Templates
- Predefined Operational Templates
- About reference server configuration
- About reference Modular System configuration
- Create Operational Template from reference servers
- Create Operational Template from reference Modular Systems
- Create clusters using Operational Template
- View Operational Template
- Edit Operational Template
- Configure system specific values (Pool values) using Operational Template on multiple servers
- Assign Operational Template and Run Operational Template Compliance for servers
- Deploy Operational Templates
- Unassign Operational Template
- Delete Operational Template
- Deploy operating system using OMIMSSC
- Provision devices using OMIMSSC
- Update firmware using OMIMSSC
- Manage devices using OMIMSSC
- Deploy Azure Stack HCI cluster
- Troubleshooting
- Resources required for managing OMIMSSC
- Verifying permissions for using OMIMSSC console extension for MECM
- Verifying PowerShell permissions for using OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM
- Install and upgrade scenarios in OMIMSSC
- Enrollment failure
- Failure of test connection
- Failure to launch OMIMSSC after installing MECM console extension
- Failure to connect to OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM
- Error accessing console extension after updating SCVMM R2
- IP address not assigned to OMIMSSC Appliance
- SCVMM crashes while importing OMIMSSC console extension
- Failed to login to OMIMSSC console extensions
- SC2012 VMM SP1 crashing during update
- OMIMSSC admin portal scenarios
- Discovery, synchronization and inventory scenarios in OMIMSSC
- Failure to discover servers
- Failure to auto discover iDRAC servers
- Discovered servers not added to All Dell Lifecycle Controller Servers collection
- Failure to discover servers due to incorrect credentials
- Creation of incorrect VRTX chassis group after server discovery
- Unable to synchronize host servers with enrolled MECM
- Empty cluster update group not deleted during autodiscovery or synchronization
- Failure to create cluster while applying cluster features
- Unable to retrieve the Cluster Aware Update job status
- Failure to perform maintenance-related tasks on rediscovered servers
- Generic scenarios in OMIMSSC
- Firmware update scenarios in OMIMSSC
- Failure of test connection for local update source
- Failure to create DRM update source
- Failure to create repository during firmware update
- Failure to update firmware of clusters
- Failure of firmware update because of job queue being full
- Failure of firmware update when using DRM update source
- Firmware update on components irrespective of selection
- Failure to delete a custom update group
- Failure to update WinPE image
- Changing of polling and notification bell color after updating the frequency
- Operating system deployment scenarios in OMIMSSC
- Server profile scenarios in OMIMSSC
- LC Logs scenarios in OMIMSSC
- Appendix I: Time zone attribute values
- Appendix II: Populate Pool values
- Accessing support content from the Dell EMC support site
Table 3. Supported Operating Systems (Deployment): (continued)
Operating Systems Supported Version
Non windows Operating System
● RHEL 8.0, 8.3, 8.4
● RHEL 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
● RHEL 6.9
VMWare ESXi
● ESXi 7.0 U2 - A00
● ESXi 7.0 U1 - A05
● ESXI 6.7 U3 - A10
● ESXi 6.7 - A06
● ESXi 6.5 U3
● ESXi 6.5 U1 - A11
● ESXi 6.5 - A03
● ESXi 6.0 U3 - A15
● ESXi 6.0 - A02
NOTE: Download the image from https://www.dell.com/
support/, refer to Drivers and Downloads page of
the specific server model in accordance to OMIMSSC
supported versions.
OMIMSSC Supported Clusters
● Creation and management of Windows 2016 and 2019 Windows server HCI enabled clusters on SCVMM console
● Management of Windows 2012 R2, 2016, and 2019 hyper-V host clusters on SCVMM console
Network Requirements
This section lists all the port requirements to configure your virtual appliance and managed nodes.
Table 4. Virtual appliance
Port
Number
Protocol
s
Port
Type
Maximum
Encryptio
n Level
Directi
on
Destination Usage Description
53 DNS TCP None Out OMIMSSC
appliance to DNS
server
DNS client Used as connectivity to the
DNS server or resolving the
host names.
68 DHCP UDP None In DHCP server
to OMIMSSC
appliance
Dynamic
network
configuration
To get the network details such
as IP, gateway, Netmask, and
DNS.
69 TFTP UDP 128-bit Out OMIMSSC to
iDRAC
Trivial File
Transfer
Used to update the bare-metal
server to minimum supported
firmware version.
123 NTP UDP None In NTP to OMIMSSC
appliance
Time
Synchronizatio
n
To sync with specific time
zone.
80/443 HTTP/
HTTPS
TCP None Out OMIMSSC
appliance to
Internet
Dell Online
Data Access
Used as connectivity to the
online (Internet) warranty,
firmware, and latest RPM
information.
443 HTTPS TCP 128-bit In OMIMSSC UI
to OMIMSSC
appliance
HTTPS server Web services offered by
OMIMSSC. These Web services
are consumed by vSphere
Client and Dell Admin portal.
18 Support Matrix for OMIMSSC