Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center Version 7.2.1 for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Virtual Machine Manager Unified User’s Guide
- Introduction to OMIMSSC
- OMIMSSC components
- System requirements for OMIMSSC
- Deploy OMIMSSC
- OMIMSSC licensing
- Enrolling Microsoft console in OMIMSSC
- Managing OMIMSSC and its components
- Backup and Restore OMIMSSC Appliance
- Uninstalling OMIMSSC
- Upgrading OMIMSSC for SCVMM
- Rebooting OMIMSSC Appliance
- Logging out of OMIMSSC Appliance
- Managing profiles
- Discovering devices and synchronizing servers with MSSC console
- Views in OMIMSSC
- Managing Operational Templates
- Predefined Operational Templates
- About reference server configuration
- Creating Operational Template from reference servers
- Creating Operational Template from reference Modular Systems
- Viewing Operational Template
- Modifying Operational Template
- Configuring system specific values (Pool values) using Operational Template on multiple servers
- Deleting Operational Template
- Assigning Operational Template and running Operational Template compliance for servers
- Deploying Operational Template on servers
- Assigning Operational Template for Modular Systems
- Deploying Operational Template for Modular System
- Unassigning Operational Template
- About reference Modular System configuration
- Preparing for operating system deployment
- Creating clusters using Operational Template
- Firmware update in OMIMSSC
- Managing devices in OMIMSSC
- Provisioning devices from OMIMSSC
- Configuration and deployment
- Use cases
- Creating Operational Templates
- Installer folders
- Assign Operational Templates
- Deploy Operational Templates
- Windows OS component for the OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM
- Windows component for the OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM
- Non-Windows component for the OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM/SCVMM
- Discovery in enrolled MSSC
- Importing server profile
- Export server profile
- Viewing LC logs
- Collect LC logs
- Part replacement
- Polling and notification
- Launch iDRAC
- Launch Input Output Module
- Resolving synchronization errors
- Synchronizing OMIMSSC with enrolled Microsoft console
- Deploy Azure Stack HCI cluster
- Trouble shooting scenarios
- Resources required for managing OMIMSSC
- Verifying permissions for using OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM
- Verifying PowerShell permissions for using OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM
- Install and upgrade scenarios in OMIMSSC
- Enrollment failure
- Failure of test connection
- 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
- 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 SCCM
- Empty cluster update group not deleted during autodiscovery or synchronization
- Failure to perform maintenance-related tasks on rediscovered servers
- Generic scenarios in OMIMSSC
- Firmware update scenarios in OMIMSSC
- Failure of creation of update source
- Failure to connect to FTP using system default update source
- Failure of test connection for local update source
- Failure to create DRM update source
- Failure to create repository during firmware update
- Failure to display comparison report after upgrading or migrating OMIMSSC
- 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 display latest inventory information after firmware update
- 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
- Appendix 2
- Accessing documents from the Dell EMC support site
Introduction to OMIMSSC
This document is an unified user's guide which contains all the information related to usage, installation, and best
practices of OMIMSSC.
OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center (OMIMSSC) is an appliance-based integration into System Center suite
of products. OMIMSSC enables full lifecycle management of Dell EMC PowerEdge servers by using integrated Dell Remote
Access Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller (LC).
OMIMSSC offers operating system deployment, Storage Spaces Direct cluster creation, hardware patching, firmware update,
and maintenance of servers and modular systems. Integrate OMIMSSC with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
(SCCM) for managing the Dell PowerEdge servers in traditional data center, integrate OMIMSSC with Microsoft System Center
Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) for managing The Dell PowerEdge servers in virtual and cloud environments.
For information about SCCM and SCVMM, see the Microsoft documentation.
NOTE: The associated Dell EMC Deployment Tool Kit (DTK) version 6.4 is made available for latest iDRAC9 X5 based
PowerEdge Servers, to be used with the OMIMSSC Pack only.
NOTE: DTK is End of Life product from Dell EMC. This version of DTK is supported for use only with OMIMSSC version
7.2.1.
Topics:
• What’s new?
What’s new?
● Support for System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) version 1910.
● Support for System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) version 2002.
● Support for System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2016 UR8.
● Support for System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2016 UR9.
● Support for System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2019 UR1.
● Simplified user document. (Installation guide, User's guide, and Troubleshooting information consolidated in a single unified
document).
● Reduced installer file size to support faster appliance download.
● Security fixes for Improper Authentication, Information disclosure for appliance logs, and Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic
Key vulnerabilities have been implemented. For additional details on the security fixes, refer https://www.dell.com/support/
security.
● Support for latest iDRAC9 based PowerEdge servers.
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