Install Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC OpenManage Integration Version 2.0 with Microsoft Windows Admin Center Installation Guide
- Overview of OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center
- OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center Licensing
- Compatibility matrix
- Installing Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center
- Download Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center
- Install Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center by using the official Microsoft NuGet feed
- Install Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center by using local path or network file share
- Install Dell EMC OpenManage Integration extension including snap-in with Microsoft Windows Admin Center
- Upgrading OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center
- Launching OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center
- Uninstall Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center
- Identifying the generation of your Dell EMC PowerEdge server
- Additional resources
- Contacting Dell EMC
5. Click Add.
If the extension is successfully added, the extension is listed under the Available Extensions tab.
6. Select Dell EMC OpenManage Integration extension, click Install, and then click Confirm to confirm the changes and to
install the extension.
Results
After the Dell EMC OpenManage Integration extension is installed, Windows Admin Center is restarted, and the extension is
listed under Installed extensions.
NOTE: While installing OMIMSWAC by using local path or network path, multiple instances of OMIMSWAC extension might
be listed under Available and Installed Extensions, when:
● More than one .nuget packages are available in the specified folder path.
● The .nuget packages are available in root or subfolders in addition to the folder path provided under Feeds > Add
package source.
Install Dell EMC OpenManage Integration extension
including snap-in with Microsoft Windows Admin
Center
You can install OpenManage Integration extension including snap-in during Azure Stack HCI cluster deployment or Azure Stack
HCI cluster updates in Windows Admin Center to ensure hardware symmetry compliance and run hardware updates (Firmware,
BIOS, and Drivers) on target nodes.
Prerequisites
Before you install Dell EMC OpenManage Integration snap-in in Windows Admin Center, ensure that you have:
● Installed the Windows Admin Center 2103 GA.
● Logged in to Windows Admin Center as a gateway administrator.
Steps
1. If OMIMSWAC extension is not installed, you can install the OpenManage Integration extension including snap-in using one of
the following methods:
● When deploying an Azure Stack HCI cluster, on Install hardware updates, click Install to install the snap-in extension.
● When updating an Azure Stack HCI cluster, under Tools > Updates, on Hardware updates page, click Install to install
the snap-in extension.
2. If the extension is getting installed for the first time, a consent form is displayed to inform you about the End User License
Agreement (EULA) and operations performed by the OpenManage Integration such as enabling the USB NIC and creating an
iDRAC user on the target node. Click Accept to continue to update the target nodes or cluster by using the OpenManage
Integration.
Results
When the OpenManage Integration snap-in is installed, the OpenManage Integration extension appears under the Tools menu in
the Windows Admin Center. You will be able to use all the features of OpenManage Integration extension along with the snap-in
specific features.
NOTE:
If OpenManage Integration version 1.1.1 or earlier is already installed,
● To install OpenManage Integration snap-in extension when deploying or updating an Azure Stack HCI cluster, it is
recommended to uninstall the older version (OMIMSWAC 1.1.1 or earlier) and then use the Microsoft cluster creation or
cluster update workflow to install OpenManage Integration snap-in extension to use the latest features. See Installing
Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center.OR,
● To upgrade to OpenManage Integration snap-in from earlier versions, go to Extensions > Installed extensions tab.
Select Dell EMC OpenManage Integration extension with the status "Update available (version)" and then click Update.
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