Owners Manual

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New Features/Devices Supported in 6.5
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Context portlets - This feature is used throughout OMNM and is now user
customize-able. Some portlet can broadcast the row selected and some portlet can
listen to the broadcast and update accordingly. This can be seen on the resources
page between the Resource Manager and the Port or Interface portlet. The Port or
Interface portlet only populates if a row on the Resource manager is selected.
Click the wrench icon on a portlet to see the broadcasting or listening state.
Java- less Direct access Terminal. Browser configuration is problematic for java
apps. In 6.5 there is a new Implementation that does not require java. The prior
Terminal called Java is still available. The new terminal window is a pop up and
any number of independent terminal session can be up at the same time.
A new post discovery Action was added to the default discovery profiles. This
action automatically attempts configure the discovered device to enable snmp v2
traps as well as set OMNM as the trap host. This is supported for limited devices
which includes: Dell FTOS, Dell DNOS, Dell W-Series/Aruba Controller, Dell W-
Series/Aruba IAP, Cisco IOS, Cisco XR, Junos, Edge Core and Ruckus devices.
(29404)
GUI changes - The GUI was modified to the new Dell EMC logo and color along
with a change to a horizontal menu. The menu items and portlet in each have
been modified. Some naming was modified.
- Visualizer is now topology
- Containers is now Hierarchical
- File Management is now Configuration Management
- Proscan is now Compliance
- Event Processing Rules are now referred to as Automation and Event Processing
Rules
GUI Improvement - Adjustable Column widths and re-ordering of columns are
now supported within portlets. Click the wrench icon and go to Columns tab to
modify.
Ease of use - A new on-boarding portlet was added to the home page called
“Getting Started.” This portlet is intended to get users up running quickly by
walking through the typical on-boarding tasks.
SupportAssist - Direct communication with Dell EMC support for FTOS AND PCT
(DNOS) devices that provides automated, proactive, and predictive technology to
reduce troubleshooting steps and speed-up resolution time. When activated,
OMNM applies configuration to target device(s) to start sending information to
Dell.
TFA configuration of a device was simplified in OMNM So you don't need to
manually log into a device to configure it for TFA. You can auto configure flows at
the top and port or interface level Supported Drivers: Force10 (excluding the
MIOA devices), PowerConnect, Juniper, Cisco. (30023)
All summary portlets now allows multiselection. (29056)