Owners Manual

Using Device Drivers | Getting Started
106 OMNM 6.5.2 User Guide
Supported PowerConnect Models
Refer to release notes for a list of supported devices. From the OpenManage Network Manager
(OMNM) application portal, select Manage > Show Versions to view information about supported
devices and operating systems.
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Driver
The Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) driver currently supports any Windows-based
operating system that supports the WMI. This driver must install supported versions of Windows.
Refer to the
OpenManage Network Manager Installation Guide for supported operating systems.
This driver supports global group operations. Discovery may display benign retry warning messages
in the application server shell or log. You can safely ignore these.
Before installing the WMI driver, make sure that completed all
prerequisites . Then, prevent WMI
requests from being blocked by
configuring the firewall .
Prerequisites
Before installing the OpenManage Network Manager (OMNM) application to manage other
computers with a WMI driver, you must download and install the Microsoft .Net framework
version 3.0 or later on the application server if it is not already installed there. For complete
functionality, the WMI login for this software must be a login for a domain user who also belongs
to the administrator group on the WMI device. Both are requirements for any installation
managing WMI devices.
NOTE:
If you have complied with the prerequisites for installation and do not need the basic installation
instructions that appear in the next section, refer to the more detailed installation instructions in the
other manuals for information about how to install OpenManage Network Manager in more complex
environments.
The following are common Windows prerequisites:
Credentials —Use administrative credentials to manage the computer system with WMI.
Firewall — Allow those WMI requests that you want to manage as some firewalls installed may
block WMI requests. (See
Configuring the Firewall .)
License —Make sure that you have the proper licenses installed to discover the devices you want. If
you have a Dell-only license and are discovering a non-Dell device, discovery does not work.
Or if you have a Dell license for desktop discovery only, you cannot discover a server.
MIBs The OMNM application can import MIBs for use within MIB Browser and
performance monitoring so you can query device-specific OID values on discovered
device.
Hierarchies Depending on the licensing, device and or contained sub-components are selectable
and manageable in filters and portlets like Hierarchical View.
Links You can manually create Links using discovered device or device subcomponents as
end points which are then visible in Network View.
Attributes You can manually populate or modify device/port attributes. For example Serial
Number, Firmware Version, Port Type, Notes etc. Attribute values should then be
included in reports based on a given report template.
Functionality Description