Users Guide

Synchronizing with OpenManage Essentials | Integrating with Other Dell EMC Products and Services
744 OMNM 6.5.3 User Guide
Synchronizing with OpenManage Essentials
The OpenManage Essentials (OME) product is a separate product from the OpenManage Network
Manager (OMNM) product. The OME product is also used for some system management
operations. However, it has fewer overall features than the OpenManage Network Manager
product. If you are already using the OME product to manage computer systems such as servers, it
is possible to configure the OpenManage Network Manager product so that all of your OME data is
available through the OpenManage Network Manager application.
Synchronize the OME product with the OpenManage Network Manager product as follows.
1 Navigate to the Setup Tasks portlet.
2 Find the OpenManage Essentials (OME) Configuration entry.
3 Select the Edit action.
The Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials (OME) Configuration window is displayed. The
default configuration name is
Setup needed . You can change the name to reflect the OME
server name.
4 Optionally enable OME.
a. Select Enabled.
b. Enter the OME server IP address or hostname.
c. Enter your OME login user name and password.
5 Select the following optional configurations as needed:
• DBypass Certificate Validation when selected, the default security verification is
disabled allowing communication with servers that use self-signed, expired, or
otherwise invalid security certificates.
• Poll for Alerts when selected along with the Enabled option, the OpenManage
Network Manager application regularly polls the OME application for alerts so that any