Owners Manual

Quick Start

OMNM 6.5.2 Quick Start Guide 3

Quick Start

The Dell EMC OpenManage Network Manager(OMNM) 6.5.

Quick Start Guide outlines the steps to install the

standard standalone OMNM system and its subsequent first use. This guide is suitable to get most users up and

running quickly.

Because OMNM is both powerful and flexible, this guide does not describe all the details of available installations.

Instead, it refers to those descriptions elsewhere or in online help.

A typical installation includes the following:

• Installing and System Startup (10-20 minutes depending on the Server)

• Getting Started

•Explore the Software

OMNM 6.5.

is shipped in one of 3 configurations:

• Windows OS (2008,2012,2016) - self-extracting .exe file

• Linux OS (Redhat/Centos 6.5 or 7.4) - self-extracting .bin file

• Virtual Appliance - A single ova file, which is a VM for VMware platforms. It comes with OMNM pre-installed

on Linux. Refer to the Virtual Appliance section of the Installation Guide.

Installation

Steps for Windows and Linux Deployments:

Download the appropriate self-extracting file onto your host server and execute. (If using an OS that does not

have a GUI, you will see similar command line prompts instead of the graphical installer prompts describe

below. Refer to the full install guide for details.)

• On Windows, recommend logging in with administrator privileges

• On Linux:

• Make sure that the installation executable has permission to execute.

• Do not install as the root user. Although the root credentials will be required at one step where you'll

open a terminal session and execute a command with root access.

When prompted select the Express Installer. This Quick Start Guide assumes the Express Installer will be used.

If you would like to manually configure the installation parameters, you may choose Custom. Refer to the

Install Guide for details.

Follow the prompts. When asked to select the number of devices, choose the number of devices that represent

the devices you will manage in your production network. This selection is used to tune various system settings

and to auto-size the installation for best performance. The amount of RAM shown in parenthesis is the

expected RAM resources required to support the selected number of devices on the host machine. Make sure

the system has enough resources.

Follow the prompts to complete the installation. When complete you will see a screen that says Install

Completed Successfully along with a Server Status Console that shows the startup status for the Application,

Web and DB servers.