User guide

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Introduction
The following sections outline the steps to install a typical Dell OpenManage Network Manager
system and its subsequent first use. Because the software described here is both powerful and
flexible, this quickstart cannot describe all the details of available installations. Instead, this Guide
refers to those descriptions elsewhere or in online help. It also includes a Pre-Installation Checklist,
below. A typical installation includes the following:
• Installing and System Startup
• Configuring Dell OpenManage Network Manager Users
• Discover Your Network
• Resource Management
•File Management
• Fault Management - Problem Diagnosis
• Performance Management - Troubleshooting
•Reports
Pre-Installation Checklist
The following helps you avoid trouble in your Dell OpenManage Network Manager installation.
Pre-Installation
• Select devices (IP addresses) and ports to monitor.
• Select IP address for your server.
• Configure its IP address as a management station and receiver of SNMP traps on each
device.
• Determine IP range of devices being discovered.
• Verify firewalls have open ports between devices and your server. Best practice is to take down
the firewall, install the application, then put it back up.
• Review device documentation and release notes.