Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- SupportAssist Enterprise Version 1.1 User's Guide
- Overview
- Getting started with SupportAssist Enterprise
- Setting up SupportAssist Enterprise for the local system
- Setting up SupportAssist Enterprise for remote devices
- Evaluating SupportAssist Enterprise
- Downloading the SupportAssist Enterprise installation package
- Installing, Upgrading, or Migrating to SupportAssist Enterprise
- Minimum requirements for installing and using SupportAssist Enterprise
- Installing SupportAssist Enterprise
- Operating system considerations for installing SupportAssist Enterprise
- Installing SupportAssist Enterprise by using the SupportAssist Enterprise installer package (Windows)
- Installing SupportAssist Enterprise by using the SupportAssist Enterprise installer package (Linux)
- Installing SupportAssist Enterprise in silent mode (Linux)
- Installing SupportAssist Enterprise by using the OpenManage Essentials installation package
- Upgrading SupportAssist Enterprise
- Migrating to SupportAssist Enterprise
- Using SupportAssist Enterprise without registration
- Registering SupportAssist Enterprise
- Setting up an SELinux enabled system to receive alerts
- Opening the SupportAssist Enterprise user interface
- Logging in to SupportAssist Enterprise
- Logging out of SupportAssist Enterprise
- Adding devices
- Device types and applicable devices
- Adding a single device
- Adding a server or hypervisor
- Adding an iDRAC
- Adding a chassis
- Adding a Networking device
- Adding a PowerVault MD Series storage array
- Adding an EqualLogic PS Series storage solution
- Adding a Compellent SC Series storage solution
- Adding a Fluid File System (FluidFS) NAS device
- Adding a software
- Adding a solution
- Adding a device by duplication
- Importing multiple devices
- Exporting details of devices that were not imported
- Revalidating a device
- Viewing cases and devices
- Device grouping
- Using Extensions
- Types of extensions
- Support for setting up adapter or Remote Collector
- Getting started with inventorying devices managed by OpenManage Essentials or Microsoft System Center Operations Manager
- Adapters
- Remote Collectors
- Managing device credentials
- Maintaining SupportAssist Enterprise capability
- Enabling or disabling monitoring of a device
- Installing or upgrading OMSA by using SupportAssist Enterprise
- Configuring SNMP settings by using SupportAssist Enterprise
- Viewing and updating the contact information
- Configuring proxy server settings
- Connectivity test
- Testing the case creation capability
- Clearing the System Event Log (SEL)
- Automatic update
- Deleting a device
- Opting in or opting out from ProSupport Plus recommendation report emails
- Configuring email notifications
- Configuring collection settings
- Prerequisites for collecting system information
- Enabling or disabling the automatic collection of system information on case creation
- Enabling or disabling the periodic collection of system information from all devices
- Enabling or disabling the collection of identity information
- Enabling or disabling the collection of software information and the system log
- Enabling or disabling the automatic upload of collections
- Viewing collections
- Using SupportAssist Enterprise to collect and send system information
- Understanding maintenance mode
- SupportAssist Enterprise user groups
- Manually configuring SNMP settings
- Manually configuring the alert destination of a server
- Manually configuring the alert destination of a server by using the script file (Windows)
- Manually configuring the alert destination of a server (Windows)
- Manually configuring the alert destination of a server by using the script file (Linux)
- Manually configuring the alert destination of a server (Linux)
- Manually configuring the alert destination of iDRAC by using the web interface
- Manually configuring the alert destination of a chassis by using the web interface
- Manually configuring the alert destination of a networking device
- Manually configuring the alert destination of a server
- Other useful information
- Monitoring servers for hardware issues
- Support for automatically installing or upgrading OMSA
- Support for automatically configuring SNMP settings
- Device correlation
- Detection of hardware issues in attached storage devices
- Support for Dell OEM servers
- Installing Net-SNMP (Linux only)
- Configuring sudo access for SupportAssist Enterprise (Linux)
- Ensuring successful communication between the SupportAssist Enterprise application and the SupportAssist server
- Accessing the SupportAssist Enterprise application logs
- Event storm handling
- Accessing the context-sensitive help
- Viewing SupportAssist Enterprise product information
- Uninstalling SupportAssist Enterprise
- Identifying the generation of a Dell PowerEdge server
- Troubleshooting
- Installing SupportAssist Enterprise
- SupportAssist Enterprise registration
- Opening the SupportAssist Enterprise user interface
- Logging in to SupportAssist Enterprise
- Unable to add device
- Unable to add adapter
- Unable to add Remote Collector
- Disconnected
- Importing multiple devices
- OMSA not installed
- SNMP not configured
- New version of OMSA available
- Unable to configure SNMP
- Unable to verify SNMP configuration
- Unable to install OMSA
- Unable to verify OMSA version
- OMSA not supported
- Unable to reach device
- Unable to gather system information
- Insufficient storage space to gather system information
- Unable to export collection
- Unable to send system information
- Authentication failed
- Clearing System Event Log failed
- Maintenance mode
- Auto update
- Unable to edit device credentials
- Automatic case creation
- Scheduled tasks
- SupportAssist Enterprise services
- Other services
- Security
- SupportAssist Enterprise user interface
- Error code appendix
- Related documents and resources
Table 60. Error code appendix (continued)
Error code Error message Possible resolution
● To retry collecting the system information, select
the device and click Start Collection. If the
problem persists, contact Technical Support for
assistance.
SA-4135
SA-4140
SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to collect system
information from the device_name because an
attempt to connect to the device is unsuccessful.
● Ensure that vSphere SDK service is running on the
device.
● To retry collecting the system information, select
the device and click Start Collection. If the
problem persists, contact Technical Support for
assistance.
SA-4145
SA-4150
SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to collect system
information from the device_name because an
attempt to connect to the device is unsuccessful.
● Ensure that REST API service is running on the
device.
● To retry collecting the system information, select
the device and click Start Collection. If the
problem persists, contact Technical Support for
assistance.
SA-4095
SA-4100
SA-4105
SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to collect system
information from the device_name because an
attempt to connect to the device is unsuccessful.
● Ensure that the SSH service is running on the
device.
● To retry collecting the system information, select
the device and click Start Collection.
SA-4155 SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to collect system
information from the device_name because the
device is not reachable.
● Ensure that the device is reachable from the server
running SupportAssist Enterprise.
● To retry collecting the system information, select
the device and click Start Collection.
SA-4160 SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to collect system
information from the device_name because the IP
address of the device is invalid.
● Ensure that SupportAssist Enterprise is updated
with the correct IP address of the device.
● To retry collecting the system information, select
the device and click Start Collection.
SA-4165 SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to collect system
information from the device_name because the
download of a certificate file could not be completed
successfully.
● Verify the firewall and network settings to ensure
that download of the certificate file is not blocked.
● To retry collecting the system information, select
the device and click Start Collection.
SA-4170
SA-4175
SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to collect system
information from the device_name because the
credentials of the device are either incorrect or do
not have the required privileges.
● Ensure that SupportAssist Enterprise is updated
with the correct user name and password of the
device.
● Ensure that the user account has administrator or
root privileges on the device.
● To retry collecting the system information, select
the device and click Start Collection.
SA-4180 SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to collect system
information from the device_name because the
device is not supported.
For the list of supported device models, see the
SupportAssist Enterprise Version 1.1 Support Matrix at
https://www.Dell.com/ServiceabilityTools.
SA-4185 SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to collect system
information from the device_name because of an
attempt to connect to the device is unsuccessful.
● Ensure SupportAssist Enterprise is updated with
the credentials of a user account that has
root privileges. See Configuring sudo access for
SupportAssist Enterprise (Linux) on page 142.
● To retry collecting the system information, select
the device and click Start Collection.
SA-4190 SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to gather system
information from the device_name because the SSL
encryption level of the device is set to 256 bit or
higher.
For troubleshooting steps, see Unable to gather
system information on page 154.
Error code appendix 209