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
Essentials services are not running on the remote
system.
SA-20140 SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to set up the
adapter adapter_name on the system device_name
because of one of the following:
● OpenManage Essentials is not installed on the
system
● The adapter is not compatible with the version of
OpenManage Essentials that are installed on the
system
Ensure that OpenManage Essentials version 2.3 or
later is installed on the system and then retry the
operation.
SA-20145 SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to set up the
adapter adapter_name because the installer for
OpenManage Essentials adapter is not present at the
required location.
Reinstall SupportAssist Enterprise and then retry the
operation.
SA-20150 SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to set up the
adapter adapter_name because the operating system
that is installed on the remote system is not of 64-bit
architecture.
Ensure that the remote system is running a 64-bit
Windows Operating System and retry the operation.
SA-20155 SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to set up the
adapter adapter_name because the version of
OpenManage Essentials that are installed on the
system is not compatible with the OpenManage
Essentials adapter.
Ensure that the OpenManage Essentials version 2.3
or later is installed on the system and then retry the
operation.
SA-20160 SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to set up the
adapter adapter_name because the Microsoft .NET
package is not installed on the system.
Ensure that the Microsoft .NET package is installed on
the remote system and then retry the operation.
SA-20165 SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to set up the
adapter adapter_name because the version of the
Microsoft .NET package installed on the remote
system is not compatible with the OpenManage
Essentials adapter.
Ensure that the Microsoft .NET package version 4.0 or
later is installed on the remote system and then retry
the operation.
SA-20170 SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to set up the
adapter adapter_name because Microsoft System
Center Operations Manager is not installed on the
remote system.
Ensure that the Microsoft System Center Operations
Manager is installed on the remote system and then
retry the operation.
SA-20175 SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to set up
the adapter adapter_name because the version
of Microsoft System Center Operations Manager
installed on the remote system is not compatible
with Microsoft System Center Operations Manager
adapter.
Ensure that the Microsoft System Center Operations
Manager version 7.0 or later is installed on the remote
system and then retry the operation.
SA-20180 SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to set up
the adapter adapter_name because the Microsoft
System Center Operations Manager service is not
running on the remote system.
Ensure that the Microsoft System Center Operations
Manager service is running and then retry the
operation.
SA-20185 SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to set up
the adapter adapter_name because the Microsoft
System Center Operations Manager adapter is
already installed on the remote system.
Ensure that the Microsoft System Center Operations
Manager adapter is not previously installed on the
remote system and then retry the operation.
SA-20190 SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to edit the adapter
adapter_name because a connection could not be
established with the remote system.
Ensure the following and retry the operation :
● Ensure that the credentials are valid.
● Ensure that you have administrator privileges.
Error code appendix 213