Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- SupportAssist Enterprise Version 1.2 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
- 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
- Methods of 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 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
- Managing device discovery rules
- Viewing cases and devices
- Using Extensions
- Types of extensions
- Support for setting up adapter or Remote Collector
- Getting started with adding devices managed by systems management consoles
- Adapters
- Setting up OpenManage Essentials adapter
- Setting up the Microsoft System Center Operations Manager adapter
- Management Packs for inventorying devices managed by Operations Manager
- Setting up OpenManage Enterprise adapter
- Viewing adapter overview pane
- Viewing devices inventoried by the adapter
- Synchronizing adapter
- Editing adapter
- Deleting adapter
- Approximate time required to assign Credential Profile
- Remote Collectors
- Device grouping
- Managing device credentials
- Maintaining SupportAssist Enterprise capability
- Enabling or disabling monitoring of a device
- Performing deep discovery
- Installing or upgrading OMSA by using SupportAssist Enterprise
- Configuring SNMP settings by using SupportAssist Enterprise
- Viewing and updating the contact information
- Updating dispatch details
- Adding dispatch notes to default group
- Configuring proxy server settings
- Connectivity test
- Testing the case creation capability
- Clearing the System Event Log
- Automatic update
- Deleting a device
- 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 on server running Windows
- Manually configuring the alert destination of a server running Windows
- Manually configuring the alert destination of a server by using the script file on a server running Linux
- Manually configuring the alert destination of a server running 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
- Managing SupportAssist Enterprise alerts in TechDirect
- Other useful information
- Monitoring servers for hardware issues
- Support for automatically installing or upgrading OMSA
- Support for automatically configuring SNMP settings
- Deep discovery
- Device correlation
- Association view
- Detection of hardware issues in attached storage devices
- Support for Dell OEM servers
- Installing Net-SNMP on a server running Linux
- Configuring sudo access for SupportAssist Enterprise on a server running 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
- Tool tips
- Other services
- Security
- SupportAssist Enterprise user interface
- Error code appendix
- Related documents and resources
Table 72. Error code appendix (continued)
Error code Error message Possible resolution
SA-4531 Upload of the system information collected from
device_name was unsuccessful because of an issue
with the upload server hosted by Dell.
To retry the upload, select the collection from
the Collections page and click Upload. If the
problem persists, contact Dell Technical Support for
assistance.
SA-4040
SA-4073
SA-4074
SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to package
the system information collected from the device
device_name because of an unknown error.
To retry the upload, select the collection from
the Collections page and click Upload. If the
problem persists, contact Dell Technical Support for
assistance.
SA-4075
SA-4080
SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to collect system
information from the device device_name because an
attempt to connect to the device is unsuccessful.
● Make sure that WMI service is running on the
device.
● To retry collecting the system information, select
the device and click Start Collection.
SA-4085
SA-4090
SA-4115
SA-4120
SA-4125
SA-4130
SA-4135
SA-4140
SA-4145
SA-4150
SA-4175
SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to collect system
information from the device device_name because an
attempt to connect to the device is unsuccessful.
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 device_name because an
attempt to connect to the device is unsuccessful.
● Make sure 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 device_name because
the device is not reachable.
● Make sure the device you are trying to add 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 device_name because
the IP address of the device is invalid.
● Make sure 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 device_name because
the download of a certificate file could not be
completed successfully.
● Verify the firewall and network settings to make
sure that download of the certificate file is not
blocked.
● To retry collecting the system information, select
the device and click Start Collection.
SA-4170 SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to collect system
information from the device device_name because
the credentials of the device are either incorrect or
do not have the required privileges.
● Make sure that SupportAssist Enterprise is
updated with the correct user name and password
of the device.
● Make sure that the user account has
administrator/root privileges on the device.
● To retry collecting the system information, select
the device and click Start Collection.
SA-4185 SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to collect system
information from the device device_name because of
an attempt to connect to the device is unsuccessful.
● Make sure SupportAssist Enterprise is updated
with the credentials of a user account that has
root privileges. For instructions to add a user
account to the root group, see the "Adding a
user to the root user group" section in the
240 Error code appendix