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
SupportAssist Enterprise Version 1.2 User's Guide
at https://www.Dell.com/ServiceabilityTools.
● To retry collecting the system information, select
the device and click Start Collection.
SA-4500 SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to send the
collected system information from the device
device_name because the receiving server hosted by
Dell is unreachable.
To retry collecting the system information, select the
device and click Start Collection.
SA-4513 SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to send the
collected system information from the device
device_name because of an invalid file token.
● Perform the Connectivity Test and make sure
that connectivity to the Dell Upload Server is
successful.
● To retry collecting the system information, select
the device and click Start Collection.
If the problem persists, contact Dell Technical Support
for assistance.
SA-4514 SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to send the
collected system information from the device
device_name because the collection file is corrupted.
● Perform the Connectivity Test and make sure
that connectivity to the Dell Upload Server is
successful.
● To retry collecting the system information, select
the device and click Start Collection.
If the problem persists, contact Dell Technical Support
for assistance.
SA-4521
SA-4522
SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to send the
collected system information from the device
device_name because the proxy server is not
reachable.
● Verify the proxy server settings in SupportAssist
Enterprise.
● Make sure that the proxy server is reachable.
● To retry collecting the system information, select
the device and click Start Collection.
If the problem persists, contact Dell Technical Support
for assistance.
SA-4523 SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to send the
collected system information from the device
device_name because the proxy server username or
password is incorrect.
● Make sure that the proxy server user name
and password you have entered in SupportAssist
Enterprise are correct.
● To retry collecting the system information, select
the device and click Start Collection.
If the problem persists, contact Dell Technical Support
for assistance.
SA-30265 SupportAssist Enterprise has placed the device
device_name in the Staging group because the
Software service is not running on the device.
To add the device, ensure that the software service is
running and then revalidate the device.
SA-0170 SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to add the
device device_name because you have entered the
hostname/IP address of a Web-Scale Cluster VM.
Try adding the device by entering the hostname/IP
address of Web-Scale Cluster.
SA-0136 SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to add the device
device_name because the device sub type that you
have selected is incorrect.
Ensure that you select the correct device sub type
and try again.
SA-30428 SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to set up the
Remote Collector Remote Collector_name because
setting up a Remote Collector on a Windows system
is not supported.
Ensure that the remote system has Linux operating
system installed and retry the operation.
Error code appendix 241