Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- SupportAssist Enterprise Version 1.0 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
- Minimum requirements for installing and using SupportAssist Enterprise
- Installing 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 Dell Networking device
- Adding a PowerVault MD Series storage array
- Adding a Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage array
- Adding a Dell Compellent SC Series storage solution
- Adding a Dell Fluid File System (FluidFS) NAS device
- 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
- Understanding maintenance mode
- Maintaining SupportAssist Enterprise capability
- Enabling or disabling monitoring of a device
- Editing device credentials
- 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 server recommendation report emails
- Configuring email notifications
- Configuring data 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
- Customizing the schedule for periodic collection of system information
- Default schedule for collection of system information
- Disabling the periodic collection of system information from specific devices
- Enabling or disabling the collection of identity information
- Enabling or disabling the collection of software information and the system log
- Viewing collections
- Using SupportAssist Enterprise to collect and send system information
- 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
- 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 service
- Other services
- Security
- SupportAssist Enterprise user interface
- Error code appendix
- Related documents and resources
Table 19. Devices page (continued)
Column name Description
● Clearing System Event Log failed — SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to clear the
System Event Log or Embedded System Management logs on the device.
● Maintenance Mode — SupportAssist Enterprise has placed the device in automatic
maintenance mode because of an alert storm. No new support cases are created while the
device is in maintenance. For more information, see Understanding maintenance mode.
NOTE: The error status may be displayed as a link that you can click to view a description of
the issue and the possible resolution steps.
You can choose to refine the displayed devices based on the device type, device group, or other criteria. The following are the
available options for refining the displayed data:
● Device Type
○ Server
○ Storage
○ Networking
○ Chassis
● Groups
○ Default
○ Staging
○ Custom groups
NOTE: You can also use the filter icon
available in the column headers to refine the displayed data based on a specific
keyword.
The Devices page also display the following panes based on your actions:
● Device overview pane — When only a single device is selected. See Device overview pane.
● Device Import pane — When you import multiple devices by using a .csv file. See Device Import pane.
● Multiple Device Collection pane — When a multiple device collection is in progress. See Multiple Device Collection pane.
Related tasks
Adding devices on page 27
Editing device credentials on page 63
Deleting a device on page 72
Enabling or disabling device-level maintenance mode on page 60
Installing or upgrading OMSA by using SupportAssist Enterprise on page 64
Checking support cases for a specific device on page 51
Filtering the displayed data on page 50
Clearing the data filter on page 51
Sorting the displayed data on page 51
Add Single Device or Import Multiple Devices window
The Add Single Device or Import Multiple Devices window allows you to add devices.
You can choose from one of the following options to add devices:
● Single device (default) — To add a single device.
● Multiple devices — To import multiple devices by using a .csv file.
Add Single Device
The Add Single Device page enables you to select the device type and provide details of the device you want to add.
The following table provides information about the items displayed in Add Single Device page
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