Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- SupportAssist Version 2.2 for Dell OpenManage Essentials User's Guide
- Overview
- Installing, upgrading, and uninstalling SupportAssist
- Using Dell SupportAssist
- Starting SupportAssist
- Getting started with SupportAssist
- Configuring the default device type credentials
- Configuring the local SMTP e-mail server settings
- Verification of device status
- Connectivity test
- Editing device credentials
- Resetting the device-specific credentials to the default device type credentials
- Overwriting the device-specific credentials with the default device type credentials
- Filtering the system log collection
- Sending the system logs manually
- Enabling or disabling the automatic collection of system logs
- Enabling or disabling the scheduling of system log collection
- Scheduling the periodic collection of system logs
- Default system log collection schedule
- Disabling the scheduling of system log collection for a specific device type
- Viewing the case list
- Viewing the device inventory
- Filtering the displayed data
- Removing filters from the displayed data
- Sorting the displayed data
- Device grouping
- Device credentials used by SupportAssist
- Configuring the system credentials
- Auto update
- Configuring proxy server settings
- Confirming connectivity through the proxy server
- Opting in or opting out from ProSupport Plus server recommendation report emails
- Configuring e-mail notification settings
- Setting SupportAssist to maintenance mode
- Support for Dell OEM servers
- Viewing and updating the contact information
- Accessing and viewing the logs
- Accessing and viewing the system log collection
- Viewing SupportAssist product information
- Viewing support information
- Accessing the context-sensitive help
- Troubleshooting
- Installing SupportAssist
- Registration problem
- Ensuring successful communication between the SupportAssist application and the SupportAssist server
- Verifying the installation of the collection components
- Launching SupportAssist
- Services
- Collection error
- Collection upload error
- Security
- Troubleshooting SSL connection failure
- Service contract
- Service Tag warnings
- Dell SupportAssist user interface
- Related documents and resources
- Error code appendix
Table 25. Error codes (continued)
Error code Error message Possible resolution
2000_199 SupportAssist is unable to run a collection component
on <device name>.
Ensure that the Administrator credentials you have
provided for the device in SupportAssist is correct.
2000_298 SupportAssist is unable to run a collection component
on <device name> because of an internal error.
If the problem persists, the log files may be required
for further troubleshooting. Contact Dell Technical
Support for assistance.
2000_299 SupportAssist is unable to run a collection component
on <device name> because of an internal error.
If the problem persists, the log files may be required
for further troubleshooting. Contact Dell Technical
Support for assistance.
2000_401 SupportAssist is unable to run a collection component
on <device name> because of an internal error.
If the problem persists, the log files may be required
for further troubleshooting. Contact Dell Technical
Support for assistance.
2000_403 SupportAssist is unable to run a collection component
on <device name> because of an internal error.
If the problem persists, the log files may be required
for further troubleshooting. Contact Dell Technical
Support for assistance.
2000_404 SupportAssist is unable to run a collection component
on <device name> because of an internal error.
If the problem persists, the log files may be required
for further troubleshooting. Contact Dell Technical
Support for assistance.
2000_405 SupportAssist is unable to run a collection component
on <device name> because of an internal error.
If the problem persists, the log files may be required
for further troubleshooting. Contact Dell Technical
Support for assistance.
2000_417 SupportAssist is unable to run a collection component
on <device name> because the collection processes
exceeded the predefined time limit.
On the management server running OpenManage
Essentials:
1. Navigate to C:\Program Files
(x86)\Dell\Lasso.
2. Open the ESC.properties file using any text
editor.
3. Increase the timeout value of appropriate
networking switch that displayed the
error. For example, if the error occurred
in a Dell Networking (previously Dell
PowerConnect) switch, increase the value of the
powerconnectethernet.timeout property.
4. Save the ESC.properties file.
The following are the timeout properties that you may
have to edit based on the networking switch that
displays an error:
● powerconnectethernet.timeout
● force10.timeout
● powerconnectM8428-k.timeout
2000_418 SupportAssist is unable to run a collection component
on <device name> because of an internal error.
If the problem persists, the log files may be required
for further troubleshooting. Contact Dell Technical
Support for assistance.
2000_420 SupportAssist is unable to run a collection component
on <device name> because of an internal error.
If the problem persists, the log files may be required
for further troubleshooting. Contact Dell Technical
Support for assistance.
2000_422 SupportAssist is unable to run a collection component
on <device name> because the required file could not
be downloaded within the predefined time limit.
On the management server running OpenManage
Essentials:
1. Navigate to C:\Program Files
(x86)\Dell\Lasso.
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