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5 Dell OpenManage Server Administrator
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) is a complementary tool that provides a comprehensive,
one-to-one systems management solution. OMSA provides this solution in two ways:
• An integrated, web browser-based graphical user interface (GUI)
• Command Line Interface (CLI) through the operating system.
OMSA can be used to manage Local Key Manager (LKM) on storage controllers which helps in encrypting the
virtual disk.
5.1 Configure Dell OMSA on VMware ESXi
To download and install Dell OpenManage Server Administrator VIB according to your VMware ESXi version
and the server model, follow the steps below:
1. Go to www.dell.com/support and enter the system service tag or the server model number.
2. Select on the Drivers and Downloads tab and choose the corresponding operating system.
3. Search for the vib package using the keyword OMSA.
4. Extract the OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-x.x.x-xxxx.VIB-ESX67i_A00 zip file.
5. Upload the VIB to the Datastore using winscp or vSphere web client.
6. Install the VIB package using the following command:
esxcli software vib install -v
/vmfs/volume/datastore1/Dell_bootbank_OpenManage_x.x.x.ESXixxx-xxxx.vib
5.2 Configure Dell OMSA on Windows operating system
To download and install Dell OpenManage Server Administrator on Windows OS, follow the steps below:
1. To access the OMSA installed on ESXi host remotely, download and install OMSA application on the
management or client system running Windows operating system.
2. Download the Dell OMSA application for Windows operating system from www.dell.com/support or
see Support for Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA).
3. Once the OMSA zip file is downloaded, install the setup.exe from the folder path:
C:\OpenManage\windows. After the installation, open Dell OpenManage Server Administrator from
the desktop shortcut created.
4. Manage the OMSA interface by providing the IP address of the ESXi host in Server Administrator
launcher, user (root) and password.
5. Select the checkbox for the option Ignore certificate warnings.
For more information on how to manage LKM and encrypt the virtual disk, see OpenManage Server
Administrator Storage Management User guide(s).