Dell OpenManage Essentials White Paper
Managing Dell Blade and Chassis Using
Dell OpenManage Essentials
This white paper explains how to manage multiple Dell chassis and
blades remotely using Dell™ OpenManage™ Essentials (OME).
Vineeth Valambra
Ashish Suyal
Nitin Bhambere
Dell | Enterprise Product Group
Managing Dell Blade and Chassis Using Dell OpenManage Essentials
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Contents
Executive summary .................................................................................................. 4
What is Dell OpenManage Essentials? ............................................................................. 4
Scope of the document .............................................................................................. 4
What is Dell modular chassis? ...................................................................................... 4
Dell CMC, DRAC/MC, blade, switch, and storage discovery ................................................... 4
Discovering CMC, DRAC/MC, Blades, Switches, and Storage ................................................ 5
Managing Dell modular chassis from OpenManage Essentials ................................................. 6
Viewing modular chassis components from OpenManage Essentials ....................................... 6
Updating CMC firmware from OpenManage Essentials ....................................................... 8
View Modular Enclosure Information report ..................................................................... 9
Summary .............................................................................................................. 10
Learn more ........................................................................................................... 10
Figures
Figure 1. Discovery Range Configuration ......................................................................... 5
Figure 2. SNMP Configuration ...................................................................................... 6
Figure 3. View of modular chassis components ................................................................. 7
Figure 4. Viewing inventory and alerts ........................................................................... 7
Figure 5. Dell OpenManage Essentials System Update ......................................................... 9
Figure 6. Modular Enclosure Information ........................................................................ 10
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