Getting Started - Dell OpenManage Network Manager Client Manual

WBEM Prerequisites
The following are common prerequisites:
Credentials—WBEM credentials have a role in discovering the device. Your system must have
access to the computer using Administrative only credentials. These are the same credentials
as the user installing WBEM on the device.
Telnet / SSH credentials are necessary for other supported applications.
For full functionality, this WBEM device driver requires administrative (root) access. Many
devices may only allow root logins on a local console.
In such cases, configure the Telnet/SSH authentication for these devices to login as a non-
root user—and, in Authentication Manager, enter su in the Enable User ID field and enter
the root user's password in Enable User Password in that same authentication. This enables
full device management functionality with root access.
NOTE:
Credentials for Telnet / SSH should have a privilege level sufficient to stop services and to restart the
computer system.
Firewall— Some firewalls installed on the computer may block Web-Based Enterprise
Management requests. Allow those you want to manage.
License—Make sure you have the correct WBEM driver license installed. Licenses come in the
following types:
• Major Vendor by Name - Such as Dell, Compaq, HP, Gateway.
• Server/Desktop individual license support.
• Generic computers - non-major vendors.
• ALL - this gives the driver all capabilities for any computer system.
CAUTION:
If you discover an Amigopod host that does not have its SNMP agent turned on, Dell OpenManage
Network Manager labels it a WMI or WBEM host rather than an Amigopod host.

Getting Started

The following section outlines the steps in a typical installation and subsequent first use. Because
the software described here is both flexible and powerful, this section does not exhaustively
describe all the details of available installations. Instead, this Guide refers to those descriptions
elsewhere in the OpenManage Network Manager User Guide or online help.
A typical installation means doing the following:
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