Dell OpenManage Network Manager Quick Start Manual
Version 5.2 service pack 1
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Page 1: Quick Start Guide
Dell OpenManage Network Manager version 5.2 Service Pack 1 Quick Start Guide... -
Page 2: Notes And Cautions
© 2010-2013 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden. Trademarks used in this text: Dell™, the DELL logo, Dell Precision™, OptiPlex™, Latitude™, PowerEdge™, PowerVault™, PowerConnect™, ®... -
Page 3: Preflight Checklist
Collaborative Diagnosis NOTE: Before you begin installing Dell OpenManage Network Manager, make sure your hardware and network are correctly configured. For more about that, see Getting Started on page 27 of the Dell OpenManage Network Manager User Guide “Pre-Flight” Checklist Installation ❑... - Page 4 When initiated from the tray icon, startup changes its color from red to yellow to green, when complete. Once the icon has turned green, the web client may display the message “"The Dell OpenManage Network Manager server is currently starting up. This page will refresh when the Dell OpenManage Network Manager server has fully started."...
- Page 5 Licenses and Upgrades IMPORTANT: Dell OpenManage Network Manager 5.2 can only be installed as an initial install or upgraded from version 4.4. In general, we strongly recommend installing OpenManage Network Manager 5.2 as an initial install. If you are running OMNM 4.3 or earlier version, you should uninstall OMNM in order to install OMNM 5.2 on the same system.
- Page 6 When you have installed and successfully deployed Dell OpenManage Network Manager, you can continue to the next steps. See Installation and Startup on page 28 of the Dell OpenManage Network Manager User Guide for step-by-step instructions for a typical installation. For more complex installations, consult the OpenManage Network Manager’s Administration Section of the...
- Page 7 Click Add to add permissions. Click the checkboxes to enable the type of permission desired. To do more with Dell OpenManage Network Manager’s functional permissions, go to the Redcell > Permission Manager, and click to open this screen.
- Page 8 The Role to Permission mapping screen appears. Click the Edit button to the right of listed Roles to see and configure available permissions. Click Advanced to see available permissions organized by Read, Write, Execute, Add or Delete actions. After you have selected permissions, click Apply to accept them and add them to the role. Notice that you can revisit this role, manage it and its membership with the Action button to the right of the role.
- Page 9 Manage by IP address or hostname, and check whether to Resolve Hostname(s), ICMP Ping Device(s), Manage ICMP-only Device(s), or Manage Unclassified Device(s). This last checkbox determines whether Dell OpenManage Network Manager attempts to manage devices that have no device driver installed. Management may be possible, but more limited than for devices with drivers installed, provided this capability is one you have licensed.
- Page 10 Resync action. Use Add Action to select others to enter here. You can also edit parameters (if available), delete and re-order the actions listed here by clicking the icons to the right of them. Dell OpenManage Network Manager executes them in top-to-bottom order. Inspection Inspect Network using your current settings—This screen lets you preview the discovery...
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Page 11: Resource Management
A message (Discovery Profile Execute is complete) appears in the Messages at the bottom left of the status bar. You can also schedule discovery profiles to run periodically, updating your Dell OpenManage Network Manager database with any network changes. For more, see Schedules on page 95. -
Page 12: Common Setup Tasks
Backup. See Deploy Firmware on page 238. License Management— This lets you see, update and manage the licensed capabilities of Dell OpenManage Network Manager. See License Viewer on page 63 of the User Guide for details. -
Page 13: Configuration Management
Configuration Management Dell OpenManage Network Manager lets you manage device configurations. Before you begin that management, you must first configure an Configure an FTP/TFTP Server to get or send such configurations from / to devices. After configuring the Configure an FTP/TFTP Server, you can do Do Configuration File Backup / Restore described below. - Page 14 4. Fault Management - Problem Diagnosis Dell OpenManage Network Manager lets you diagnose network problems with its Alarms viewer, and lets you monitor performance with its Performance Management - Troubleshooting capabilities, as described below.
- Page 15 • Excessive interface errors When you receive an alarm you can take any of the following action on the alarm itself, or the target of the alarm: • Assign User • Acknowledge Alarm • Unacknowledge Alarm • Clear Alarm • Show Performance Follow these steps to get started: Click to go to the Alarms page from the default screens.
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Page 16: Performance Management
Performance Management - Troubleshooting In addition to troubleshooting faults, you can also monitor device performance with Dell OpenManage Network Manager. Monitors Monitors display some critical performance metrics for devices on the network, including: • Network availability • Bandwidth capacity utilization •... - Page 17 See Status Bar Alerts on page 75 and Sharing on page 87 of the Dell OpenManage Network Manager User Guide for the specifics about how to do this.