Dell OpenManage Network Manager Quick Reference Manual
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Page 1: Quick Reference Guide
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Page 2: Notes And Cautions
© 2011 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, PowerConnect™, OpenManage™, EqualLogic™, KACE™, FlexAddress™ and Vostro™... -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Quick Start ......... . . 5 Introducing OpenManage Network Manager ..... . .5 System Basics . -
Page 4: Alarm Manager
Managing Resources ......... . . 28 Alarm Panels . -
Page 5: Quick Start
Quick Start Introducing OpenManage Network Manager We created this Quick Start Guide to get you started using your OpenManage Network Manager program as quickly and productively as possible. After a review of the hardware and software requirements needed for your installation in... -
Page 6: System Basics
), and look for regedit HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software -> Cygnus Solutions -> Cygwin. Linux—OpenManage Network Manager supports Redhat (Enterprise version 4 & 5) and Novell Suse (version 9 and10) Linux, 64-bit only. CAUTION: For Linux, you must install no more than a single instance of MySQL—the one installed with this software. -
Page 7: Hardware Recommendations
Basic Network Considerations OpenManage Network Manager communicates over a network. In fact, the machine it is on must be connected to a network for the application to start successfully. Firewalls, or even SNMP management programs using the same port on the same machine where this software is installed can interfere with communication with your equipment. -
Page 8: Authentication
Multicast. Fixed IP Address OpenManage Network Manager includes a web server and must be installed to a host with a fixed IP address or a permanently assigned Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) lease. For trial purposes, you can rely on a dynamic IP address assignment with a long lease, but this is not recommended for production installations. -
Page 9: Updating Your License
Updating Your License If you have a limited license — for example OpenManage Network Manager by default limits discovery to ten devices — then your application does not function outside those licensed limits. If you purchase additional licenses, put the updated license file in a convenient directory, then use the Settings ->... -
Page 10: Managing Multiple Screens
In the Browser View setting, you can see only one active window at a time. You cannot tile or minimize these windows unless you select Multiple Document Interface (MDI) View (the default in OpenManage Network Manager) from the View -> Launcher menu. Figure 1:2. Window Menu If you right-click a device, for example, and select Open, the editor screen that appears does not close the screen where you selected the device. -
Page 11: Screen Layouts
Screen Layouts When you select Resources in the Navigation Panel, for example, the default view looks like Figure 1:4. Figure 1:4. Default View A list of all Equip- ment and their attributes Detail Panels: Information fo the selected device and associated infrastructure Navigation Panel... -
Page 12: Installation And Startup
OpenManage Network Manager includes several new ACLI group operations in this version. Installation and Startup For a basic installation, install and start your OpenManage Network Manager software with these steps: Unzip (decompress) the file if you downloaded the application in .zip format, and close any applications that might interfere with this installation. - Page 13 View the final confirmation of components to install. Click Next. Observe the progress bar as files are copied for installation. The database size typically defaults to 2G with unlimited expansion. Some installations display this default and let you modify it in a database installation screen that appears during this process.
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Page 14: Starting The Client
After you verify that the application server is started (in Windows, the monitor icon in the system tray turns green), use the Start button (or its Linux equivalent) to find OpenManage Network Manager among your programs. Click that icon to start the client. In Linux, if you do not see a OpenManage Network Manager icon on your desktop first set the environment in a shell with . -
Page 15: Web Client
If you encounter the Change Password dialog that appears when you first log in, you must re-start the browser and re-log in to a web client. This behavior is normal. The application server hostname is the name of the system where OpenManage Network Manager is installed. -
Page 16: Troubleshooting
User Guide for the latter). Once you have discovered devices, you can manage them. NOTE: Third party devices on your network may appear as Dell Powerconnect switches during OpenManage Network Manager discovery. While you may be able to manage these devices with OpenManage Network Manager, they are not supported, and count against your licensed limit of ten devices to manage free. - Page 17 and click Apply. Then click Add to add the address(es) to the processing queue, or click Remove to delete a previously created range you selected. You can add several such criteria. NOTE: If you are managing in a DNS / DHCP environment, be sure to select Manage by Hostname in the Options tab.
- Page 18 The columns in this screen display the IP Address, Hostname, and Vendor of inspected devices. It also displays Status (like New, or No Response), whether the device responded when Pinged, whether it is Licensed to be managed by OpenManage Network Manager, the list of Valid Quick Start...
- Page 19 You can Add, Select Edit, and re-order these with the buttons above the list. If you click Test, OpenManage Network Manager tests the selected authentication on the selected device. A green check icon appears next to working authentications, a red octagon appears next to those that fail, the yellow triangle icon indicates partial success—an option with...
- Page 20 When discovery is done for the user admin, and you click Close, the following Layout screen appears by default. Alarms: Totals followed by a list of alarms from the dis- covered devices. Resources: A list of all Equipment and their attributes Detail Panels: Information for...
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Page 21: Scheduling Discovery
Scheduling Discovery When you first discover devices, you typically use a Discovery Profile that includes the discovery parameters (IP addresses, authentication used, and so on). You can keep your inventory up-to-date and discover equipment over a range of addresses by scheduling a repeated discovery. To do this, after you create the Discovery Profile in Discovery Profiles, open the Schedules screen (accessible through File ->... -
Page 22: Monitoring Performance
Alternatively, open the Links manager, and click action -> Discover Links. In the next screens, Add the devices, or Add Groups of devices where you want to discover links with those buttons. Click Next and select the types of links to discover, and whether you want to confine links discovered to those between the selected devices, between selected and other discovered devices, or between the devices and the entire network. -
Page 23: Interface Monitor
Interface Monitor This monitor collects bandwidth utilization and error counts for interfaces Figure 1:8. Default Interface Monitor The initial screen displays the SNMP attributes collected from the devices’ ifxTable. The default group of interfaces comes from the All Routers and Switches group. The Thresholds and Calculated Metrics screens display the specifics of how these collected attributes are monitored. -
Page 24: Icmp Monitor
ICMP Monitor The default ICMP Monitor reports on ping response times for all devices. Figure 1:9. Default ICMP Monitor The default sends three 64 byte packets every second to the All Devices group. Custom Monitor To set up a custom performance monitor, follow these steps: Creating a Custom Monitor Show Performance Install a Monitor in the View... -
Page 25: Show Performance
Select the interfaces you want to monitor by clicking Add in the top right corner of the screen. A selection screen appears, when you do. You must typically select a device in the upper panel, then select at least one interface in the lower one. You can multi-select by left-clicking while holding down the Ctrl key. -
Page 26: Create A Dashboard View
If you multi-select several devices, each component displays the top five metrics for each attribute. If you select only one top-level device, OpenManage Network Manager searches the device's interface and port children for performance attributes and these attributes appear with the top five children for each attribute. -
Page 27: Reports From Monitors
You can also configure a variety of views to reflect different monitoring needs, and with OpenManage Network Manager’s multi-windowing capabilities, flip back and forth between the different views. Reports From Monitors When you create a monitor, a report template and several reports automatically appear for it in the Reports section of the application. -
Page 28: Managing Resources
Figure 1:10. Monitor Reports You can modify these reports, but by default, they include the monitored attributes and/or devices. The reports appear pre-configured for the day, week, and the last 30 days. These intervals too are modifiable. Consult the User Guide or online help for more information about customizing reports. Managing Resources Open the Resources screen to display the discovered devices. -
Page 29: Alarm Panels
Figure 1:11. Resource View Title bar, Action, Lay- out buttons and display Filters Discovered Resources Detail Pane describes a selected resource Navigation Panel You can view all discovered resources from this screen. Selecting a resource in the upper panel lets you view details about that resource in the lower panel. -
Page 30: Alarm Severity & Count
Alarm Severity & Count This panel displays the count of events by severity, and totals them on the right. Figure 1:12. Event Severity & Count This can either display All Events or Open Events. Change between these counts by clicking the Layout button. - Page 31 Assign User—Assign this alarm to one of the users displayed in the sub-menu by selecting that user. Clear Alarm—Select this option to clear the alarm. Show Performance —When you select this command OpenManage Network Manager finds all of the performance attributes being monitored for the selected equipment and creates a dashboard with one dashboard component for each attribute.
- Page 32 Map—Opens a topology view displaying the equipment from which the selected alarm(s) came. See Mapping Equipment , the User Guide or online help for more about this. E-mail Alarm—E-mail the selected alarm. A subsequent screen lets you specify the addressee, header, and footer.
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Page 33: Common Tasks
Common Tasks Managing Layouts When you select a manager, or view in the Navigation Panel a view appears (like Figure 2-1). A configurable filter appears at the very top of these managers. Click Go once you have re-configured it if you want to filter what appears in the upper panel. Figure 2-1. -
Page 34: Creating And Selecting Screen Layouts
You can customize the layout of the Device view by adding, removing, or reordering the sub panels. Changes to this layout can be saved. In addition OpenManage Network Manager remembers the last layout used. So if you change the screen appearance, the screen layout that appears just before closing the client is the same one that appears when you restart the client. - Page 35 Figure 2-3. Customized Layout Once you configure a customized layout, it remains configured for you as a user no matter what client machine you log in on, as long as your client refers to the same application server. You can even add content with Select Content, the pick list next to Select Layout when you use a custom layout.
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Page 36: Minimizing Sub-Panels
Minimizing sub-panels The borders of sub-panels display triangles that are minimize buttons for the individual panels. Clicking this button minimizes that sub-panel. The remaining sub-panels automatically resize to fill in the remaining space. Column Drag and Drop You can drag and drop columns to rearrange them. You can also add columns by clicking the plus button to the right of Layout in a panel. -
Page 37: Users And User Groups
Users and User Groups The application’s User Manager lets you associate information with users like passwords, group membership, and contact information. Select Settings -> Permissions -> User Manager to see the User Manager. Figure 2-4. User Manager NOTE: This application comes with system users like OWAdmin. These are normal and cannot be deleted. Click action ->... -
Page 38: User Groups
User Groups The User Group Manager lets you create user groups just as you create or edit users. The detail panels display the name, description and whether the group is protected. Open this manager from Settings -> Permissions -> User Group Manager. Initially, a Group is nothing more than a name and a description. -
Page 39: Permissions
Permissions his panel appears in editors for both groups and individual users. It lets you configure permissions (also known as “functional permissions”) for individual users which override those configured for groups. The permissions displayed in this screen are only those for the selected, individual user (or group). - Page 40 Action Default Behavior When checked, this enables the Edit menu item on the action menu. read When checked, this enables the Save button within editors. write When checked, this enables the Delete menu item on the action menu within delete managers.
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Page 41: Scheduling Operations
Scheduling Operations You can schedule many of this software’s actions. Open the Schedules screen either from File -> Open -> System Services -> Schedules or from the navigation pane. Figure 2-7. Schedules Click New, then select an operation (Group Operations, Inventory Reports, Resynchronization, and so on), and configure the selected option. -
Page 42: Mapping Equipment
Create a group—Groups let you change settings on multiple devices. From Resources, select listed devices (Ctrl+click to select several), and right click. Select Add to Group, to add to an existing group, or New Group to create a new group with the selected devices. Selecting Group Op lets you do things to the entire group of devices. - Page 43 In the next screen, select the inventory that you want to map. You can Ctrl+Click to select multiple items. Click Select. The equipment appears, represented as icons on a blank (white) screen. You can re-arrange these icons by clicking and dragging them. The icons display the color of the highest value alarm (critical / red is the highest) that most recently came from that device.
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Page 45: Backup / Restore / Deploy
FTP / TFTP server on the device’s side of the firewall, and configure the firewall to permit OpenManage Network Manager access to that server. See the User Guide for this software for instructions about how to install external servers. -
Page 46: Deploy
• If you select two backed-up devices, you can select Compare to view a side-by-side comparison of the two devices’ configuration files with the differences highlighted. You can also select only a single device with more than one configuration backup and compare those, after selecting backup versions on a subsequent screen. -
Page 47: Troubleshooting
The following answer common questions that arise when managing your equipment. For more details, refer to the User Guide. The applicability of the following will depend on what drivers and other add-ons you have installed with OpenManage Network Manager. The following sections discuss some troubleshooting techniques. See this software’s User Guide for more. - Page 48 Equipment values are not configurable: • Ensure the login credentials are correct (consult your network administrator) Deploying firmware fails. Symptoms include pressing the Deploy Now button does nothing. You may also find that the FTP/TFTP File Server status is Stopped. •...
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Page 49: Index
Default Interface Monitor, 23 QuickView Layout, 20 Default Monitors, 22 Installation and Startup, 12 Discover Network Devices, 16 IP address changes, 8 DNS, 8 Recommended Operating Domain Name Servers, 8 System Versions, 6 Resources screen, 28 License, 9 Figures Dell Quick Reference Guide... - Page 50 System requirements, 6 Topology, 42 Updating Your License, 9 Upgrade licenses from previous version, 9 User Group Manager, 38 User Groups Manager, 38 Users and User Groups, 37 Windows Server 2008, 6 Windows Terminal Server, 6 Dell Quick Reference Guide...
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