Dell OpenManage Network Manager Quick Start Guide 5.1

Dell OpenManage Network Manager Manual

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    Dell OpenManage Network Manager version 5.1 Quick Start Guide
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    : Dell™, the DELL logo, PowerConnect™, and OpenManage™ are trademarks of Dell Inc. Intel®, Microsoft®, Windows®, Windows Server®, MS-DOS® and Windows Vista® are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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    includes the following: • Installing and System Startup • Configuring Dell OpenManage Network Manager Users • Discover Your Network • Resource Management • Configuration Management • Fault Management - Problem Diagnosis • Performance Management - Troubleshooting • Create Reports • Collaborative
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    MySQL: Some Linux packages include MySQL by default. Uninstall any existing MySQL if you are using that database with OpenManage Network Manager. • Fixed IP Address: OpenManage Network Manager requires a static IP address. Starting OpenManage Network Manager (After installation) • Host Login: Do not
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    user login. Set these limits higher for more heavily used systems. You can also check/set file handles temporarily using the ulimit -H/Sn command. Like the following: $ ulimit -Hn $ ulimit -Sn Licenses and Upgrades IMPORTANT: Dell OpenManage Network Manager 5.0 can only be installed as an initial
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    step-by-step instructions for a typical installation. For more complex installations, consult the OpenManage Network Manager's Administration Section of the User Guide. Finally, you must do the following to see Dell OpenManage Network Manager: 1 If you did not install it as a service, manually start
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    time as admin (password admin). 5 Dell OpenManage Network Manager should appear with the standard set of page configurations for your package. You can typically reconfigure these defaults. See the User Guide for guidance about how to do that. NOTE: Instead of oware, in Unix systems type . /etc
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    Action > Permissions and check the appropriate box next to the role. Configure OpenManage Network Manager functional permissions for these roles in Roles. Add and Configure User Roles / Permissions Add and configure User Roles with the following steps: 1 Click Go to > Control Panel and navigate
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    for Dell OpenManage Network Manager. The summary view displays the Name, Description, Default (the green check indicates the default profile typically IP Address(es)), and authentications, then execute discovery. The Quick Discovery screen can also discover the default Discovery profile if you have
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    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. The Filters (by Location
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    10 Execute-Clicking Execute begins discovery, and the message traffic between Dell OpenManage Network Manager and the device appears on the Results screen. This is a standard Audit screen. See Audit Trail / Jobs Screen on page 91 of the User Guide for more about it. 11 A message (Discovery Profile
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    emails. Netrestore File Servers- See Configure an FTP/TFTP Server setup instructions below, or its description in File Server Editor on page 222 of the Dell OpenManage Network Manager User Guide. A red flag appears with the "Setup required" message in the Status column when these are not configured
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    238 of the User Guide. 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. Configuration Management Dell OpenManage Network Manager lets you manage device configurations
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    pass the filter set up in step 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. The following briefly
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    to get started: 1 Click to go to the Alarms page from the default screens. 2 In the Alarms portlet, click on an Alarm of interest. Alarm to take ownership of the alarm. 4 Right-click then click Assign User to select a user owner for the alarm. 5 Right-click then click Clear Alarm to remove the
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    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
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    in chat system. You can even meet online with more than one user, and share the problem report, or alarm. 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. Some examples of easy solutions provided by chat
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    • What you can do with a single chat session is also true of Dell OpenManage Network Manager's "conferences" which amount to collaborative chat sessions, attended by more than one other person. 16
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Dell OpenManage Network Manager version 5.1
Quick Start Guide