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- Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 1
Dell OpenManage Network Manager version 5.2 Service Pack 1 Web Client Guide - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 2
Inc. is strictly forbidden. Trademarks used in this text: Dell™, the DELL logo, PowerEdge™, PowerVault™, PowerConnect™, OpenManage™, EqualLogic™, KACE™, FlexAddress™ and Vostro™ are trademarks of Dell Inc. Microsoft®, Windows®, Windows Server®, MS-DOS® and Windows Vista® are either trademarks or - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 3
Performance 13 2 Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager .15 Overview 15 System Basics 15 Single Server Sizing 20 Sizing for Standalone Installations 21 Network Basics 22 Authentication 24 Supported PowerConnect Models 24 Windows Management Interface 24 Getting Started 27 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 4
Admin User 59 LDAP Portal Settings 60 Portlet Level Permissions 61 How to: Configure Portlet Permissions 61 How to: Configure Resource Level Permissions 62 Quick Navigation 65 License Viewer 66 How to: Register a License 67 Discovery Profiles 68 How to: Discover Your Network 68 Managed - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 5
Tag 94 Audit Trail / Jobs Screen 95 Audit Trail Viewer 96 Audit Trail Portlet 97 Schedules 99 137 Locations 139 Tag 142 Vendors 143 5 Resource Management 147 Introduction 147 Authentication 147 Container Manager 150 Container Manager Expanded 150 Container View 151 How to: Use - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 6
Report 208 Report Editor 208 Branding Reports 210 6 Visualize 211 Visualize My Network 211 How to: Create a Visualization 211 Configuring Views 212 Control and 224 7 File Server / File Management 225 File Servers 225 File Server Editor 226 File Management 227 How to: Backup Configurations - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 7
243 Deploy Configuration 244 How to: Restore a single configuration to many target devices . 245 8 Monitoring 247 How to's 247 OpenManage Network Manager Server Statistics 248 Resource Monitors 249 Retention Policies 252 Monitor Editor 255 How to: Create an SNMP Interface Monitor 266 How to - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 8
Process Workflow 331 How to: Run Change Determination 333 Change Determination Defaults 333 Compliance and Change Reporting 333 How to: Report on Change 365 Scheduling Actions 365 Active Performance Monitor Support 367 Adaptive CLI Records Archiving Policy 369 Glossary 371 Index 377 8 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 9
with other software systems (like billing) in generic WSDL, XML and SOAP. OpenManage Network Manager's Administration Section describes security and some of the runtime features supporting these applications. The OpenManage Network Manager Administration Section of the User Guide and Administration - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 10
network traffic, manage services and IP address and subnet allocations. OpenManage Network Manager modules save time adding to existing Dell OpenManage Network Manager deployments to add feature functionality without requiring additional standalone software. 10 Why Dell OpenManage Network Manager - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 11
Dashboards. Once you have done these initial steps, Dell OpenManage Network Manager helps you understand and troubleshoot your network. For example: Suppose a OpenManage Network Manager Performance Dashboard displays something you want to troubleshoot. You can right-click the impacted device in the - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 12
. How To: Use "How To" Several sections of what follows contain the "How to" instructions for use. These are typically steps to follow to produce the desired result. For a look at all such steps available, refer to the How to section of the Index. 12 Why Dell OpenManage Network Manager? | Preface - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 13
Feedback link in the lower left corner of the Dell OpenManage Network Manager screen. Provide your contact information, enter Questions, Likes, New Ideas, or a Problem, in the screen that appears next, then click Send. Dorado Software responds, and often uses customer suggestions in future versions - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 14
14 A Note About Performance | Preface - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 15
how to install and start Dell OpenManage Network Manager for basic network monitoring and management. For more detailed descriptions of all this software's features, consult its other manuals (the OpenManage Network Manager Administration Section of the User Guide, Synergy User Guide, Administration - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 16
on page 18 for additional requirements) CAUTION: For Linux, you must install no more than a single instance of MySQL®-the one installed with this software. Before you install, remove any MySQL if it exists on your Linux machine. 16 Overview | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 17
has an impact on Dell OpenManage Network Manager's installation. Here are some tested best practices: • You can install Linux in its Desktop option, or if you select Basic Server (default) - choose additional packages: XWindows, Basic / Core Gnome Desktop without Gnome utilities, although we suspect - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 18
download them from Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net. Download these, then issue the command: rpm -ivh --force tcl-8.4.13-3.fc6.i386.rpm This forces the installation of the 32-bit libraries on a 64-bit system .so.2 (0x0019d000) 18 Overview | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 19
problems by refreshing the browser's display. CAUTION: Opening Dell OpenManage Network Manager, or links originating within it in multiple tabs on multi-tab browsers is not supported. To see "multiple" screens, configure Dell OpenManage Network Manager's Menu Bar. You can download and install - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 20
. Before any deployment, administrators should review and understand the different deployment options and requirements. Consider future growth of the network when estimating hardware sizing. You can generally expand modern systems running Dell OpenManage Network Manager by adding more RAM to the - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 21
for your Dell OpenManage Network Manager system. Operating System / Disks / RAM / Hardware 64-bit OS with 6GB RAM or 32-bit OS with 4GB RAM Network Size - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 22
is therefore not supported. Applications like Traffic Flow Analyzer and Performance Monitoring require even more memory. For these reasons, and for future scalability, do not install the this software on 32-bit systems. Tablets, phones and iPads Dell OpenManage Network Manager detects mobile devices - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 23
barriers to communicating with OpenManage Network Manager, any required initial device configuration to accept management, and managing security measures or firewalls-all are outside the scope of these instructions. Consult with your network administrator to ensure this software has access to the - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 24
is not the device's default. Some devices require pre-configuration to recognize this management software. Consult your network administrator or the device's manuals for instructions about how to enable those. See Authentication on page 147 for more. Supported PowerConnect Models Refer to release - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 25
on the application server. For complete functionality, the WMI login for this software must be a login for a domain user who also belongs to the administrator group on the WMI device. Both are requirements for any installation managing WMI devices. The following are common Windows Base prerequisites - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 26
the WBEM service: tog-pegasus start | stop | status" If the system is running Fedora, then you can access tog-pegasus updates at this site: https:// admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/tog-pegasus 26 Sizing for Standalone Installations | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 27
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 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 28
number of web clients, then best practice is to install Dell OpenManage Network Manager as the Administration Section of the User Guide guide instructs. Administering User Permissions-You can also set up users, device access passwords, and groups for users, as you begin to use it. See Control Panel - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 29
supports WMI must communicate to managed Windows systems. Windows installation also installs Internet Information Services (IIS)-formerly called Internet Information Server. That installation does not turn IIS on by default. Do not enable IIS on the host(s) running Dell OpenManage Network Manager - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 30
so on. • Start using Dell OpenManage Network Manager as outlined in Getting Started on page 27, or below. See the Troubleshooting chapter of the Administration Section of the User Guide to solve Dell OpenManage Network Manager problems. Linux Prerequisites If you are installing on Linux, you must - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 31
redcell directory). 4 Create /dell/openmanage/networkmanager, and ensure that your user (redcell) owns /dell/openmanage/networkmanager /dell/openmanage/networkmanager is Dell OpenManage Network Manager's installation root. 5 If necessary, unzip the downloaded installation package into a subdirectory - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 32
user interface in a browser. See Supported Web Browsers on page 19. The URL is http://[application server hostname or IP address]:8080 The default login user is admin, with a password your login. The application server hostname is the name of the system where OpenManage Network Manager is installed. - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 33
access to Dell OpenManage Network Manager, you must be signed in as a user with the permissions. (The default admin user has Users with less-than-Administrator permissions may not see all of the features described in this guide. Control Panel | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 34
this label configure the overall look and feel of the portal, reference information, and so on. See the tooltips for more complete descriptions. This also configures pages, documents, calendars, blogs, wikis, polls and so on. 34 Control Panel | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 35
in the top right corner of the screen. Your user name does not appear in this screen. Notice that if you select View > Hierarchy you can see organizations, grouped together with their component locations, groups and users. Control Panel | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager 35 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 36
sure you specify a Password. 5 Notice that if you are editing an existing user, or creating a new one, you can use the links on the right to configure connections with Roles. Roles, in particular, configure the OpenManage Network Manager functional permissions for that user. For example the group - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 37
impersonation concealed. Deactivate-Retires a user configured on your system. You can also check users and click the Deactivate button above the listed users. Such users are not deleted, but are in the organization's site(s). Control Panel | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager 37 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 38
user provides, you can create an organization role with the correct permissions in Portal > Roles. 9 Click the Available tab, and select TestUserBoss as the organization's administrator. 10 Click Update Associations. 38 Control Panel | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 39
configure modes independently. Dell OpenManage Network Manager remembers the default sort column and order per user, whether the user has Admin rights sites and organizations. 3 Enter the details of the new role (Name, Title, Description), then Save it. 4 Click Portal > Roles' View All button to see - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 40
to the screen listing roles and their Action buttons. Portal > Portal Settings The Settings screens are where users who are administrators can configure the most basic things about Dell OpenManage Network Manager. These include the following: • Mail hosts 40 Control Panel | Getting Started with - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 41
. Redcell > Permission Manager Manage Permissions to manage user access to different features. These are configured as part of Roles, which aggregate users regardless of community affiliation. Create Roles with Portal > Roles. Control Panel | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager 41 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 42
menu for users listed in Portal > Users and Organizations lets you manage groups to which Users are assigned. Click the Edit button (the pencil and paper) to the right of a listed group to see and configure its permissions. 42 Control Panel | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 43
the listed permission. The following describes the actions of the permissions, when checked: Action Default Behavior read Enables Details, Visualize and View as PDF write Enables the Edit, Save, the Delete menu item. Control Panel | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager 43 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 44
over a functional permission, tooltips provide a description. You can also click on the Search button at the bottom to find a phrase within the functional permissions. Redcell > Data Configuration This panel configures custom attributes for Dell OpenManage Network Manager. Click the Edit button next - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 45
in your system, appearing only when such servers exist. Mediation servers appear listed in the Servers tab of this manager if appear if you install Dell OpenManage Network Manager in stand-alone mode, without a separate mediation server. To make it appear, add medserver.support=true to the portal - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 46
), choosing a Name, Description, Routable Domain, and Routing Entries (click the '+' to add your entries to the list). The Test button scanning the ports in the proposed application server / mediation server link, validating the installed versions of Dell OpenManage Network Manager in both locations - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 47
. Click the Delete icon to the right of a listed filter to remove it from the system. Click the disk icon to export the filter. Clicking the Import button at the top of the screen lets you import previously exported filters. Control Panel | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager 47 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 48
lets you manage the portal's web server. Tooltips describing these screens appear when you hover the cursor over fields, or click the blue circle surrounding a question mark in the title bar. Here are some of its functions: 48 Control Panel | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 49
, and so on. See Search Indexes on page 34 for a description of a particularly important function. Tip This panel is visible to administrators available from Dell OpenManage Network Manager. You can install free portlets for Google, Youtube, Collab and more. For Dell OpenManage Network Manager, we - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 50
interval, whether this policy is Enabled, and so on. 4 Specify the Archive Location. Those listed are the Repositories listed on the Repositories tab. You can manage those on that tab. 50 Redcell > Database Aging Policies (DAP) | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 51
. The General screen has the following fields: Name-An identifier for the policy Description- A text description of the policy Enabled-Check to enable the policy. Schedule Interval- Use the pick . Redcell > Database Aging Policies (DAP) | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager 51 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 52
these thresholds in the Options tab. All DAPs require a Name and a record threshold. Check the manually click the gear icon to the right of a listed policy, and execute a DAP at any time to check that threshold figure. In either case, if the threshold is not crossed Dell OpenManage Network Manager - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 53
aged item before archiving it. Archive [Aged Item]- Check this to activated archiving according to this policy. Redcell > Database Aging Policies (DAP) | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager 53 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 54
Sub-Policies Some types of Database Aging Policies can have sub-policies that further refine the aging for their type of contents. 54 Redcell > Database Aging Policies (DAP) | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 55
keep the aged item before archiving it. Archive- Check this to activated archiving according to this policy. Redcell > Database Aging Policies (DAP) | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager 55 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 56
Repositories When you select a repository in the Aging Policies Editor, the available policies come from what is configured in this tab of the editor. 56 Redcell > Database Aging Policies (DAP) | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 57
. Description- A text comment. Virtual Path-This is the path relative to the installation root directory. Any user with administrator permissions can specify or change the default archive path here. Online-Check this to put this repository online. Dell OpenManage Network Manager automatically - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 58
specifications of your LDAP server. After configuring your LDAP server, restart the Dell OpenManage Network Manager server, and attempt to log in as an LDAP user. LDAP Server Settings The following settings are required (the values below are examples, only): Connection Base Provider URL : ldap://192 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 59
Admin User All users imported from an LDAP server default to the Poweruser role. The default Dell OpenManage Network Manager (login/password: admin/admin) cannot log into Dell OpenManage Network Manager once you enable authentication through LDAP. Therefore you must manually assign one user from - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 60
3 After your changes have taken effect, Users can login only with credentials that exist on the Dell OpenManage Network Manager database LDAP Portal Settings To use LDAP, you must make some adjustments to your Dell OpenManage Network Manager installation. You must configure the following additional - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 61
. How To: Configure Portlet Permissions 1 As an admin user, click on the Configuration icon (the wrench) in the top right corner of the portlet of interest. 2 Click on the Configuration and go to the Permissions tab in the next screen. LDAP | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager 61 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 62
a user/group/ User Container • Set up a Page for Device Level View Create a Container for each Customer 1 In Container Manager Portlet, right-click to select New. 2 Create a container for the desired customer, naming and describing it. 62 LDAP | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 63
for the following portlets: Managed Resources, Alarms, Ports, Audit Trails, Printers. 10 Log out as admin, and log back in as a user with Gold Customer permissions. 11 Confirm your permission configuration is operating on this page. LDAP | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager 63 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 64
--password=[password] drop owbusdb 2 Recreate the database mysqladmin -u USERNAME -p create owbusdb or mysqadmin -u USERNAME --password=[password] create owbusdb 3 Import the backup data mysql -u USERNAME -p owbusdb < FILENAME.mysql or 64 LDAP | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 65
have File Servers configured, as described above for Backup. See Deploy Firmware on page 242. License Management- This lets you see and manage the licensed capabilities of Dell OpenManage Network Manager. See License Viewer below for details. CAUTION: Do not remove this portlet. You cannot re-enable - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 66
upload do not appear by default. To see them, you must give User 'write' permission. License Viewer This screen appears when you click License Management in the Quick Navigation portlet. Click Close to return to Dell OpenManage Network Manager. You may find Licenses in a name slightly different - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 67
panel. Device Licenses This tab displays the Maximum Allowed number of licenses for devices, the Count Managed the Variance between maximum and managed, and Type of license along with sums of the maximum and count managed. License Viewer | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager 67 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 68
Discovery Profiles Discovery profiles configure equipment discovery for Dell OpenManage Network Manager. The summary view displays the Name, Description, Default (the green check indicates the default profile), whether the profile is Scheduled and Next Execution Date for scheduled discovery. The - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 69
is missing. A red dot means a required one is missing. When authentications are unsuccessful, you can remove or edit them in this editor too. Click the icons to the right of listed authentications to do this. Discovery Profiles | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager 69 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 70
begins discovery, confirm you do not mind waiting, 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 95 for more about it. 11 A message (Discovery Profile Execute - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 71
Setup required" message in the Status column when these are not configured. Configuring them displays a green flag with the "Setup complete" message. Click the edit link in the Action column to open editors for each of these. SMTP Configuration You can use Dell OpenManage Network Manager's messaging - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 72
, if authentication is enabled. Password- The password for the SMTP server, if authentication is enabled. Use SSL- Enable Secure Sockets Layer protocol to interact with your SMTP server. Return Address-The return address for mail sent from Dell OpenManage Network Manager. Default Subject-Text that - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 73
Either turn off the external file server, or use it as the FTP server. Dell OpenManage Network Manager selects the file server protocol for backup, restore or deploy based on the most secure protocol the device supports. Common Setup Tasks | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager 73 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 74
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Because they are so fundamental to Dell OpenManage Network Manager's functioning, this section also describes the following portlets: • Audit Trail Portlet • Schedules Tip You can rename any portlet by clicking its title. You can also configure portlets' default filters to work in concert with the - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 76
if you request support for your Dell OpenManage Network Manager installation. The Application Software Versions screen appears with the product versions listed in the bottom. Device drivers list supported devices and their operating systems. This can be important for troubleshooting, and is vital - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 77
Its exact appearance depends on your package. With it, you can open online help, add, edit, and navigate to portal pages and content. Click More... menu item contains Dell OpenManage Network Manager's content. Click a node to see available portlets. See Portlets on page 82. Manage-This menu lets you - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 78
(see Control Panel on page 33). CAUTION: Dell OpenManage Network Manager does not support multiple tab browsing as a reliable way to see its screens. Pages overcome that limitation. Administrators can permanently configure Public pages, while users with fewer rights can only configure their Private - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 79
catalogs messages and notifications you have received, including generated reports in My Alerts. Click the magnifying glass to the right of reports and Job Status notifications to open a separate viewing window. The panel includes Current and Archived messages tabs. Tip You can see the portal when - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 80
this text in the menu produced by the Settings icon (the next item). (Settings)-This configures your user settings for any online chat with your colleagues, including the saying, whether your online presence appears, and whether to play a sound when messages arrive. Tip When you have a message from - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 81
you are alone), and n is the number of colleagues online. Click to open the chat screen. Click on a lead to separate pages configured with Manage > Page. The pages that appear on this bar can vary, depending on which Dell OpenManage Network Manager package you have installed. The toggle on the right - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 82
: Install the latest Adobe Flash for graph functionality. Portlets Portlets are the elements of any page within the Dell OpenManage Network Manager web following describe common portlet features. One of the first portlets typical users see is Discovery Profiles. To act on listed items, right-click - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 83
or export .lar files of their setup and user preferences. The plus or minus (+ or -) description of the buttons at the top of portlets. NOTE: Portlet summary screens support displaying up to 200 rows, the expanded portlet supports appear indented in the Managed Resource portal. Similar functionality - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 84
, then click the portlet name and rename it. For example, make the default filter in Managed Resources display only Powerconnect, then click Managed Resources in the upper left corner of the portlet to rename it Powerconnect Routers. If you are not an administrator, you must make a personal page - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 85
, no wildcards are supported. To clear a search user's choice saving the last Sort Column and Order on any page. Most portlets also "remember" settings for Max Items and the selected Filter. Portlet Instances When you add content to a page, some portlets (for example, the OpenManage Network Manager - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 86
limit access to the expanded portlets. For example, OpenManage Network Manager can have many communities and limit users' memberships. Such users can lightly browse other Communities' screens without full privileges. NOTE: Screen size limitations may require you to expand the browser to see expanded - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 87
See Control Panel on page 33 for more about setting up user privileges for portlets. You can right-click to act on listed elements as in the basic, smaller portlet, but here you can also see details - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 88
corner of the expanded portlet. Click these to export the list contents as either an Excel spreadsheet (.xls), or a pdf file. These download to the default download location you have configured on your browser. Some browsers display the pdf before you can save it. 88 Status Bar Alerts | Portal - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 89
screen How To: Filter Expanded Portlet Displays Among other places, filters appear at the top of expanded portlets. Many pre-installed filters come from drivers your installed package. Filters match entity types, but may not necessarily be sensible in the context of a particular portlet. You can - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 90
OpenManage Network Manager manages like equipment, discovery profiles, locations and so on. Aging Policy-See Redcell > Database Aging Policies (DAP) on page 49 for instructions about configuring these. Import / Export Menus often contain these options: Import- Retrieve a file with an XML description - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 91
with a text or XML descriptions of all listed items in the manager. Tip Printing manager contents: You can Export a full size manager into PDF or Excel elements within Dell OpenManage Network Manager with colleagues when more than one user exists on your Dell OpenManage Network Manager system, and - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 92
share an something, first select it where it appears listed in the appropriate portlet. Right click and select Share Asset. In the subsequent screen, select a user with whom you want to share, type any message you want to include and click Share Asset. The chat message to the selected - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 93
Edit Custom Attributes In several right-click menus (Managed Equipment, Port, Contact, Vendor, or Location), the Edit Custom Attributes menu item lets you open the custom attribute editor appropriate for the device type listed - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 94
in the docked toolbar. You can also create PDF reports containing descriptions of multiple selected assets, but you must open an expanded portlet of many items lets you tag them, for example Managed Resources, Locations, Contacts, Customers, Services and Containers. When you select the Tag menu item, - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 95
Jobs Screen When you execute an action, for example discovering network resources, an audit trail screen appears with a tree displaying the message traffic between Dell OpenManage Network Manager details. Tip The time for messages and logged in user initiating the action appear on the bar between the - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 96
offer an Audit Trail menu item that displays Audit Trail / Jobs Screens for the selected item. The top of this screen contains a list of Audit Records. Click one of this list to see the Job details as you would in the Audit Trail / Jobs Screen. 96 Audit Trail / Jobs Screen | Portal Conventions - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 97
the message traffic between Dell OpenManage Network Manager and monitored devices, as well as OpenManage Network Manager's reaction to failed message transmission. The Creation Date, Subject, Action (the summary message of the audit trail), User ID (the login ID of the user whose actions resulted in - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 98
in this screen: User IP- The IP address of the application server which created this audit trail. Subject- The equipment at the origin of the message traffic with Dell OpenManage Network Manager. You can right-click a selected item and either Delete it, or View Job. This last option displays - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 99
item. Schedules Portlet You can view and modify schedules in the Schedules portlet, or the Expanded Schedules Portlet This displays the Enabled status, a Description, the Type of schedule, its Next Execution and Recurrence in columns. You can do the following by right-clicking a scheduled item, and - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 100
trail portlet. (see Audit Trail / Jobs Screen on page 95) New- This lets Dell OpenManage Network Manager's Change Management / Proscan capabilities installed, you can use Schedules to initiate the Change Determination process. See Change Determination Process on page 330. It is disabled by default - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 101
Expanded Schedules Portlet When you expand this portlet, the additional columns that appear include Submission Date, Start Date, whether the schedule is still active (Scheduled), and the Execution Count. If a green icon appears in the Scheduled column, it means the schedule will be executed on next - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 102
102 Schedules | Portal Conventions - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 103
Portlets Overview of Key Portlets This section describes some of the key Dell OpenManage Network Manager portlets. You may not have access to all of these in your installation, or you may not be able to use them with the user permissions you have been assigned by the portal administrator. To see all - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 104
" to highlight the selected slice. Hover the cursor over a portion of the chart and a tooltip with information about that slice also appears. By default, the chart appears only when there are alarms. See Configuring the Alarms Chart below for options available in configuring the display. See Menu on - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 105
) it can propagate to appear as components of service- and link-related alarms. Service-effecting alarms are of indeterminate or greater severity. See Alarms in Visualizations / Topologies on page 223 for a description of how alarms appear in the topology portlet. The next section (Expanded Alarm - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 106
you click the plus (+) in the top right corner of the smaller screen. This displays listed alarms and Snap Panel details of a selected alarm. By default this screen adds the first of the following columns to those visible in the Event History's summary screen view. To add the others listed here - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 107
that user. An icon also appears in the expanded portlet indicating the alarm has been assigned to someone. Clear Alarm- Clearing the alarm removes the alarm from the default alarm view and marks it as a candidate for the database archiving process (DAP). Essentially it is an indication to the system - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 108
71 for instructions about setting up e-mail from Dell OpenManage Network Manager. See Share Asset sends a chat message to the selected user with a link that opens to display the Alarm Snap the % CPU [utilization], % Memory, and Description. The convention indicating such tooltips are available is - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 109
22:01:36 PST 2010 Entity Name = Entity Type = Entity Description = Equipment = Region = SUPDEMOPartition Location = Assigned By = OWSystem Date Assigned = Thu Dec 16 10:40:24 PST 2010 Assigned User = qatester Acknowledged = false Ack By = Ack Time = Cleared - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 110
event information for your system. The initial portlet view , and Event Name. You can rightclick to Share with User in this screen. Tip Hovering the cursor over the DeviceIP Ping Rate (ms), and the device's Description information. NOTE: The default filter for this portlet displays only recent events - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 111
the filtering capabilities at the top of the screen to further limit the default view of all events. This screen has columns described in Alarms on The protocol that delivered the event. Frequently: System, indicating Dell OpenManage Network Manager itself delivered it. Notification OID-The object - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 112
Text. You can right-click the listed events and Share with User (see Sharing on page 91), or (How to:) Show / Hide / Reorder Columns. Event Processing Rules This portlet manages Dell OpenManage Network Manager's response to events. By default it appears with seeded rules, but you can create your own - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 113
Expanded Event Processing Rules Portlet The expanded portlet displays additional columns. Details about selected rules appear in the snapin panels at the bottom of this screen. The Reference Tree panel displays the selected rule's connection to events. The Rule Actions list any configured actions - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 114
Editor screen appears. Enter a Name to identify the rule, an optional Description, and check Enabled if you want this rule to begin working immediately. when you clicked New. When you are editing an existing rule, it defaults to that rule's screen. For more about the available alternatives, see - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 115
creates a specific device access event for user login, logout, login failure or configuration change. Select the Access Type (Config Change, Login Failure, User Login, User Logout) from the pick list for that field. 5 Enter the User Name Variable and/or User Name RegEx match string in those fields - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 116
filter from the event rule. Tip Dell OpenManage Network Manager supports multiple IP addresses per resource. During event Dell OpenManage Network Manager evaluates the filter. Best practice is using resource name(s) instead of IP addresses. The following are processing rule types, and a description - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 117
the descriptions below user login, logout, login failure or configuration change. Select the Access Type (Config Change, Login Failure, User Login, User Logout) from the pick list for that field. Enter the User Name Variable and/or User to register for Dell OpenManage Network Manager. If you Reject - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 118
Set Severity-This rule overrides the default alarm severity of an event selected and filtered Action (Reject or Suppress the event) and check Publish Event if you want it to register for Dell OpenManage Network Manager. If you Reject an event, it does not appear in Event history; if you Publish it, - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 119
Syslog Escalation Criteria This tab of Syslog Event Rules lets you manage events based on matching text, and configure messages in response to such matches. Criteria: Syslog Match Text In this tab, enter the Syslog Match Text. - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 120
Message Template-The configuration of the message when sent. For example: the template %1 occurred on %3 for %2 creates a message with the first message pattern retrieved, followed by the third, then the second within the specified text. Message Test This screen lets you test your message against - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 121
Click Apply to accept configured actions, or Cancel to abandon their editor and return to this screen. Tip Actions available here are like those for Discovery Profiles on page 157. Forward Northbound When you want to forward an SNMP v2 event (trap) to another host, then configure automation in this - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 122
role into responses sent to a SNMPv2 entity acting in a manager role: (1)... (2) If a Trap-PDU is received, then this description, many vendors defined a trap for SNMPv2 and then had to support sending common and desired behavior. Some operating systems prevent packet spoofing as a security measure - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 123
TYPE SYNTAX OCTET STRING MAX-ACCESS accessible-for-notify STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The value of the community string field of an SNMPv1 ." -- 1.3.6.1.6.3.18.1.4 -- ::= { snmpCommunityMIBObjects 4 } Dell OpenManage Network Manager always adds snmpTrapAddress to every trap forwarded as proxy, - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 124
variables described in Email Action Variables on page 126. Notice that below the Description of the e-mail action, you can check to send this mail (and/ enabled, notification emails go to the Contact associated with the Managed Equipment for the notification event. For the contact's email address - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 125
Contact was not found or the required addresses are not specified for the Contact, then Dell OpenManage Network Manager uses the Recipent addresses configured in of characters to send in the SMS. Typically this is 140, but the default is 0, so be sure to set to your carrier's maximum before saving. - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 126
you configure Action based on Adaptive CLI actions available in the system. Notice that you can select by most common or by the Target pick list. If you do not specify an explicit target, Dell OpenManage Network Manager uses the default entity for the event as the target. If you select an action - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 127
Attribute Name Message Entity Name Equipment Manager Name Device IP address Entity Type Instance ID Protocol Type Protocol Sub Type Receive Time Region Severity Source IP address Description Email Action Variable The event / alarm name {Name} Description from the event {Message} The entity - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 128
variables whose use may have a performance impact. Managed Equipment Variables Attribute Custom 1 Custom 2 Custom 3 Custom 4 Custom 5 Custom 6 Custom 7 Custom 8 Custom 9 Custom 10 Custom 11 Custom 12 Custom 13 Description DNS Hostname Description Email Action Variable Note that although you - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 129
Version Hardware Version Last Backup Last Configuration Change Last Modified Model Name Network Status Notes OSVersion Serial Number Software Version System Object Id Entity Type: Port Attribute Custom 1 Custom 2 Custom 3 Description Equipment Type Version of the equipment's firmware Version of the - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 130
} Maximum Transmission Unit {RedCell.Config.Port_Mtu} Port name {RedCell.Config.Port_Name} Port Notes {RedCell.Config.Port_Notes} Description of the port {RedCell.Config.Port_DeviceDescriptio n} Port Number {RedCell.Config.Port_PortNumber} Slot Number {RedCell.Config.Port_SlotNumber - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 131
} {RedCell.Config.Interface_Custom4} Encapsulation {RedCell.Config.Interface_Encapsulation} SNMP Interface Index {RedCell.Config.Interface_IfIndex} Description of the Interface {RedCell.Config.Interface_DeviceDescripti on} Interface Number {RedCell.Config.Interface_InterfaceNumbe r} Common - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 132
Event Definitions You can define how the system treats messages (events) coming into the system. Administrators can define event behavior deciding whether it is suppressed, rejected or generates an Alarm. Manage the definitions of events in this portlet. In this screen, you can configure events that - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 133
General This tab manages basics for Event Definitions. It has the following fields: Event Name- A for the event (Default, Impacts subcomponents, Impacts top level, Not service effecting). Only service effecting alarms are propagated. By default, events are service-effecting, provided their - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 134
link. If you upgrade Dell OpenManage Network Manager, all alarms migrated to from previous versions appear as service-effecting, regardless of severity. the numbers within them as follows: Default - 0 Impacts Top Level-1 Impacts Subcomponents-2 Not service effecting-4 Re-import the altered event - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 135
Message Template This panel lets you view or alter MIB Text, Bindings and the Message Template for the event selected. This contains three sections: MIB Text-A read-only reminder of the MIB contents for this OID. Bindings in Event- A read-only reminder of the MIB bindings for this event. This - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 136
If a message template exists for an existing, correlated alarm and the generated text does not match the original alarm, then Dell OpenManage Network Manager closes the existing alarm, and generates a new one. Leaving this blank transmits the original message. Tip Putting an OID in curly brackets - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 137
mapping of the selected contact's association to devices. Dell OpenManage Network Manager only retrieves Contact and Location information on initial discovery. You can modify these once the resource is under management. However doing will not modify the any system info on the device. Contacts | Key - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 138
). Click the tabs at the top of this screen to move between the panels. The Contact ID, a unique identifier for the contact in your system, is a required field at the top of the first page. Click Save to preserve your new or modified contact information. Click Cancel to leave the contact unmodified - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 139
Locations In its summary form, the locations portlet displays configured locations in your system. You can right-click to create, modify or remove (New, Open, Delete) the selected location. See Location Editor description below for more about editing or creating locations. If you select Visualize, a - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 140
location (the location to which this location is subordinate). Select a Parent Location from the pick list. The maximum number of levels supported is 15. Details- A text description of the location. Type- Type of location, as selected from the drop-down menu. Available types are: Area Hub, Customer - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 141
Expanded Location Portlet The location portlet displays a list of all locations, with Snap Panels to display a selected location's connection to the network, and details. The New menu option appears in the expanded location portlet. Click Settings to change the column appearance (see Show / Hide / - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 142
creating a location, Dell OpenManage Network Manager automatically selects the latitude and longitude of the address entered for a location. To update or make these more accurate, select Update Location by right-clicking a location in the Locations portlet. The location created by default is the - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 143
a vendor. Details-Displays a panel showing the alarms, registered models, and identifiers for the selected vendor. Visualize-See a topology of the network filtered to display only the selected vendor, see Chapter 5, Visualize Import / Export-Common menu capabilities described in Import / Export on - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 144
an icon from the pick list. Contact Click the Add button to select from contacts in Dell OpenManage Network Manager to associate with this vendor. See Contacts on page 137 for instructions about configuring contacts. Expanded Vendor Portlet When you expand the Vendor portlet, besides sharing you can - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 145
Vendors Snap Panel The snap panel displays the icon for the selected vendor. Vendors | Key Portlets 145 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 146
146 Vendors | Key Portlets - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 147
you have discovered or created on your network. Resource Management portlets let you view device-specific information, both general (name, type, location, contact) and technical (vendor, subcomponents, and so on). This chapter contains information about - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 148
/ Export-Imports or exports authentications to your Dell OpenManage Network Manager system. Authentication Editor You can right-click and select New or Open to create or modify credentials for your system. You can also Delete and Share with User from that right-click menu. 148 Authentication - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 149
authentication, for example to Discovery Profiles, you can also configure the Management Interface Parameters like Timeout, Retries, and Port used. If you the Equipment and User Groups tabs to associate the authentication you configure here to devices or groups of users. Expanded Authentication - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 150
lets you create, edit and delete Container tree models displayed in Container Views (described in the next section). The relationship to users and devices appears in Container Manager Expanded. Right-click to select from a menu with New, Edit and Delete, and Refresh Members. Selecting New, or Edit - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 151
The container selected acts as a filter for a screen's other Dell OpenManage Network Manager portlets. If you select "Folsom" as a location in the container , Locations, Vendors, Contacts, Managed Resources, Ports, Authentications, Discovery Profiles, Monitors, Services. Tip If a container displays - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 152
Container Editor This editor lets you create and manage containers. You can also associate user authorizations with container models to specify which groups or users have access to contained items. In this editor, a tree panel on the left lets you build and navigate the container tree. Click Add - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 153
Description- A text description of the container. Parent- A read-only reminder of the container's parent, if one exists. Access- Select Private (creator only), or Shared. A private container is accessible to the container owner alone. Shared indicates other users When Dell OpenManage Network Manager - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 154
accessible to everyone. Each entry in the Container Authorizations list specifies the name of the user or group, and whether the entry is inherited or not. A child container by default inherits the authorizations from parent hierarchy, no explicit authorizations for child containers are necessary - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 155
labels, terrain and so on. You can configure locations with the Tag menu item. See Tag on page 94 for an explanation. Map Context | Resource Management 155 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 156
within the system (see license) included in the web portal. How To: Discover Resources Here are the steps: 1 Set up Discovery Profiles for the resources you want to discover. 2 Execute the profile 3 View the results in the Managed Resources portlet. Tip Quick Discovery executes the selected Default - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 157
Dell OpenManage Network Manager. The summary view displays the Name, Description, Default (the green check indicates the default profile), whether the profile is Scheduled and Next Execution Date for scheduled discovery. NOTE: When Dell OpenManage Network Manager Audit Trail / Jobs Screen on page - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 158
licensed for discovery. Described in Inspection on page 163. Quick Discovery-Opens discovery wizard displaying network users exist in the system) Share with User. NOTE: Dell OpenManage Network Manager collects all required data for a discovery profile. Dell OpenManage Network Manager validates each - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 159
Unclassified Device(s). This last checkbox determines whether OpenManage Network Manager attempts to manage devices that have no OpenManage Network Manager device driver installed. If your system's license permits it, such management may be possible, but more limited than for devices with drivers - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 160
to the Inspection screen (described below), and Execute triggers the discovery profile and opens the Results panel, displaying message traffic between Dell OpenManage Network Manager and the device(s). Click the "X" in the top right corner of these screens to close them without saving. Tip If you - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 161
in the data entry field tell what valid entries look like. NOTE: When specifying network addresses using the Subnet type, you must specify the Network address at the beginning of the subnet since Dell OpenManage Network Manager assumes it is the starting IP address for the range. If you specify an - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 162
you click Next, the Actions panel appears. You can simply accept the default actions that appear here (like Resync, and Learned MAC discovery) by select an action to add to the list for this profile. Notice the default for this screen displays the most common actions, but you can also click - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 163
Panel is an optional step. If you want to execute the profile after entering the required information on the General and Network panels, you can skip this step, and just click Execute at the bottom of the process that validates the device's credentials. Discovery Profiles | Resource Management 163 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 164
" button. 7 Save-Click Save to preserve the profile. You can then right-click it to select Execute. If you select Execute from the profile editor, Dell OpenManage Network Manager does not save the profile to execute later. 164 Discovery Profiles | Resource - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 165
Execute begins discovery, and the message traffic between Dell OpenManage Network Manager and the device appears on the Results screen. This produces a standard Audit Trail / Jobs Screen screen displaying the message traffic. See also Audit Trail / Jobs Screen on page 95 for more about retrieving - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 166
associated with the selected group like its location, contact, or whether to manage it by hostname. Visualize-Displays a topology map of the selected group. or any Proscan policies associated with the group. See Chapter 9, Change Management / ProScan for an explanation of these. If you want to - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 167
Link on page 179 and Link Discovery on page 180 for details. Resync Resources- Queries the devices in the group to update Dell OpenManage Network Manager's database. Delete- Remove the selected group from inventory. The devices remain in inventory, but this removes the grouping. Import / Export-Lets - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 168
Dell OpenManage Network Manager does not supports static groups that include members retrieved by (dynamic) filter for members of ResourceGroupABC or members of ResourceGroupXYZ. Expanded Managed Resource Groups The expanded Managed Resource Groups screen lets you see the summary screen's groups - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 169
Dynamic Group In contrast to Static Groups, Dynamic Groups do not let you select individual equipment. You simply configure a filter, and OpenManage Network Manager creates the group on the fly. After you enter the Name and Category for the group, create the filter. To see what the group would - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 170
Resources The Managed Resources summary portlet displays the discovered devices on your network, their Network Status, Severity (of their the % CPU, % Memory, and Ping. See the Managed Resources Expanded section for a description of columns and additional capabilities in that version of the portlet - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 171
Hostname, , Network Status, Model and Equipment Type, Serial Number, Software Version Firmware and Hardware versions. The Settings tab lists the System Object ID, Date created (the date this managed device entered the database), Creator (the user who discovered or created the device), Install Date - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 172
Interface This lists the management interfaces for the selected device, including the IP Address, Port, Retries, and Timeout. Notice you can Add upper right corner too. These authentications originate in the portlet described in Authentication on page 147. 172 Managed Resources | Resource - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 173
, Associated Link(s), Latest Configurations. and a Details panel with model and other information. A Network Details panel displays VLAN(s) by ID, VLAN(s) by Port, or STP Data. Click the resources. See Chapter 5, Visualize for more about such maps. Managed Resources | Resource Management 173 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 174
and click Load Selected to run it manually. NOTE: Since menu items appear in description, and Chapter 10, Actions and Adaptive CLI for more about these. Change Management installed (and updated) on the client for direct access to function correctly. Event Management Dell OpenManage Network Manager's - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 175
alarm portlet. Dell OpenManage Network Manager issues no alerts when resync occurs. When you Start alarm suppression, first enter a description in a Event Management > View Active Suppression(s). The viewer lists devices for which alarm suppression is active, their description and configuring user. - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 176
. See Dashboard Views on page 281 for more about re-using and managing these capabilities. Show Top Talkers-This displays a Top Talkers Dashboard of performance . Use the icon in the top right corner to re-configure the default display. See Dashboard Views on page 281 and Top [Asset] Monitors on page - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 177
on more than one device. You can also perform such tasks on multiple devices with managed resource groups. See Managed Resource Groups on page 166. The following are available columns: Network Status- The network status of the device. Alarm Severity- The highest open alarm for the device. Equipment - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 178
unavailable] Enabled [Operable and available for use] Active [Device is operable and currently in use with operating capacity available to support further services] Busy [Operable and currently in use with no operating capacity to spare])OpenManage Network Manager. 178 Managed Resources | Resource - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 179
Details This displays network information like VLAN(s) by ID, VLAN(s) by Port and STP Data. Use the pick list in the upper right automatically appear as A and Z endpoints. Tip Remember, you can only multi-select in the expanded version of the portlet. Managed Resources | Resource Management 179 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 180
This is an automated network link discovery feature that you can initiate from individual devices in the Managed Resources portlet, or with 224. When you elect to discover links from a right-click menu, the Network Link Discovery screen appears. Check the type of links you want to discover or - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 181
Although Dell OpenManage Network Manager automates link discovery, you must enable the sources for link discovery information on the devices where you do such discovery. Data sources used to derive links appear listed below. These sources are typically required for the network operations - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 182
"drill down" to display equipment details for resources. You can see it by selecting Details in the right-click menu for the Managed Resources portlet. You can also install an Equipment Details portlet on a page and use the Container View portlet to select individual devices that appear in it. In - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 183
see the detail. Performance Indicators These gauges display CPU and Memory Utilization. The numbers indicate percentage of capacity. These rely on Flash. Equipment Details | Resource Management 183 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 184
details, or to share this list with another user. You can right-click to Share an interface's appears with the following fields: Creator- The user that created this interface. Slot Number- This identifier for the interface. Interface Description-A text description for the interface. Interface Icon - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 185
, Clear, or Email the selected alarm. You can also Assign User and Share with User. Hover the cursor over an alarm and a popup appears with that Description, 8 Date Created. Tip If the Ports portlet is on the same page as the Managed Resources Proscan portlet, selecting a device in Managed - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 186
A / Z Endpoint Address-The IP address, if available, for the endpoint. Click Save to preserve your edits, or Close to abandon them. 186 Equipment Details | Resource Management - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 187
description of the port. Model-A model number. Date created-When the port was discovered. Creator-The logged-in user who discovered it. Port Type-The port's type (T1, Fast Ethernet, and so on). Encapsulation-The port's encapsulation. Subnet Mask-The port's subnet mask. Install Management 187 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 188
is operable and currently in use with operating capacity available to support further services. Busy-Operable and currently in use with no operating capacity Locked-Device use is prohibited. Shutting Down-Only existing users can use the device. Unlocked-Normal use of device is permitted. - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 189
capacity available to support further services. Busy-Operable and currently in use with no operating capacity to spare. Install Date- The date this equipment was installed. Notes-Any notes recorded about the device. RTM Category-The "Right to Manage" category for licensing. DNS Hostname- The - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 190
in user that created this record in the database. Firmware Version-This resource's firmware version. Backup Result-The result of any attempted configuration file backup for this resource. Managed By Hostname-True/false. True means DNS rather IP address is how OpenManage Network Manager manages this - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 191
click Execute in that previous screen, the action begins, and audit trail panel appears, displaying the running job for the activity. If you have attached a Schedule, Dell OpenManage Network Manager also saves the activity as a scheduled item in the Schedules Portlet. Equipment Details | Resource - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 192
menu, the MIB Browser lets you examine SNMP data available about devices. The screen that opens when you select this option displays MIBs available in Dell OpenManage Network Manager in a tree on the left. Notice that a pick list at the top of the left column narrows what appears in the tree. NOTE - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 193
displays what the currently selected device uses from the MIB, the MIB Information tab displays the parameters available for the selected node. Notice that the Description, Comments, Notification Variables, and Valid Values tabs appear at the bottom of this screen. Direct Access | Resource - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 194
the device is online, while the IP address of the device appears in title bar. The IP address of Dell OpenManage Network Manager's server also . Reset Terminal restores the defaults. NOTE: Terminal is now an applet that requires a Java Runtime Environment be installed and associated to the browser - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 195
the default browser, connected to the selected device. An intervening dialog appears advising you about the required network conditions Operational State information. Right-clicking offers a subset of the actions listed in Managed Resources on page 170. You can also create links. See Ports > Links - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 196
Version, Port Description, Model, Date Created (typically, this is the date discovered), Creator, Port Type, Encapsulation, Subnet Mask, Install Date, In Use Administrative State. See Port Details on page 196 and Managed Resources Expanded on page 177 for an explanation of some of these fields. - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 197
Details on page 196, above. This screen also includes a Reference Tree displaying a tree of the selected port's relationship to logical interfaces and monitors. Ports | Resource Management 197 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 198
identifier for the port. Port Description- A text description for the port. Install Date- The date this port was installed. Model- The port's State-One of three descriptive values. The options are: Locked-Device use is prohibited. Shutting Down-Only existing users can use the device Management - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 199
Report Templates Report Templates are the basis of reports. This portlet displays the Template Name, Description, and Type in columns. Right-clicking in this portlet lets you create a New source (for example: Inventory resources [A - DD] Amigopod). Report Templates | Resource Management 199 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 200
You have successfully created a template. Report Template Editors Dell OpenManage Network Manager has several report template editors. Creating a New against the revised Template T', the report now shows columns A, B and D. User saves the report as historical report H2. Here, H1 only has data for - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 201
all screens have all fields. General Settings Name-An identifier for the template. Description- An optional description of the template. Chart Type-Select from the available alternatives (column, line /0/1/1 Up M18 ge/0/1/2 Starting M18 ge/0/1/3 Up Report Templates | Resource Management 201 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 202
tabs are common to all editors. Inventory Select the type of inventory for a report, and its data types in this screen. 202 Report Templates | Resource Management - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 203
the following fields: Column Text-The column label. Horizontal Alignment-Right, Left, Center (the default). Column Width-The column width in characters. Sort Priority- Configures report sorting. Define the Click the field to open a color chooser. Report Templates | Resource Management 203 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 204
to close the editor screens without saving. Reports This portlet's summary screen lists the available reports that you can run with Dell OpenManage Network Manager. The report Icon, Name, Template, and Subtitle appear in the columns in this summary screen. Generally speaking, the report selects the - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 205
artifact of the Acrobat plug-in, and outside the scope of Dell OpenManage Network Manager to influence. Acrobat also produces an error if a report has Templates. Also, see Branding Reports on page 210 for instructions about changing the default report logo. When you View or Execute Report (Advanced - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 206
Add Schedule to schedule the report for future or repeated execution, Execute to run the report immediately, or Save to preserve this report's configuration. The Job Viewer tab displays the report's progress if you click Execute. 206 Reports | Resource - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 207
any Report Template. The Report History Snap Panel displays the selected report's Run Date, Row Count and the User who ran the report. Right-click a row in this panel, and you can Delete, Print (the report to the report appears in the bottom left of the screen. Reports | Resource Management 207 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 208
Test Powerconnect Router Report) 3 Enter a title / subtitle for the report ("Powerconnect Routers") on. (Here, select the existing All Powerconnect Routers filter) 6 Click Save. 7 Locate that are not supported by your package. For example, or Route Targets not supported. Report Editor This - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 209
filter, you must enter a Name and optionally a Description for it, select an Entity Type with the green plus (+), and elect whether this filter is available to other users (Shared). See How to: Filter Expanded Portlet Displays on page 89 for instructions about configuring the filter itself in the - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 210
the entity type of your Report template. Branding Reports Reports come with a default logo, but you can change that, as is illustrated in the above screen images on the application server. In the owareapps\installprops\lib\installed.properties file, alter this property: redcell.report.branding.image - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 211
lets you store and retrieve views you have arranged, as well as configure the default view (see VIEW DETAILS on page 217 for more about these capabilities). How To: Create a Visualization Creating a topology map of devices or services is as simple as right-clicking the item(s) you want to map, and - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 212
name in the GRAPH INVENTORY tab list) and its connections to the network. See Alarms in Visualizations / Topologies on page 223 for more about the alarm states indicated by icons in topology. CAUTION: If you have installed a firewall on the application server, ports 80 and 8080 must both be - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 213
an image or GML (graphic markup language), or print the displayed topology. NOTE: Because Topology uses Adobe Flash, menu items appear for that software when you right-click nodes. This includes Settings, Global Settings and About Flash menu items. The text below does not discuss these. Actions - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 214
DETAILS ZOOM Click the + or - icons to zoom in or out. The 1 icon returns to the original default magnification (100%). The Autofit icon zooms to fit all devices in the topology. DISPLAYED LEVELS Clicking 1 displays links that do not match the severity filters. 214 Visualize My Network | Visualize - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 215
. You can also elect to Show Labels for Problem Nodes Only, and Truncate Node Label Characters (and from Attributes to Display (all appear by default) to Available Attributes to conceal attributes you These include two icon styles (Style 1, the default, and Style 2), colored Circles (the color is - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 216
1024 pixel resolution, with a onecolumn layout for the page where topology appears, a background graphic can be as large as 800 x 650 pixels. 216 Visualize My Network | Visualize - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 217
. Clicking Save displays a screen where you can Name and enter a Description for the view you are saving. You can also configure a saved view for Dell OpenManage Network Manager to Use as Default, so it appears by default whenever you see a topology view. Saving preserves Views and current Layout - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 218
in that category in the topology. Click on a list item to highlight that device and its network connection in the topology view. A circle highlights the device and a colored glow highlights its network connection(s). Notice that the listed inventory changes if you drill in. Tip To make sure the - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 219
Indeterminate No alarm information is available for this device. Status Green means the device is Online, red means Offline, and yellow means indeterminate. Topology Alarm Triangle These appear next to the highest alarm severity for that type of device. Visualize My Network | Visualize 219 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 220
the available layouts, and the fields that go with them: Balloon Balloon layouts display links between managed objects in a balloon tree structure. The root is typically whatever device you have expanded or avoidance method-Select Approximate or Deterministic. 220 Visualize My Network | Visualize - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 221
Select Approximate or Deterministic. Root node selection policy-Select Most weighted (for general graphs), Manual (for general graphs) or Directed (only for tree graphs). Link drawing type- Select the spacing between icons not in child / parent hierarchy. Visualize My Network | Visualize 221 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 222
-Select Approximate or Deterministic. Root node selection policy-Select Most weighted (for general graphs), Manual (for general graphs) or Directed (only for tree graphs). Link drawing type- Select from the spacing between icons not in child / parent hierarchy. 222 Visualize My Network | Visualize - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 223
move the larger view to center on it. Alarms in Visualizations / Topologies Colored circles and triangles appear next to topology nodes to indicate its network status (circles) or the alarm state of the device (triangles, apex points up) or the alarm state of its child entities (off-center triangles - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 224
in the visualization. Hover the cursor over a link, and a panel appears with the link information (Name, Type (for example: Ethernet), A / Z Names for the endpoints). NOTE: Dell OpenManage Network Manager currently does not support displaying one-ended links. 224 Links in Visualization | Visualize - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 225
a file. Delete- Removes the selected file server from the list. This appears for External File Servers only. NOTE: You can select whether Dell OpenManage Network Manager is in Internal or External File Server Mode with the radio buttons at the top of this portlet. Checking Show All Servers displays - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 226
FTP/SCP Server), supports TFTP, internal and external (optional) IP addresses, and Net Masks, and the login and password for the file server Dell OpenManage Network Manager, and another External IP Address used by the devices. If you configure multiple file servers, Dell OpenManage Network Manager - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 227
does not have a prior version. • If you select a single config file of version two or higher, comparison is an option. When selected, OpenManage Network Manager automatically compares against the prior version for that device and file name. • If you select two config files of any version, compares - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 228
screen. Assign Labels- Use this option to select an existing label or create a new one. You cannot assign System labels (Current, Compliant, and so on). Compare Current v. Previous / to Label / Selected- You can more than two such files, a panel appears at 228 File Management | File Server / File - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 229
on page 229 or Restore Configurations on page 231 for step-by-step instructions. Deploy-Select this option to deploy an OS Image (firmware). SeeDeploy Firmware and cannot be overwritten. Dell OpenManage Network Manager ignores such errors and reports success by default since the errors indicate a - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 230
Managed Resources portlet. 3 Select File Management > Backup. 4 Configure the subsequent Backup Device screen. This screen lets you configure the following: File Name-A text identifier for the file Description-A text identifier for the file Update User defaults to the device you selected in Managed - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 231
on page 365. Execute performs the backup immediately. The Results tab in this screen opens, displaying the message traffic between Dell OpenManage Network Manager and the device(s). See Audit Trail Portlet on page 97. Save preserves this configuration without scheduling or executing it. Close - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 232
on page 365. Execute performs the restoration immediately. The Results tab in this screen opens, displaying the message traffic between Dell OpenManage Network Manager and the device(s). See Audit Trail Portlet on page 97. Save preserves this configuration without scheduling or executing it. Close - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 233
Management on page 227 for a description of this capability. You can create labels when you back up a config file, or you can compare to the default or import it from disk. Delete- Removes the file from the Dell OpenManage Network Manager database without exporting it. Tip You can use the browser's " - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 234
filter the list of displayed configuration files, and displays the File Type, Description, File Size and whether the configuration file is Labeled in columns. The -click it to access the available operations it supports. To see the most recent configuration files, see Top Configuration Backups on page 281 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 235
Configuration File Editor This editor lets you manually edit configuration files, and save them to the Dell OpenManage Network Manager database. When you select a file in the Configuration Files portlet, and right-click to select Edit, this screen appears with the following features. Find / Replace - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 236
236 File Management | File Server / File Management - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 237
to several devices. You must add such files to your Dell OpenManage Network Manager system before you can deploy them. The summary screen listing these images displays their Name, Description, File Name, Image Type and Installed Date. Right-clicking this screen displays the following menu items - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 238
Expanded Image Repository portlet. When you click the plus, this portlet expands to display the OS images list, a snap panel Reference tree of the connections to devices, and another panel listing the files within the selected image. 238 Image Repository | - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 239
this editor. The General Parameters tab contains its OS Image Name, Description, Version, and the Device Class and Device Family. The Image that lets you create new OS Images, retrieving files from the local file system (Import from Disk) or a URL (Import from URL). Because such Management 239 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 240
Configuration Image Editor This editor appears for new configuration images, or for configurations you Promote in the Configuration Files portlet for mass restoration. This screen has the following tabs: • General Parameters • Configuration General Parameters In this screen you can name and describe - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 241
file. Target Param The panel of parameters that appears to the right of this screen lets you insert a value retrieved from Dell OpenManage Network Manager's database into the restored configuration file. For example, if a Contact appears in the file, delete the specifics retrieved from a particular - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 242
Now, when you deploy this config file to the devices that pass the filter in the General Parameters editor screen, Dell OpenManage Network Manager first updates this parameter with discovered data retrieved from the device before restoring the configuration. This facilitates deploying the same - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 243
Description-A text description of the image. Version-The image version. Device Driver-The device driver associated with this image. Image Type-A read-only reminder of the type of image. Select Targets for Deployment-Select targets for deploying the image. This defaults Dell OpenManage Network Manager - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 244
a screen appears to configure how that occurs. It has the following fields: Select Firmware Image Firmware Image-The identifier for the image Description- The description for the image Version-The version for the image Generate and Save Configuration Only-Check this if you simply want to configure - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 245
, Execute or Add Schedule depending on your desired outcome. 11 If you click Execute, you will have to confirm this action. When Dell OpenManage Network Manager performs the restoration (deploy), it reads the Target Params from those discovered for each device, inserts those in the config file, then - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 246
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as they appears in Dell OpenManage Network Manager's web portal. The following describes these monitors: • OpenManage Network Manager Server Statistics • Resource Monitors • Top [Asset] Monitors (pre-configured monitors that come with your installation by default. Finally, this chapter contains - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 248
Options. • All Top [Asset] Monitors right click to offer Performance options. OpenManage Network Manager Server Statistics This summary screen has no expanded view. It displays the statistics for the OpenManage Network Manager application server. The bar graph displays Total, Used, and Free memory - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 249
monitor's properties. The popup that appears after this query displays the relevant information for the monitor, including whether it is Enabled, Name, Description, Target Count, Retention Policy, and Polling Interval Value. The graph that appears to the right of the monitors displays the aggregate - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 250
to update any targets for the current monitor. See Scheduling Refresh Monitor Targets on page 280 for instructions about automating this. Manage Retention Policies- Select this to manage the data retention policies for the selected monitor. See Retention Policies on page 252 for details. Delete - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 251
. Click Settings to configure the column display. Available columns include those on the summary screen (Name, Enabled, Monitor Type) as well as Description, Poling Interval, Target Count and Retention Policy. Resource Monitor Snap Panels When you select a monitor, the Snap Panels at the bottom of - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 252
You can create and display dashboards by right-clicking items in Managed Resources, selecting Show Performance. Excluding Attributes from Display The creates charts for the listed attributes. This has no impact on manually created dashboards. NOTE: You must restart tomcat after changing the - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 253
summary data. The retention policy controls how long data is held per roll-up period. When you manage these policies, you configure how monitored data is retained. When you select Manage Retention Policies in the Monitors portlet, first a list of available policies appears. Clicking the Add button - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 254
Policy Options Policy Name-A text identifier for the policy. Description- An optional description for the policy. Detail / Hourly / Daily Data (Days retrieved on one minute intervals can consume 0.7 G of database, and require 21 inserts per second. Traffic flow analysis can process and retain - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 255
Metrics • Thresholds • Inventory Mappings • Conditions General The General panel is common to all different monitor types. General Monitor Options Name-The identifier for this monitor. Description- A text description for this monitor. Resource Monitors | Monitoring 255 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 256
, port, and so on. For example, by default ICMP monitor updates the network status after a selected number of consecutive failures. You can configure the monitor to generate an event in addition to updating network status, but Dell OpenManage Network Manager does not like the polling interval to be - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 257
your previous system had HTTP or SNMP heartbeats, you must manually configure monitors to provide equivalent monitoring in this version. # of Unreachable Attempts before update-The number of attempts to reach the device before Dell OpenManage Network Manager updates the displayed network status of - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 258
Monitor Options Monitor options contains two panels. The entity panel lets you select the monitor targets. The types of monitor entities allowed varies depending on the type of monitor. The second panel contains options specific to the monitor type being edited. The entity and options panels for - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 259
The Configured Metrics table lists the calculated metrics. An edit and delete action appears to the right of each row. The Add button creates a new calculated metric and the Remove All button deletes all the calculated metrics. Clicking on the Add button or edit button displays the calculation - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 260
max) Formula- The formula for the calculation using the assigned formula codes from the metric attribute legend. Thresholds The thresholds panel allows the user to set threshold intervals on attributes in the monitor. The table lists the attributes for which attributes have been configured. Each row - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 261
can make a set of thresholds for each monitored attribute, so a single monitor can throw different alarms for different attributes. To see available events and their descriptions, view the contents of the RedcellMonitor-MIB in \owareapps\performance\mibs. Resource Monitors | Monitoring 261 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 262
Apply to Series - Check to enable on composite attributes only. Checking this applies the threshold to individual elements within the series. When it is unchecked, the threshold applies only to aggregate measurements (the overall value of the series), not individual elements within the series. For - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 263
no upper or lower bound, then those background colors may appear as white. Inventory Mappings The inventory mappings panel allows the user to associate any of several predefined inventory metrics with a monitor attribute. The available metrics are CPU Utilization %, Memory Utilization %, ICMP Round - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 264
You can Add a new mapping with that button, or Remove All listed mappings with that button. You can also edit or delete listed mappings with the Action icons to the right of each row. Adding or editing opens the Inventory Mapping Editor. This lets you configure the following: Metric ID-Inventory - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 265
the conditions. Alert- Check this if you want Dell OpenManage Network Manager to emit an alert when the monitor satisfies the what is specified in the Condition Filter to satisfy the Conditions. Description- A text description for the conditions. Condition Filter Minimally, use this panel to select - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 266
polling interval (5 minutes is the default). For this example, check Retain polled data and accept the remaining defaults for checkboxes and the retention your cursor over a line describing an interface to have a more complete description appear as a popup. 6 Click Browse to display the MIB Browser. - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 267
in a relatively short period of time. The defaults configured in this monitor account for this, but look at Thresholds no more configuration is required. Notice, however, that you can also to manually initiate polling. Values displayed in the Overall Availability column of the Monitor Manager do - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 268
Done to confirm your entity. 6 Define packets in the ICMP Monitor Options panel, including Packet Size, Packet Count and timeout. You can accept the defaults here, too. 7 In the Thresholds tab, select an attribute (MaxRTT, or maximum round trip time) and add the following thresholds by clicking Add - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 269
8 Test Key Metrics Monitor appears in the Resource Monitors portlet. How To: Create a Monitor Report You can create reports based on your monitors. The following example creates a report based on How to: Create an SNMP Interface Monitor above. 1 Create a new Report Template by right-clicking the - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 270
14 Click the magnifying glass to the right of the Report Completed message in My Alerts to see the report. 15 Hover your cursor over the lower right corner of the report to see a set of icons that let you expand, zoom out and in, save, or print the report. Monitor Options Type-Specific Panels The - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 271
of packets to send. Timeout-Number of seconds without a response before a timeout is issued The ICMP Entity Panel lets you select resource groups and Resource manager objects. Clicking Add button displays a selector panel for these. Resource Monitors | Monitoring 271 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 272
NOTE: Migrating from previous versions updates the Network Status check box to true and redeploys Entities Panel lets you select equipment group and equipment manager objects (as described in ICMP on page 271 supported by the devices and groups selected in the monitor. 272 Resource Monitors - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 273
Proscan In this screen, you simply select the Proscan policy to monitor. In the Thresholds tab, you can set thresholds for both in and out of compliance numbers. The Proscan policy contains the target network assets. Resource Monitors | Monitoring 273 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 274
SNMP The SNMP attributes panel lets you specify which SNMP attributes are to be monitored. Specify SNMP attributes as follows: • With the SNMP browser, or • Entering SNMP attribute properties explicitly. 274 Resource Monitors | Monitoring - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 275
The Browse button launches the SNMP browser. Click on the desired SNMP nodes and then click on the Add Selection button to add an SNMP attribute. When done selecting, click the Done button to add selected attributes to the monitor or Cancel to abandon the operation and close the browser. Resource - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 276
The Add and Edit buttons in the SNMP attribute panel launch the SNMP Attribute editor. This panel contains the following properties: Oid-The object identifier for this attribute Name-This attribute's name Instance-SNMP instance. 0 for scalar or the ifIndex value for an SNMP column. View Type-Scalar - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 277
SNMP Interfaces The SNMP Interface Monitor Entity editor supports the following entity types: group, equipment manager, port and interface. It also supports port and interface filters on groups and equipment manager objects. The PF and IF table columns indicate if a port filter or interface filter - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 278
but only want to monitor active interfaces created by a particular user, then these filters do the job. The SNMP Attributes panel is the same as described in SNMP you check the Collect from ifXTable checkbox, then OpenManage Network Manager attempts to fetch attributes from the ifXTable. These - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 279
glass icon on the right to activate it. A successful search populates the rest of the fields for the object identifier. Row Identifier-This mandatory field defaults to @instance (The OID instance). Name-The text identifier for the OID Foreign Key-Enter the foreign key, if any. Series Name- This - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 280
. A seeded schedule refreshes these every six hours, by default. Tip You can also Refresh Monitor manually by right-clicking in the Resource Monitors table. Top [Asset] Monitors Dell OpenManage Network Manager uses seeded, default Active Performance Monitors (APM) to display performance data in - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 281
you can select from menu items like those that appear in the portlet described in Managed Resources on page 170. For some portlets (for example Top CPU Utilization, Top Interface View on page 286 section for a description of custom dashboard view creation. Dashboard Views | Monitoring 281 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 282
Performance. To select more than one device, use the expanded Managed Resources portlet. The first time you create a default dashboard for a single device, Dell OpenManage Network Manager saves it in the Dashboard Views manager. Invoking Show Performance for that device subsequently displays its - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 283
are charted at different times (Dell OpenManage Network Manager distributes polling to balance the load on its mediation service). Hover the cursor over the portlet lets you install and configure Dashboard Views as permanent displays rather than portlets. When you initially install this portlet, it - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 284
Selection This screen displays any existing dashboards so you can select one for the Performance Dashboard you want to appear on a page in Dell OpenManage Network Manager. Use the filter at the top of this selector to limit the listed dashboards from which you can select. See Dashboard Views on - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 285
When you Edit dashboard by right-clicking a resource in Managed Resources and selecting Show Performance, or create (select New none, a chart appears for each attribute that has data. This is the default. If the user moves some attributes to the Selected list then only charts for those attributes - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 286
the Dashboard Views portlet, select the New Custom Dashboard command. An empty default view with twelve components appears. The Properties panel contains the following controls: View Name-The name of the dashboard view (Required) Time Frame-The period over which to display the data. May be either - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 287
to keep the current layout. The components displayed to reflect the selected new layout. If no dashboard components have been configured yet a default configuration appears with three or four rows depending on the dashboard style. If the dashboard components have been configured it will create at - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 288
. The following properties appear in the General Properties section: Title-Title of this component (required) Show Title-Check to display this title above the chart for this component. This overrides the default title that is shown for some charts. Component Type-Combo Box which specifies what type - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 289
Other controls appear depending on the component type selected. These components also have a Monitor control, a pick list where you can select from which monitor the charted data originates. See Dial Chart Properties, Top Talkers Properties and Top Subcomponents Properties below for specifics about - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 290
You cannot convert custom dashboards to simple dashboards. Show Performance Templates By default, the Show Performance command displays data for the first twelve attributes it Performance Templates menu item. 2 The Performance Templates manager appears. 290 Show Performance Templates | Monitoring - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 291
3 To create a new performance template, click on the Add button. The Performance Template Editor appears. 4 Name your template. The Show Composites and Time Frame fields are the same as in the dashboard (see Dashboard Editor on page 285). Show Performance Templates | Monitoring 291 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 292
vendor and device type. Select the model you want and click on the select button. 7 To select the attributes that you want to appear by default in a performance dashboard for the selected device, click on a monitor to see the attributes available for that monitor. Click on the right arrow button to - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 293
performance, Dell OpenManage Network Manager checks whether a template for that device type exists. If one exists, then that template guides what display its attribute selection. The No Template selection displays the default dozen attributes that would appear if you selected Show Performance - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 294
Metrics This panel's display depends on the selected device. 294 Key Metric Editor | Monitoring - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 295
Chart Click Chart to first select up to three metrics you want to graph, and the polling interval for the graph. Key Metric Editor | Monitoring 295 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 296
Then click Save, and the graph appears. Click the screwdriver / wrench icon in the upper right corner to return to the chart configuration screen. 296 Key Metric Editor | Monitoring - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 297
OpenManage Network Manager's Traffic Flow Analyzer listens on UDP ports for NetFlow, or JFlow datagrams. A flow is a unidirectional stream of packets between two network Service) • Input logical interface Using that data, Traffic Flow Analyzer can help you visualize network traffic, troubleshoot and - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 298
sFlow-For Dell devices. Collector-Application listening on a UDP port for NetFlow datagram. Exporter-Network element that network nodes. Setup If they are not already set up to emit flow information, set up devices themselves to emit flow data. Consult the manuals for your devices for instructions - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 299
reports to the Dell OpenManage Network Manager server on port 9996 by default. Resolving Autonomous System (AS) Numbers-Dell OpenManage Network Manager provides local resolution of autonomous system numbers (ASN) based on static mapping of AS number registrations. It also supports user overrides to - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 300
) Traffic Flow Portlet with a pick list of available information types. This displays the Exporters Detail, Top 5 Applications, Top 5 Autonomous Systems, Top 5 Conversations, Top 5 Endpoints, Top 5 Protocols, Top 5 Receivers, and Top 5 Senders related to the device selected before rightclicking - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 301
When you add one of the traffic analyzer portlets to a page, its summary, or minimized form appears. This displays a simple view containing a pie chart and a table showing the summarized collected data over the configured time period. The only thing that can be changed in this view is the period. - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 302
Expanded Traffic Flow Portlet When you expand the portlet, a more complex interactive view appears. Initially, it displays a line graph for the selected period. NOTE: It may seem a device reporting the same value as others is not graphed properly, but mousing over the graph displays the value. The - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 303
Refresh-Refreshes the screen (runs the report) applying any new settings. Drill Down you can "drill down" into a report by clicking on one of the links in the table. This displays a detail view of the selected entity and the name of the entity appears in the navigation bar. When a detail view - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 304
To go back up through the drill-down path the user can click anywhere on the navigation bar. 304 Traffic Flow Portlet | Traffic Flow Analyzer - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 305
found matching the string appears below it. Entity found in the search support the following actions: View Top Conversations-Displays the top n conversations ports are over-utilized because of intermittent performance problems diagnosis of the problem sometimes difficult. Turn on flow traffic data - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 306
that support NetFlow the top conversation is video streaming software. 8 To answer "Where and in the conversation. This identifies the user running the streaming application. You could If the port has become a bottleneck in the overall network bandwidth, we want to identify what applications are at - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 307
/ ProScan Introducing ProScan and Change Management Dell OpenManage Network Manager's change management utility is ProScan, which lets you scan stored configurations to verify managed devices compliance with company, department or industry standards. This application automatically tracks all - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 308
action in 7. If you have multiple device types you do not need to assign actions for each device, or even each device type. OpenManage Network Manager supports the assigned policies, so it knows which actions to do to that device based on which device sent the trap. How To: Configure ProScan - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 309
5 Right-click this file and Restore to the device. Since the name is a comment or description, it should not interfere with the device's operations. 6 Right-click the device and select File Management > Backup. This makes the MyTestContact file label Current. Tip To confirm MyTestContact is labeled - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 310
could occur. ProScan Portlet This portlet lets you configure compliance requirements. You can use filtering in the Expanded ProScan Portlet . To execute a policy manually, go to the Managed Resources portlet, and right-click the targeted device to find the Change Management menu item. You can - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 311
up-to-date. Tip Best practice is to Refresh ProScan Targets before running a scan particularly if your network has changed since the last scan. You can also schedule this. See Schedules on page 99. import policies or export the selected policy. ProScan Portlet | Change Management / ProScan 311 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 312
its targets, and a Compliance Policy Chart snap panel. See Compliance Policy Summary on page 312 for a description of the snap panel that appears below the listed policies in this manager. Compliance Policy Summary This snap panel appears at the bottom of the expanded portlet described in ProScan - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 313
at the top of the detail panel screen appears as a row in this panel. Tip You can also see compliance failure messages in OpenManage Network Manager's audit trails. Compliance scans do not stop the first time they fail. They continue so all failures of compliance in the entire device configuration - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 314
ProScan policies. This screen has the following tabs: • General • Targets • Criteria The Compliance Policy Job Status screen displays progress of a ProScan policy as it executes. Tip If you have more than one click New, not on existing policies). 314 ProScan Portlet | Change Management / ProScan - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 315
enable this policy. Description- A text description of the policy. This also appears when the policy is listed in the manager. Input Source Use the Label-Select the configuration to run against based on a label. This software automatically updates the Current label so it points to the most recently - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 316
selector screen to make individual selection easier, but do not forget this is not dynamic selection. You must assign policies whenever your managed environment adds new equipment. To provide information for individual policies that are part of groups, this screen displays inherited group targets - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 317
occurrences • Input Source Grouping For additional criteria information consult these sections: • Create Source Group Criteria • Regular Expressions • Perl / Java (Groovy) Language Policies ProScan Portlet | Change Management / ProScan 317 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 318
without does not. Click the Apply green check button to accept your term, or the Cancel button to abandon your edits. 318 ProScan Portlet | Change Management / ProScan - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 319
. You can delete them by clicking the Delete button next to the criterion. Match Regex for each line In using this type of term, OpenManage Network Manager processes each line separately, comparing the input source to the match criteria. This returns a true value only if the criteria find a match in - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 320
defined a Start and Stop, OpenManage Network Manager finds the information between these. OpenManage Network Manager logically extracts the data from Also, see Regular Expressions below for more about what match criteria are supported. How To: Create Source Group Criteria Here is an example of how - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 321
network 175.92.0.0 no auto-summary ! address-family ipv4 vrf VPN_PE_A no auto-summary no synchronization exit-address-family ! router bgp 88 bgp log-neighbor-changes neighbor 2.3.4.5 remote-as 22 neighbor description 4.5.6.7 route-map allanRM02 in ProScan Portlet | Change Management / ProScan 321 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 322
default-information originate no auto-summary no synchronization exit-address-family ! log-neighbor-changes neighbor 2.3.4.5 remote-as 22 neighbor description "This is Test" neighbor test-parameter xxx neighbor 4.5.6.7 remote-as 66 neighbor description "This is Test" neighbor test-parameter xxx ! - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 323
in neighbor 4.5.6.7 activate neighbor 4.5.6.7 route-map allanRM02 in default-information originate no auto-summary no synchronization exit-address-family in neighbor 4.5.6.7 activate neighbor 4.5.6.7 route-map allanRM02 in default-information originate no auto-summary no synchronization exit-address- - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 324
). In this case "Source 2" does not have those lines, so OpenManage Network Manager returns a false value. 8 The error details appear in the audit trail panel. Regular Expressions The following table outlines standard, supported regular expressions. Label Single digit Two digits Three digits Four - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 325
25[0-5]|2[0-4][09]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?) (1.2.6.1.6.1.2.1.(\d+\.)+\d The following are examples of the kinds of matching possible: CAUTION: Cutting and pasting from notepad into OpenManage Network Manager may cause carriage return or line-feed issues. Best practice is to compose these within - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 326
the Java scan uses the Groovy libraries, included with OpenManage Network Manager. As always, you must install Perl on Windows application servers if you want to use that type of Config Term (it typically comes with other supported operating systems). Perl When you select Perl as the type of Config - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 327
} else { print("Failure - no description found"); } Tip Notice that you can also combine these scans with the Edit the type of Java code you can enter that scans for contents like description in shut down interfaces, and prints output "Success" visible in the Audit viewer when it finds a matching term - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 328
no description found"; } Tip Notice that you can also combine these scans with the Edit Source Group Criteria regular expressions to streamline them. Click Save to preserve the policy you have configured in these screens, or click Close (in the tool bar) to abandon your edits. Compliance Policy Job - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 329
policies and update the history records of the group and member policies. Any policy execution also update its parent group history records. ProScan Portlet | Change Management / ProScan 329 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 330
seeded with installation. Dell OpenManage Network Manager stores incremental changes as RedcellConfigChangeRecords by device/timestamp. The ConfigChangeRecordsDAP Database Aging Policy (DAP) manages how long the OpenManage Network Manager database retains these records. This DAP's default setting - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 331
Change Determination Process Workflow Change Manager seeds the Change Determination Process and ProScan group operations. You can configure this to run devices' configuration(s), and stores those with the Change Determination label. Change Determination Process | Change Management / ProScan 331 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 332
the Schedules portlet, where it is disabled by default. Open, and enable it. CD runs with the Dell OpenManage Network Manager backs up the resource configuration before running the CD process. Dell OpenManage Network Manager always flags configuration changes made (in Dell OpenManage Network Manager - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 333
.determination.require.config.events=true Compliance and Change Reporting The Compliance Policy Violation report is seeded when you have ProScan / Change Management in Dell OpenManage Network Manager. Inventory Compliance Attributes for reporting can also appear in report templates when you install - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 334
only reports on incremental configuration changes discovered in the CD process. Simply making changes to configurations and backing them up in OpenManage Network Manager does not ensure these appear in Configuration Change Reports. They appear in reports only after running the CD process. 334 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 335
your vendor's manuals to determine how to forward configuration change information to Dell OpenManage Network Manager for your system. 2 When Dell OpenManage Network Manager receives a configuration change notification, the device transmits an event to the OpenManage Network Manager mediation server - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 336
6 The report which can run to display these changes is OpenManage Network Manager's Configuration Change Report. It displays the name of the device in question, the IP address, date too, so you can capture a history of changes. 336 Compliance and Change Reporting | Change Management / ProScan - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 337
logins, and general connection management scripts within OpenManage Network Manager. See Perl Description and the Last Run Date. You can filter what appears in this manager with the fields at its top. NOTE: The contents of the Action Portlet vary, depending on the various options you have installed - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 338
Using Adaptive CLI You can quickly take a set of commands or configuration file snippet from a device, copy it directly into the Script editor, mark it up, and save it as a working CLI. When using the CLI Format, The Adaptive CLI tool will prompt you to create new attributes based upon your script - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 339
$count++ } Actions Portlet The Actions Portlet lets you manage actions like Adaptive CLI, backups, change management actions, and so on. The list of actions available to your system depends on the exact configuration you have installed. This portlet is the primary access point for Adaptive CLI - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 340
portlet adds columns for Description, Last Web Service ID, Access Level, Web Service Deployment, and Supports Groups. The expanded portlet also has snap panels to display Reference Tree connections between the selection and other elements within Dell OpenManage Network Manager, as well as an - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 341
execution, then a screen like the Audit Trail / Jobs Screen on page 95. Dell OpenManage Network Manager validates the parameters before executing the Adaptive CLI. name and location. Web Services Description Language (WSDL) is an XML format for the description of network services as a set of - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 342
History- Displays the history of the selected action. In the Results (top of screen panel) click to select the device for which you want additional information, and the Execution Details panel displays the Results of execution in one tab and the Sent Commands in another. Notice that you can Find - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 343
on page 365 for details. Delete- Remove the selected Action from the list. Import / Export-Import or Export a file representations of the ACLI action selected. Dell OpenManage Network Manager supports ACLI import / export only. Actions Portlet | Actions and Adaptive CLI 343 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 344
devices in enable mode by default. For most configuration commands (and even some show commands), you must typically first set the device to its configuration mode. Tip Dell OpenManage Network Manager validates entries. If saving fails, a red "X" appears next to required omitted entries. Click Save - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 345
. Otherwise, it appears under and Adaptive CLI classification. Description- A text description of the action. Type- Select a type from the pick list (Configure, External or Show Command). Tip You can use Dell OpenManage Network Manager's optional Proscan policies to scan Adaptive CLI show commands - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 346
new one with each Adaptive CLI? One reason is that creating an entity often requires a complementary script to remove it. In this case, the valid values, labels, Entity Type Name-An identifier for the schema. Description- A text description for the schema. Category- A category for the schema. - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 347
- A text description for the attribute. The following tabs may appear, depending on the type of attribute you are configuring (some are absent). Additional fields may appear, depending on the attribute type you are configuring: Datatype Settings Default Value-An optional default value for the - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 348
- A unique, mandatory identifier for the collection of attributes. Description- A text description of the entity. Click New to create or select an script the numeric value (If users select Hello World, the value the script gets is 10) The default appears by default in this list of alternatives. - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 349
decimal range values, and click the green + (the red - removes them). You can manage these as described in Coded Value above. IP Address See also Validating IP Address Variables on page 350. Default Value-Enter a default IP Address. Valid Values- Enter valid values as described in Coded Value above - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 350
, IP address attributes support four extended properties: IP_MASK, SUBNET, ALLOW_32_BIT_MASK, and ALLOW_ANY_VALID_IP. The state of the first two largely defines Dell OpenManage Network Manager's responses. IP_MASK-Determines whether Dell OpenManage Network Manager accepts an IP address - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 351
user to choose from. For example 255.255.255.0 If IP_MASK is true and SUBNET is true, then OpenManage Network Manager . To extend this to support a 32-bit subnet, which and OpenManage Network Manager disables any requirement that of a listed script. Dell OpenManage Network Manager uses the first script - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 352
See Attribute Appearance and Validation for a description of what constitutes a valid attribute. Name Users," for example) could therefore contain several scripts with syntax appropriate to a variety of devices and operating systems. CAUTION: Adaptive CLI supports only filters that select the Managed - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 353
sent to the device with the script, but can serve to remind users of critical information. For example, you can make Non Configuration boolean here. See Adaptive CLI Script Language Syntax on page 362 for a description of the internal If capabilities. If you need more elaborate scripting, you - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 354
; in such cases, you may need to uncheck the Send New Line option. Max Occurrences-Indicates the maximum number of times respond to a prompt. The default value zero (0) indicates no limit. 354 Actions Portlet | Actions and Adaptive CLI - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 355
Extraction To support Adaptive Service and Active Monitor functions, Adaptive CLI provides a way for the user to define All blank space characters in the schema attribute name are converted to underscore (_) by default. A schema attribute name that is invalid in Adaptive CLI may still be valid - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 356
of this screen to page through the side-by-side comparison. External Commands External commands are essentially scripts that run in the Dell OpenManage Network Manager environment. For example, you could run the DOS dir command (and schedule its execution). You can execute external commands with - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 357
Results Dell OpenManage Network Manager stores the results of running a script as lines the Execution Details snap panel. Right click the particular command run in the snap panel at the - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 358
Extraction on page 355. Seeded Scripts Several external perl scripts come with Dell OpenManage Network Manager as examples of the kind of commands you can execute. These are in \owareapps\performance\scripts under the installation root. To run these, the scripts panel in the Adaptive CLI editor - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 359
perl ../../../owareapps/performance/scripts/http_test.pl Notice that these also include a parameter (Result) that contains values extracted. Set up attribute extraction in the Values Extraction tab of the script editor. Script Names and Functions common.pl- Common functions defined for scripts in - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 360
POP3 service is running on a specified host. smtp_test.pl- Check if the SMTP service is running on a specified host. telnet_test.pl-Check if the TELNET service is running Several Perl scripts appear in this performance\scripts directory by default. You can try others in addition to the http_test.pl - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 361
8 Look in Job Viewer for the results. Click Set attribute extraction results, click here this attribute is doing. 1 In the Monitors portlet, create a new ACLI Monitor 2 Uncheck Update Network Status (recommended since the ICMP monitor is already doing this) 3 In Monitor Options select your example - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 362
CLI scripting language syntax: • CLI script is a line-based syntax. In other words, each line's syntax has to be completed. • CLI script supports primarily two features: Attributes and Conditional Blocks. Attributes Each attribute in the script is marked by a delimiter. The following delimiters are - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 363
optional delimiters are [], but you can change those default settings. That means an Attribute variable like may represent a mandatory or an optional Attribute depending on what are set as delimiters. NOTE: Single delimiter symbols require a space after the attribute. These do allow values - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 364
also manually configure (to stderr), the job fails with that message installed on the directory path for all OpenManage Network Manager servers. • Perl does not come with OpenManage Network Manager and must be installed on the server system user. Knowledgeable Perl users can change this default - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 365
Delimiter ([ ]) and enter the following three scripts: show run show show [Optional] 4 Save this Adaptive CLI execute it with action > . The Show Run command results appear. These are searchable with the job screen. Scheduling Actions You can schedule actions with a right-click in - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 366
identify the scheduled item and its targets. This has the following fields: General Settings Action-Identifies the action being scheduled. Schedule Description-Identifies the schedule. Associated Targets Click the Add button to select target equipment. You can remove listed equipment with the icon - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 367
are scheduling. Tip Hover the cursor over fields to make their description appear in a tooltip. Schedule This screen is a standard scheduler screen as described in Schedules on page 99. Active Performance Monitor Support You can monitor Adaptive CLI execution results with Active Performance Monitor - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 368
) icon to select the Input Parameters to monitor once you have selected an Adaptive CLI. The user can choose an Adaptive CLI to monitor and may have to configure both its input values and metric input or output data configurations. 368 Active Performance Monitor Support | Actions and Adaptive CLI - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 369
editor screen. Adaptive CLI Records Archiving Policy You can use OpenManage Network Manager's archiving feature to preserve Adaptive CLI information. Click the Redcell > Database Archiving Policy (DAP) node of the Control panel, and click the default Adaptive CLI DAP and click the edit button on its - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 370
370 Adaptive CLI Records Archiving Policy | Actions and Adaptive CLI - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 371
, specifies what operations different users can perform on specific files and directories. ALARM - A signal alerting the user to an error or fault cryptographic key. EQUIPMENT - A network device managed by the system. ETHERNET TRUNK - An Ethernet Trunk service represents a point-to-point connection - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 372
Ethernet Access Port must be associated with either one of the two Ethernet Access Services. EVENT - Notification received from the NMS (Network Management System). Notifications may originate from the traps of network devices or may indicate an occurrence such as the closing of a form. Events have - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 373
for electronic mail transfer over the Internet. MANAGED OBJECT - A network device managed by the system. MEDIATION - Communication between this application and external systems or devices, for example, printers. Mediation services let this application treat these devices as objects. MEDIATION - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 374
- RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) is a client/server protocol and software that enables remote access servers to communicate with a central server to authenticate dial-in users and authorize their access to the requested system or service. RADIUS allows a company to maintain - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 375
SNMP agent to a Network Management System (NMS) where it Manager. VLAN - A virtual local area network (LAN), commonly known as a VLAN, is a group of hosts with a common set of requirements network switch. Network reconfiguration can be done through software instead of physically relocating devices. - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 376
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Action Job Screen Support 106 Assigned User 107 Date Notification Instance 106 Service Effecting 105 Network Considerations 22 Branding Reports 210 Breadcrumb trail 183 C Change Determination 332 Change Management Compliance Policy Violation report 313 Change Management / ProScan 307 Change Manager - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 378
Portlet 137 Container Editor 152 Container Manager 150 Container Manager Expanded 150 Container View 151 Actions 162 General 158 Inspect 69, 163 Network 69, 160 Results 70, 165 Discovery Profile Ethernet Access Point 372 Ethernet Access Service 372 Ethernet Service 372 Ethernet Trunk 371 Ethernet - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 379
320 DAP Workflow 50 Deploy an OS Image 243 Discover Resources 156 Discover Your Network 68 Do Change Management (Example) 309 Edit Discovery Profiles 158 Filter Expanded Portlet Displays 89 Register a License 67 Report on Change Deter- mination 335 Restore a single configu- ration to many target - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 380
271 IIS 29 Import / Export 90 Installation and Startup 28 Installing Perl 32 Interfaces 184 Interfaces > Details 184 Internet Information Services 29 Introducing ProScan 307 IP address changes 24 ISATAP 373 J Java 19 K Key 373 Key Features 9 Key Management 373 Key Metric Editor 293 Key Metrics - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 381
326 Permissions when installing to Unix > Settings 40 Portal > Users 35 Portal Database Backup 65 required 30 Post-processing rules 118 PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) 374 Printing manager Supported Regular Ex- pressions 324 Use Cases 307 Use paradigms 307 ProScan Editor 314 ProScan Manager - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 382
Supported Operating System Versions 16 Supported PowerConnect Models 24 Supported Web Browsers 19 Syslog Escalation Criteria 119 System Basics 15 System requirements Process 122 Troubleshooting Users and Organizations 34 U Update Location 142 Updating Your License 12 Upgrade licenses from previous - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 383
220 Saving Views 217 STYLE OPTIONS 215 View Details 217 ZOOM 214 Visualize My Network 211 VLAN 375 W WBEM 26 root login 27 WBEM Prerequisites 27 Web-Based Enterprise Management 26 Why share a schema? 346 Windows Management Interface 24 Windows Server 2008 16 Windows Terminal Server 16 Index 383 - Dell OpenManage Network Manager | OpenManage Network Manager User Guide 5.2 SP1 - Page 384
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Dell OpenManage Network Manager version 5.2
Service Pack 1
Web Client Guide