OpenManage Server Administrator

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Dell OpenManage Server Administrator

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) is a software agent that provides a comprehensive, one-to-one systems management solution in two ways: from an integrated, Web browser-based graphical user interface (GUI) and from a command line interface (CLI) through the operating system.

OMSA is designed so that system administrators can manage server systems both locally and remotely on a network. It also interfaces with OpenManage Essentials (OME) console, which allows for monitoring of the systems in your data center from a single interface.

Currently the OMSA agent can be installed on 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows Server and Red Hat Linux as well as Novell SUSE Linux.

Details for Server Administrator v8.3

31 March 2016

The links to the download can be found at: OMSA v8.3 Download

Installation:

Added support for the following operating systems:
- Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 1
- VMware ESXi 5.5 update 3
- VMware ESXi 6.0 update 1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2

NOTE: Citrix XenServer Operating System support has been dropped for both Server Administrator and Storage Management.

Enhancements:

Support for the following web browsers:
- Google Chrome version 45
- Mozilla Firefox version 40

Support for the following features:
- GP-GPU card enablement and thermal status on PowerEdge C4130
- SNMP Test Trap Button feature on all Windows and Linux Operating Server.
  NOTE: This feature is not available on any VMware vSphere operating system versions.

Added new functionalities in Storage Management:
- Support for 2.5-inch 4KB SATA drives on PERC 9 family of hardware controllers.
- Support for rear SATA on PowerEdge R730xd connected to software RAID S130 controller.
- Support for PMC SAS Expander on PowerEdge R730.
- Support for Samsung PM1725 NVMe device.
- Support for flexible backplane zoning functionality on backplanes with 24 slots — PowerEdge R630 and PowerEdge R730xd.
- Support for setting Disk Cache Policy at physical disk and virtual disk level on software RAID S130 controller.
- Support for setting non-RAID disk cache policy on PERC 9 controllers.
- Support for HBA H330 Adapter/Mini controller.

Fixes:

The following issues were reported in earlier releases of Server Administrator and have been corrected in this release:
- BITS194072: EEMI message format selecting "No" will give EEMI message-format option again
- BITS192754: ESTGR: Execute Disable (XD) capability value is displayed wrongly in OMSA GUI
- BITS216267: OMSA 8.2: connection service crash in windows OS after enabling/disabling session time out in OMSA
- BITS218630: PCIe SSD Drives Are Showing Up in the OMSA Slots View Instead of the Bridge Card
- BITS225505: NIC and TEAMED NIC association are not correct
- BITS227729: 1SPRK-FW-DF-"remote indication" check box must be removed from OMSA GUI for cabled-HDD system
- BITS227835: OM8.2: Add Attachment is failed on Safari 8.0
- BITS230169: OMSA 8.2: Mellanox card does not display all the interface names (ports)in OMSA after we reboot server
- BITS230772: IPS: Omacs crash if new network interfaces appear
- BITS236391: OM8.2: Broadcom NXII duplicate NIC info is showing in OMSA GUI after flashing the driver
- BITS245740: OM8.2: Command log message is not generated for SSL Protocol setting in GUI
- BITS248468: IPS: OMSA reporting "degraded" for "Unknown Reason" status under Hardware performance.
- BITS248500: IPS: OMSA spawning kipmi0 thread even on 12G/13G where IPMI should use interrupts
- BITS250199: W4PST: VLAN interfaces are shown under team interfaces in omreport and OMSA -> Network
- BITS250350: W4PST: User state change from iDRAC UI is not getting reflected in OMSA.
- BITS251741: W4ST: Observing removed PSU details is not showing properly in OMSAGUI Voltage page whenever we remove
- BITS252706: W4ST:[OMSA]Click Go Back in the PowerManagement -> Statistics page lands to the same Statistic page

Details for Server Administrator v8.2

15 September 2015

The links to the download can be found at: OMSA v8.2 Download

Installation:

Added support for the following operating systems
- Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
- VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 1
- VMware ESXi 5.1 Update 3 on 11^th generation of PowerEdge servers
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7

NOTE: Citrix XenServer Operating System support has been dropped for both Server Administrator and Storage Management.

Enhancements:

Added following features:
- Security Enhancement for SSL protocols
- Operating System Alert Logging Filter
- Hardware Event Log Rotation for 10^th and 11^th generations of PowerEdge servers

Browser Support:
- Google Chrome version 42
- Firefox Firefox version 37
- Safari Version 8.0

Support for the following network cards
- Emulex LightPulse LPe15000B-M8-D 1-Port 8G Gen 5 Fibre Channel Adapter
- Emulex LightPulse LPe15002B-M8-D 2-Port 8G Gen 5 Fibre Channel Adapter
- Emulex LightPulse LPm15002B-D 2-Port 8G Gen 5 Fibre Channel Adapter
- Emulex OneConnect OCe14102B-U1-D 2-port PCIe 10GbE CNA
- Emulex OneConnect OCm14104B-U1-D 4-port 10GbE rNDC CNA
- Emulex OneConnect OCm14102B-U4-D 2-port 10GbE bNDC CNA
- Emulex OneConnect OCm14102B-U5-D 2-port 10GbE Mezz CNA
- Emulex OneConnect OCe14102B-N1-D 2-port PCIe 10GbE NIC
- Emulex OneConnect OCm14104B-N1-D 4-port 10GbE rNDC NIC
- Emulex OneConnect OCm14102B-N5-D 2-port 10GbE Mezz NIC
- Emulex OneConnect OCm14102B-N6-D 2-port 10GbE bNDC NIC
- Mellanox ConnectX-3 PrDual Port 10 GbE SFP+ PCIE Adapter
- Mellanox ConnectX-3 PrDual Port 40 GbE QSFP+ Adapter
- Mellanox ConnectX-3 PrDual Port 10 GbE KR Mezzanine Adapter

Storage Management:

For 13th generation of PowerEdge servers, support for:
- 3.5-inch 4KB SATA drives on PERC 9 Controller

Added new functionalities in Storage Management:
- Support to configure physical disks into Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) 0 virtual disks
- Support for setting the Remaining Rated Write Endurance Threshold for PCIe SSDs, SAS SSDs, and SATA SSDs
- Support for RAID 10 virtual disk online capacity expansion

Details for Server Administrator v8.1

7 April 2015

The links to the download can be found at: OMSA v8.1 Download

Installation:

Added support for the following operating systems.

Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
VMware ESXi 6.0
Citrix XenServer 6.5. However, this Operating System is not supported for Storage Management.
Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 operating system on 11th generation or later PowerEdge servers

Added support for the following servers:
- PowerEdge FC830
- PowerEdge M830
- PowerEdge FC430
- PowerEdge C4130
- Dell PowerEdge FD332

Enhancements:

Added following features:
- A new utility, “omwsupdate”, to upgrade the Tomcat web server.
- CLI commands to generate new certificate signing requests and import Certificate Authority signed certificates.
- PKCS#12 certificate import on the Server Administrator GUI.
- Automate Trusted Enterprise CA certificate Upload

Browser Support:
- Google Chrome version 38
- Firefox version 33
- Safari Version 7.0.6

Support for the following network cards:
- Emulex OCm14104-N1-D QP 4x10Gb rNDC Ethernet Network Adapter
- Emulex OCm14102-N6-D DP 10Gb bNDC Ethernet Network Adapter
- Emulex OCm14102-N1-D Dual-port 10Gb PCIe Ethernet Network Adapter
- Emulex OCm14102-N5-D DP 10Gb bMezz Ethernet Network Adapter
- Intel X710 QP 10Gb KR 4x10Gb Network Daughter Card
- Intel I350/X710 2x10Gb BT 2x10Gb SFP+Network Daughter Card
- Intel X710 4x10GE SFP+/DA FH PCIe Ethernet Network Adapter
- Intel X710 2x10GE SFP+/DA FH PCIe Ethernet Network Adapter

Storage Management:

For 13G PowerEdge servers, added support for:
- All Spark SSD
- Samsung Half Height Half Length (HHHL) PCIe card
- 4KN SAS drives
- Software RAID Hotplug support on PERC S130
- Changing controller mode from RAID to HBA and vice versa on PERC9.
- Samsung NVME drive on VMware ESXi v6.0
Added support for 6GBps SATA drives
Added support for following Dell PERC 9 controllers:
- FD33xD controller
- FD33xS controller

Dell OpenManage

Dell OpenManage is a set of systems management applications built using industry standard protocols and specifications. Dell OpenManage is not a product within itself, but rather a brand name for the suite of products in the portfolio. Server Administrator (OMSA) is part of OpenManage family.

You can refer various Enterprise Systems Management manuals to learn more about the Dell products.

Server Administrator v8.3 Documentation

Refer all the below documents from the Server Administrator v8.3 Manuals page.

Dell OpenManage SNMP Reference Guide for iDRAC and Chassis Management Controller - PDF (1947 KB)
Dell OpenManage SNMP Reference Guide Version 8.3 - PDF (11428 KB)
Server Administrator Version 8.3 Installation Guide — Linux - PDF (1257 KB)
Server Administrator Version 8.3 Installation Guide — Microsoft Windows - PDF (1657 KB)
Systems Management Tools And Documentation Version 8.3 Installation Guide - PDF (285 KB)
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 8.3 CIM Reference Guide - PDF (4161 KB)
Server Administrator 8.3.0 Release Notes - PDF (911 KB)
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator 8.3 — Technical Information Sheet for Microsoft Windows Server 2016 - PDF (86 KB)
Server Administrator Installation and Management 8.3.0 Release Notes - PDF (246 KB)
Systems Management Tools And Documentation 8.3.0 Management Consoles Installation Release Notes - PDF (118 KB)
Systems Management Tools And Documentation 8.3.0 Supported Systems Release Notes - PDF (150 KB)
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 8.3 Command Line Interface Guide - PDF (4427 KB)
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 8.3 User's Guide - PDF (2037 KB)
Server Administrator Storage Management 8.3 User’s Guide - PDF (6641 KB)

Previous Server Administrator Documentation

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Manuals

Downloads

OMSA v8.3 Downloads

OMSA v8.3 can be downloaded from the following links.
Please refer Server Administrator Installation Guide and Support Matrix to install these packages on the supported operating system.

Windows:

Linux:

ESXi:

To use the ESXi VIB with VMWare vSphere application, you can utilize the packages from Dell VMWare depot.

Dell VMWare Depot (Download OMSA VIBs for different ESXi versions)
Dell VMWare Depot (SSL)

OMSA v8.2 Downloads

OMSA v8.2 can be downloaded from the following links.
Please refer Server Administrator Installation Guide and Support Matrix to install these packages on the supported operating system.

Windows:

Linux:

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Managed Node (Consolidated) (1008 MB)
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Managed Node (RHEL7 - 64bit) (Distribution Package, 258 MB)
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Managed Node (RHEL6 - 64bit) (Distribution Package, 261 MB)
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Managed Node (SLES 12 - 64bit) (Distribution Package, 238 MB)
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Managed Node (SLES 11 - 64bit) (x64) (Distribution Package, 250 MB)

ESXi VIB:

To use the ESXi VIB with VMWare vSphere application, you can utilize the packages from Dell VMWare depot.

Dell VMWare Depot (Download OMSA VIBs for different ESXi versions)
Dell VMWare Depot (SSL)

OMSA v8.1 Downloads

OMSA v8.1 can be downloaded from the following links.
Please refer Server Administrator Installation Guide and Support Matrix to install these packages on the supported operating system.

Windows:

Linux:

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Managed Node (Consolidated) (644 MB)
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Managed Node (RHEL7 - 64bit) (Distribution Package, 182 MB)
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Managed Node (RHEL6 - 64bit) (Distribution Package, 181 MB)
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Managed Node (SLES 12 - 64bit) (Distribution Package, 134 MB)
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Managed Node (SLES 11 - 64bit) (Distribution Package, 146 MB)

ESXi VIB:

To use the ESXi VIB with VMWare vSphere application, you can utilize the packages from Dell VMWare depot.

Dell VMWare Depot (Download OMSA VIBs for different ESXi versions)
Dell VMWare Depot (SSL)

XenServer (Supplemental Pack):

XenServer 6.5 (103 MB)

Resources

Dell OpenManage System Management Tools (Know more about Dell OpenManage Products)
Dell OpenManage Essentials (Management console to remotely manage Dell devices)
Dell Troubleshooting Tool (Used in several of the videos below to test SNMP connection)
Sample PowerShell scripts (To query system details from OMSA's WMI classes)
How to install and configure OMSA on ESX 4.x