OpenManage Server Administrator - OMSA

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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.

[ 15 September 2015] Details for Server Administrator v8.2 . To download them, refer Download OM 8.2 :

 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.

• Added support for the following servers:
  • PowerEdge R230
  • PowerEdge R330
  • PowerEdge T130
  • PowerEdge T330

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 .

[29 May 2015] Details for Server Administrator v8.1.1. To download them,refer Download OM 8.1.1 :

Installation

Server Administrator version 8.1.1 is supported only on the following systems:

• •  PowerEdge R530 XD
  •  PowerEdge R930

• This release added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SP6 operating system.

NOTE: For the list of supported operating systems and Dell servers, see the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix in the required version of OpenManage Software at dell.com/openmanagemanuals.

[ 7 April 2015] Details for Server Administrator v8.1 . To download them,refer Download OM 8.1 : 

 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 FS332

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

[2 December 2014] Details for Server Administrator v8.0.2. To download them,refer Download OM 8.0.2:

NOTE: Server Administrator version 8.0.2 is supported only on the following systems:

•  PowerEdge R430
•  PowerEdge R530
•  PowerEdge T430
•  PowerEdge M630
•  PowerEdge FC630
•  PowerEdge C4130

• Installation: Added support for the following operating systems
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • VMware ESXi 5.5 U2 and 5.1 U2
  • Citrix XenServer 6.2 SP1

• Added support for the following cards
  • Paradise Key Intel bNDC (4x1Gb)
  • Broadcom Gamma bNDC (4x1Gb)
• Added support for the following other hardware

• • Intel 16/18 core CPU
  • High Capacity DIMM 32 MB and 64 MB

• Added support for PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) H730P Slim.

• This release provides fix for SSLv3 Poodle vulnerability. As part of this fix, OMSA will not allow SSLv3 connections.

[17 September 2014]  v8.0.1 is available now and it brings lots of new enhancements:

NOTE: Server Administrator version 8.0.1 is supported only on the following systems:

•  PowerEdge R730
•  PowerEdge R730 XD
•  PowerEdge R630
•  PowerEdge T630

• Installation: Added support for the following operating systems.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0
  • VMware ESXi 5.5 U2 and 5.1 U2
  • Citrix XenServer 6.2 SP1

• Web/UI Enhancements:

  • Added support for additional attributes and values in BIOS setup groups.

• Browser Support:

  • Google Chrome 27,28 and 30.
  • Safari 6.0

• Network Interface Cards (NICs) Supports:

  • Broadcom 5720 1Gb  bNDC
  • Intel 1350 1Gb bNDC
  • Intel X710 10 Gb rNDC
  • Emulex OCm14104-UX-D 10Gb rNDC
  • Emulex OCm14102-U2-D 10Gb bNDC
  • Emulex OCm14102-U3-D 10Gb Mezz
  • Emulex OCe14102-UX-D 10Gb PCIe

• Storage Management:

• • Support enabled for MD1400 and MD1420 enclosures.
  • Support for S130 SWRAID
  • Support for  PERC 9 cards:
    • H730
    • H730P
    • H830
    • H330
  • Support for 12gbps SAS HBA
  • Support for controller mode enumeration (RAID and HBA)

• Deprecated support for SNMP set feature.

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 system management manuals to learn more about the Dell products.

Manuals:

• Various OpenManage
• Various Server Administrator

 Dell OpenManage v8.1.1 & v8.1 Documentation

• Documentation (Events,  Management Tools, Release Notes etc.)

Dell OpenManage v8.0.1 Documentation

• Documentation (Events,  Management Tools, Release Notes etc.)

 Dell OpenManage v8.0.2 Documentation

• Documentation (Events,  Management Tools, Release Notes etc.)

For more details on previously released Server Administrator and other OpenManage products, refer the OpenManage manuals.

• Download OpenManage MIBs for Management Consoles

Server Administrator v8.1.1 & v8.1 Documentation

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

• Server Administrator Storage Management Guide
• Server Administrator CIM Reference Guide.
• Server Administrator SNMP Reference Guide.
• Server Administrator CLI (Command Line Interface) Guide.
• Server Administrator User's Guide
• Server Administrator Readme
• Server Administrator Release Notes
• Server Administrator Installation Guide
• Storage Management User's Guide

Server Administrator v8.0.1 Documentation

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

• Server Administrator Storage Management Guide
• Server Administrator CIM Reference Guide.
• Server Administrator SNMP Reference Guide.
• Server Administrator CLI (Command Line Interface) Guide.
• Server Administrator User's Guide
• Server Administrator Readme
• Server Administrator Release Notes
• Server Administrator Installation Guide
• Storage Management User's Guide

Server Administrator v8.0.2 Documentation

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

• Server Administrator Storage Management Guide
• Server Administrator CIM Reference Guide.
• Server Administrator SNMP Reference Guide.
• Server Administrator CLI (Command Line Interface) Guide.
• Server Administrator User's Guide
• Server Administrator Readme
• Server Administrator Release Notes
• Server Administrator Installation Guide
• Storage Management User's Guide

Download

OMSA v8.1.1 Download

OMSA v8.1.1 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:

• x86 (186MB)
• x64 (187MB)

Linux:

• Consolidated Package  (712 MB)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (x64) (Distribution Package, 199 MB)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (x64) (Distribution Package, 193 MB)
• Novell SuSE Linux ES 11 (Distribution Package, 163 MB)

XenServer (Supplemental Pack):

• XenServer 6.5 (120 MB) 

OMSA v8.1 Download

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:

OMSA v8.0.1 Download

OMSA v8.0.1 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.

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