Dell OpenManage Offline Bundle and VIB for ESXi, v.6.5.0, 2247_A01
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The release highlights of OpenManage Server Administrator 6.5:
Added support for the following operating systems: - VMware ESX 4.0 U3 - VMware ESX 4.1 U1 - VMware ESXi 4.1 U1 - VMware ESXi 4.0 U3 - Citrix Xen Server 5.6 FP1 - Windows Small Business Server 2011
Deprecated the following operating systems: - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x - VMware ESX 4.0 U2 - VMware ESX 4.1 - VMware ESXi 4.0 U2 - VMware ESXi 4.1 - Citrix Xen Server 5.6
New Features: - Server Administrator shows whether a Converged Network Adapter (CNA) has Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) /iSCSI over Ethernet (iSoE) capability or not. Also, Server Administrator supports new team types for CNA cards. - A new memory redundancy mode called Double Device Data Correction (DDDC) is added. - Support for display of Lifecycle Controller (LCC)/Unified Server Configurator (USC) version information. For this information to appear, the minimum iDRAC version on monolithic systems is 1.70 and on modular systems is 3.20. If iDRAC is installed, Server Adminsitrator displays the version of LCC. If BMC is instaled, Server Admisntrator displays the version of USC. - Support for 32x32 GB DIMM for Server Administrator to show the correct memory capacity.
Please see the latest Dell Systems Software Support Matrix contained on the media for a complete list of supported operating systems and platforms.
Dell Technologies recommends reviewing this update to determine if it applies to your system. The update contains changes that impact only certain configurations or provides new features that may or may not apply to your environment.
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Custom Instructions for OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-6.5.0-2247.VIB-ESX41i_A01.zip:
Download VMware vSphere Command Line Interface (vSphere CLI) from http://www.vmware.com and install on your Microsoft Windows or Linux system. Alternately, you can import VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) into your ESXi 4 host.
Instructions when using vSphere CLI: 1. Copy the Dell OpenManage bundle to a directory on your system.
2. If you are using Microsoft Windows, navigate to the folder where you have installed the vSphere CLI utilities to execute the command mentioned in step 4. If you are using vSphere CLI on Linux, you can execute the command in step 4 from any directory.
3. Shut down all guest operating systems on the ESXi 4 host and put the ESXi 4 host in maintenance mode.
4. Execute the command Vihostupdate.pl --server -i -b
NOTE: The .pl extension is not required if using vSphere CLI on Linux
5. Enter the root username and password of the ESXi 4 host when prompted. The command output displays a successful or a failed update. In case of a failed update, see "Troubleshooting".
6. Restart the ESXi 4 host system.
Instructions when using the vMA: 1. Log on to the vMA as an administrator and provide the password when prompted.
2. Copy the OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-6.5.0-2247.VIB-ESX41i_A01.zip file to a directory on the vMA.
3. Shut down all guest operating systems on the ESXi 4 host and put the ESXi 4 host in maintenance mode.
4. In the vMA, execute the following command: vihostupdate --server -i -b
5. Enter the root username and password of the ESXi 4 host when prompted. The command output displays a successful or a failed update. In case of a failed update, see “Troubleshooting".
6. Restart the ESXi 4 host system.
Troubleshooting:
• When attempting to use the vihostupdate command, the following error may be displayed: “unpacking c:\ OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-6.5.0-2247.VIB-ESX41i_A01.zip metadata.zip.sig does not exist signature mismatch : metadata.zip Unable to unpack update package. “ This error is displayed if you are using an older version of the Remote CLI. Download and install the vSphere version of the CLI.
• When attempting to use the vihostupdate command, the following error may be displayed: "Unable to create, write or read a file as expected.I/O Error (28) on file : [Errno 28] No space left on device"
See the VMware KB article 1012640 at http://kb.vmware.com to fix this error.
• When attempting to use the vihostupdate command, the following error may be displayed: “This operation is NOT supported on 4.1.0 platform.” This error is displayed if you are using vSphere CLI for 4.0 platforms. Download and install the vSphere CLI for 4.1 platform.
You must enable CIM OEM providers on the VMware ESXi 4 system after installing the Dell OpenManage bundle to manage a system with Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Web Server version 6.5
NOTE: The below mentioned section can be ignored if the CIMoemProviderEnabled field is by default set to 1 after installation of Dell OpenManage bundle.
To enable CIM OEM providers on the VMware ESXi 4 system using vSphere Client:
Note: To enable CIM OEM providers using VMware vSphere Client, you need to have the vSphere Client tool installed. You can download and install the tool from https:// where is the IP address of the VMware ESXi 4 system.
Log on to the VMware ESXi 4 host system using vSphere Client. 1. Click the Configuration tab.
2. Under the Software section on the left side, click Advanced Settings.
3. In the Advanced Settings dialog box, click UserVars on the left pane.
4. Change the value of the CIMoemProviderEnabled field to 1.
5. Click OK.
6. For the changes to take effect without restarting the system, use the Restart Management Agents option in the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) on the local console of the VMware ESXi system.