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Best network configuration for Openmanage
HI,
I am new for Open manage. I have more than 5 servers ( Dell poweredge R610 )
Dell PE 610 has 4 NIC and we are fully utilized for the NIC on each server. Our NIC setting are as below:-
1) NIC 1 - Remote Access from external
2) NIC 2 - Active Directory connection
3) NIC 3 - Shared file connection among all servers
4) NIC 4 - This will be Hyper-V NIC
Can you suggest to me, should I need to get additional 2 or 4 port NIC for the NIC and dedicated Switch for that?
Can I install it as VM?
Thanks!
Dell-DylanJ
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August 12th, 2019 08:00
Are you wanting to install OpenManage Enterprise? That's the only edition that will work as a VM. It's also the only way that Enterprise is available. Unless you have a very high volume of devices reporting back to it, a dedicated NIC likely wouldn't be needed. It's not even mentioned in the User's Guide.
OpenManager Server Administrator will not work in a VM, though.
adzrul
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August 12th, 2019 09:00
HI,
Yes. I want to install OME in VM and it centralised all the reporting thru the OME isnt it?
I was wondering about the NIC setup, by defaule PE 610 comes with 4 NICs. Should I get an additional NIC or I can use the current as per mention earlier?
Thanks!
Dell-DylanJ
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August 14th, 2019 11:00
When you say OME, do you mean Essentials or Enterprise? OpenManage Enterprise has replaced Essentials and is only available as a virtual appliance. The documentation for Enterprise does not state that an independent NIC is required, so I would only implement a dedicated NIC in the case of managing a very high volume of systems. If you are managing 5-10 servers, I wouldn't bother.