Dell OpenManage Server Administrator vSphere Installation Bundle (VIB) for ESXi 5.1

Driver Id : WWT8H

Importance : Optional

Version : 7.2.0, A01 Latest version Recommended version Latest and Recommended version

Release Date : 11 Jan 2013

Download Type : Applications

Category : Systems Management

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) 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. Server Administrator is
designed for system administrators to manage systems locally and remotely
on a network. It allows system administrators to focus on managing their
entire network by providing comprehensive one-to-one systems management.

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File Format: This file format consists of an archive of files that may be decompressed to a directory on the hard drive. The installation can then be done from that directory.

File Name: OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-7.2.0-6945.VIB-ESX51i.zip

File size: 6.23 MB

To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.

MD5: 47e42d5b18e778aac7df1f70e9626e62

SHA1: 618d93ab1aafbd44b6ae60dad378cd53d2b19169

SHA-256: fb32fb8ef18e531371cae8eeb64d278eeffc72bc403e07878d1341745fabb669

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Fixes & Enhancements

Enhancements
Added support for the following operating systems
Microsoft Windows 2012
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 Hypervisor
Citrix XenServer 6.1
VMware ESX 4.1 U3
VMware ESXi 4.1 U3

NOTE: Microsoft Windows 2003 is not supported on Dell 12G systems.

Deprecated the following operating systems:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2

New Features:

Server Administrator:
Added support for the following Network Interface Cards (NICs), Converged Network Adapters (CNAs), and Fibre Channels (FCs):
QLogic QLE2660 Single Port FC16 HBA
QLogic QLE2662 Dual Port FC16 HBA
QLogic QME2662 Dual Port FC16 HBA Mezzanine
Emulex LPm16002 Dual Port FC16 HBA Mezz
Intel I350 2 x 1Gb BT + X520 2 x 10Gb SFP+ Rack NDC
Availability of OMSA on supported 64-bit Windows operating systems.
Added support for DIMM ranking in memory module.
Improved online help interface with Search capabilities for OMSA.
Added support for Internet Explorer 10 browser.
Added support for the Mozilla Firefox 15 and 16.
Added support for enhanced messaging, which includes unique system identifiers (system service tag, chassis service tag, and system FQDN) and message identifier (Message ID) for enhanced SNMP trap varbinds. You can associate an event to the respective server using the unique system identifiers. For more information, see the Dell Event Message Reference Guide at dell.com/support/manuals.

Storage Management Service:
Tape drive report that helps to enumerate all the supported tape drives connected to the server.
Physical disk firmware report on the Graphical User Interface (GUI) that helps users to identify the disks for which a new firmware version is available. You can generate this report at controller or system level to get a consolidated information of the firmware versions of all physical disks attached to the server.
Enhanced Virtual Disk Wizard
Availability of RAC 5 information in the Server Administrator web page.
Saving the WebServer settings while upgrading from OM 7.1 to OM 7.2.
Allow creating RAID 10-60.

For a complete list of supported operating systems and platforms, see the latest Dell Systems Software Support Matrix stored on the media.

Important Information

Dell OpenManage 7.2 A01 allows you to install Server Administrator in a granular way on Linux OS flavors where you can choose not to install management interfaces like SNMP, Command Line Interface, Operating System Logging, and so on Server Administrator functionality is the same in A00 and A01.
You can upgrade to A01 from previous versions (OM 5.x, 6.x and OM 7.x).
Once you have installed Server Administrator, to add more Server Administrator specific components, run the install script again and select the required components.
To uninstall any sub components of Server Administrator, you must uninstall the complete application.

Note: You cannot upgrade OpenManage 7.2 A00 to A01

Installation instructions

Download
1. Login to the system running VMware vSphere Client
2. Click the Download File link to download the zip file.
3. When the File Download window appears, click Save to save the file to your hard drive.

Installation
1. Bring the intended ESXi host into Maintenance Mode
2. For VUM based installs, Select the ESXi host. Click Update Manager, Admin view, Patch Repository, Import Patches and follow the online instructions to upload the patch successfully. The offline bundle is displayed.
3. For other install methods, unzip the offline bundle to extract the vib and metadata.zip.
Use the vib to install Server Administrator software on the desired ESXi host

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator vSphere Installation Bundle (VIB) for ESXi 5.1

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Fixes & Enhancements

Important Information

Compatible Systems

Supported Operating Systems

Installation instructions

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