PowerEdge: Setting Up Windows Web Server IIS for Offline OpenManage Enterprise (OME) Appliance Updates

STEP 1: Installing Internet Information Services (IIS) and its required components

1. Launch Server Manager in your Windows Server OS and click Manage > Add Roles and Features.
2. Click Next.
3. Choose Role-based or feature-based installation and click Next.
4. Select the appropriate server and Click Next.
5. Enable Web Server (IIS) and click Next                
6. No additional features are necessary to install the Web adapter, so click Next.
7. On the Web Server Role (IIS) dialog box, click Next.
8. On the Select role services dialog box, only the following components (8 in total) are needed. Click Next.
   • Web Server
     • Common HTTP Features
       • Default Document
       • Directory Browsing
       • HTTP Errors
       • Static Content
     • Health and Diagnostics
       • HTTP Logging
     • Performance
       • Static Content
     • Security
       • Request Filtering
   • Management Tools
     • IIS Management Console
9. Verify that your settings are correct and click Install.
10. When the installation completes, click Close to exit the wizard.

            

STEP 2: Configure/Add MIME Types

1. Launch Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager
2. Click Default Web Site
3. Right-click MIME Types and click Open Feature
4. Modify the .xml extension and enter application/octet-stream                                                                   
5. Add a new MIME type .xml.asc on the IIS using CLI
   1. Navigate to cd \Windows\System32\inetsrv.
   2. Enter

      appcmd set config /section:staticContent /+[fileExtension='.xml.asc',mimeType='application/octet-stream']

             

      


STEP 3: Creating the folder structure to place the OpenManage Enterprise (OME) upgrade files.

1. Navigate to the Default Web Site path inetpub/wwwroot
2. Create a folder (any name, for such as OMEupgrade) within /wwwroot
3. Follow the required folder structure (example) 
   • OPENMANAGE ENTERPRISE (OpenManage Enterprise) upgrade > 3.8.0 > full/minimal (depending on the version you are upgrading to)           

              
         
           Download the repository for the upgrade files.
           https://downloads.dell.com/openmanage_enterprise/
           
           For more details regarding the folder structure, you can also see this document:
           Upgrade the Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise



PART 4: Enable Directory Browsing (disabled by default)

1. Choose (double-click) Directory Browsing 
2. Click Enable

              
 

        


PART 5: Specify the HTTP path in OpenManage Enterprise.

1. Log in to your OpenManage Enterprise (OME) appliance
2. Go to Application Settings > Console and Plugins > Update Settings