Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials Version 2.5 User's Guide

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Supported devices, protocols, and features matrix—IPMI, CLI, and SSH

NOTE: For description of the features that are listed in the following table, see Legend and Definitions.

Table 1. Supported devices, protocols (IPMI, CLI, SSH), and features matrix . The following table lists the features and protocols of the supported devices.
Protocol / Mechanism		Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)	Command Line Interface (CLI)a	Secure Shell (SSH)
Servers with OpenManage Server Administrator installed	Windows /Hyper-V	Not supported	OpenManage Server Administrator CLI Deploy OpenManage Server Administrator Server Updates BIOS Firmware Driver	Not supported
	Linux/ VMware ESX	Not supported	OpenManage Server Administrator CLI Deploy OpenManage Server Administrator Server Updates BIOS Firmware Driver	Discovery Correlation Classification Hardware and Software Inventory (minimal)
	VMware ESXi	Not supported	Not supported	Discovery Correlation Classification Hardware and Software Inventory (minimal)
	XenServer	Not supported	RACADM CLI IPMI CLI OpenManage Server Administrator CLI Power Task	Not supported
Servers without OpenManage Server Administrator installed	Windows/Hyper-V	Not supported	Deploy OpenManage Server Administrator	Not supported
	Linux/VMware ESX	Not supported	Deploy OpenManage Server Administrator	Discovery Correlation Classification Hardware and Software Inventory (minimal)
	VMware ESXi	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported
	PowerEdge C	Discovery Classification	RACADM CLI IPMI CLI	Not supported
iDRAC / DRAC / BMC		Discovery Classification Correlation iDRAC health	RACADM CLI IPMI CLI	Not supported
Modular Enclosure (M1000e) / PowerEdge VRTX / PowerEdge FX		Not supported	RACADM CLI IPMI CLI	Not supported
Modular Enclosure (PowerEdge MX7000)		Not supported	RACADM CLI	Not supported
Networking W-Series Mobility Controllers and Access Points		Not supported	Not supported	Not supported
SonicWALL firewall appliances		Not supported	Not supported	Not supported
Networking Ethernet switches		Not supported	Not supported	Not supported
Brocade Fibre Channel switches		Not supported	Not supported	Not supported
VxFlex Ready Nodes		Discovery Classification Correlation iDRAC health	RACADM CLI IPMI CLI	Not supported

a)You cannot perform this task if the device is not discovered, inventoried, or both.

NOTE: Correlation of PowerEdge FC430, FC630, or FC830 sleds under the host chassis is not supported in the following scenarios:
- The sleds are discovered using WMI protocol (in-band) and do not have OMSA installed.
- The sleds are discovered using IPMI protocol (out-of-band).
- The sleds are running ESXi and either have or do not have OMSA installed.