Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials Version 2.5 User's Guide

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Supported devices, protocols, and features matrix—SNMP, WMI, and WS-Man

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

Table 1. Supported devices, protocols (SNMP, WMI, WS-Man), and features matrix . The following table lists the features and protocols of the supported devices.
Protocol / Mechanism		Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)	Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)	Web Services-Management (WS-Man)	REpresentational State Transfer (REST)
Servers with OpenManage Server Administrator installed	Windows / Hyper‑V	Discovery Correlation Classification Hardware inventory Software inventory Monitoring Traps/alerts Application launch OpenManage Server Administrator console RAC Remote desktop System update	Discovery Correlation Classification Hardware inventory Software inventory Monitoring Application launch OpenManage Server Administrator console Remote desktop System update	Not supported	Not supported
	Linux/ VMware ESX	Discovery Correlation Classification Hardware inventory Software inventory Monitoring Traps/alerts Application launch OpenManage Server Administrator console RAC	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported
	VMware ESXi	Traps/alerts	Not supported	Discovery Correlation Classification Hardware inventory Software inventory Virtual machine information Virtual host product information Monitoring (OpenManage Server Administrator health only) Application launch—RAC	Not supported
Servers without OpenManage Server Administrator installed	Windows/Hyper‑V	Not supported	Discovery Correlation Classification Hardware inventory Application launch Remote desktop	Not supported	Not supported
	Linux/VMware ESX	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported
	VMware ESXi	Not supported	Not supported	Discovery Correlation Classification Hardware inventory (no storage inventory) Application launch	Not supported
iDRAC / DRAC / BMC		Discovery Correlation Classification Monitoring Traps/Platform Event Traps (PET) Application launch RAC Console	Not supported	Discovery Correlation Classification Monitoring Traps/Platform Event Traps (PET) Hardware inventory System update NOTE: Applicable only to iDRAC6 version 1.3 and later. Discovery and hardware inventory are not supported for iDRAC6 version 1.25 and earlier. Application launch RAC Console	Not supported
Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (VxRail, XC Series)		Discovery Correlation Classification Monitoring Traps/Platform Event Traps (PET) Application launch RAC Console	Not supported	Discovery Correlation Classification Monitoring Traps/Platform Event Traps (PET) Hardware inventory Application launch RAC Console VxRail Manager PRISM NOTE: OpenManage Essentials does not support remote task execution, server configuration, and system updates on the VxRail and XC Series devices.	Not supported
Modular enclosure (PowerEdge M1000e)		Discovery Correlation Classification Enclosure health Traps System update Application launch—CMC	Not supported	Discovery Correlation Classification Enclosure health Traps System update Application launch—CMC NOTE: Applicable only to PowerEdge M1000e with CMC firmware version 5.0.	Not supported
Modular enclosure (PowerEdge MX7000)		Traps	Not supported	Not supported	Discovery Correlation Classification Enclosure health Traps System update Application launch—OpenManage Enterprise - Modular
PowerEdge VRTX		Discovery Correlation Classification Enclosure health Traps Application launch—CMC	Not supported	Discovery Correlation Classification Hardware inventory System Update Enclosure health Traps Application launch—CMC Map View (PowerEdge VRTX only)	Not supported
Networking W-Series Mobility Controllers and Access Points		Discovery Inventory Classification Application launch Traps/alerts Health—active and inactive Switch Role	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported
SonicWALL firewall appliances		Discovery Classification Application launch Traps/alerts	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported
Networking Ethernet switches		Discovery Correlation Classification Application launch Traps/alerts Health Switch Role	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported
Brocade Fibre Channel switches		Discovery Classification Application launch Traps/alerts Health Switch role	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported
VxFlex Ready Nodes		Discovery Correlation Classification Monitoring Traps/Platform Event Traps (PET) Application launch—VxFlex Ready Node Series Support	Not supported	Discovery Correlation Classification Monitoring Traps/Platform Event Traps (PET) Hardware inventory System update Application launch—VxFlex Ready Node Series Support	Not supported

NOTE: For full functionality of chassis support in OpenManage Essentials, the chassis and the associated devices must be discovered using the appropriate protocols.

NOTE: OpenManage Essentials supports in-band (OMSA) and out-of-band (iDRAC) discovery of the following PowerEdge C-Series servers only: PowerEdge C4130, PowerEdge C6320, PowerEdge C6320p, and PowerEdge C6420.

NOTE: OpenManage Essentials supports discovery of Dell Precision Rack 7910 and 7920 clients with WMI protocol similar to the discovery of other client devices. If the Dell Precision Rack 7910 and 7920 clients are discovered using iDRAC (out-of-band discovery), then these devices are classified as Servers under Manage > Devices > All Devices > RAC .

NOTE: You can also perform discovery and inventory of a server out-of-band (iDRAC) using the credentials of the iDRAC user account that has Read Only privileges. However, you cannot perform operations that require elevated privileges such as system update, device configuration deployment, and so on.

Related tasks

Creating a discovery and inventory task

Excluding ranges

Scheduling discovery

Scheduling inventory

Viewing configured discovery and inventory ranges

Related reference

Discovering and inventorying devices