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SupportAssist Enterprise Version 2.0.60 Support Matrix

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Network requirements

The following are the networking requirements on the local system (the server where SupportAssist Enterprise is installed) and remote devices:

  • Internet connection—Standard 1 GbE network or faster.
  • The local system must be able to communicate with the SupportAssist server hosted by Dell EMC over HTTPS protocol.
  • The local system must be able to connect to the following destinations:
    • https://apidp.dell.com and https://api.dell.com—end point for the Dell EMC hosted SupportAssist server.
    • https://is.us.dell.com/*—the file upload server and related services.
    • https://downloads.dell.com/—for downloading OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) and receiving new SupportAssist Enterprise release information, policy files, and product support files.
      NOTE The downloads.dell.com page uses the Akamai third-party vendor for improved download experience.
    • https://sa-is.us.dell.com/*—for TechDirect integration.
      NOTE During registration, SupportAssist Enterprise verifies connectivity to the Internet by trying to connect to http://www.dell.com, which then gets redirected to https://www.dell.com.

The following table lists the network bandwidth requirements for monitoring and collecting system information from devices:

Table 1. Network bandwidth requirements The following table provides a summary of the minimum hardware requirements on the server where you want to install SupportAssist Enterprise.
Devices Monitoring Collecting System Information LAN bandwidth* WAN bandwidth**
1 No Yes 10 Mbps 5 Mbps
20 Yes Yes 0.5 Gbps 10 Mbps
Up to 100 Yes Yes 0.5 Gbps 10 Mbps
Up to 300 Yes Yes 0.5 Gbps 10 Mbps
Up to 1000 Yes Yes 1 Gbps 20 Mbps
Up to 4000 Yes Yes 1 Gbps 20 Mbps

* Network bandwidth that is required for monitoring and collecting system information from devices within a single site.

** Network bandwidth that is required for monitoring and collecting system information from devices that are distributed across multiple sites.

The following figure illustrates network port connectivity between SupportAssist Enterprise and other monitored devices:

Figure 1. Managed devices
Network Requirements
  • 1—network ports that are required for discovering devices and collecting system information
  • 2—network ports that are required for uploading the collected system information (collection)
  • 3—network ports required for adapters
  • 4—network ports on devices for collecting system information

The following table lists the ports that must be open on the local system:

Table 2. Network port requirements on the local systemThe following table lists the ports that must be open on the local system.
Port Direction Usage
22 Out To add the local system running a Linux operating system and for collecting system information
80 Out For HTTP communication
135 Out To add the local system running Windows (WMI) and to collect system information
162 In To receive alerts (SNMP traps) from remote devices
443 Out For Secure Socket Layer (SSL) communication, WS-Man communication, and verifying SupportAssist Enterprise update information
1311 Out For Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) communication
5700 In To open SupportAssist Enterprise securely (HTTPS) from a remote system
5701, 5702, 5703, and 5704 In To collect system information from devices
9099 In To open SupportAssist Enterprise (HTTP) from the local system
61616 In To process SupportAssist Enterprise tasks
2424 In To establish connection with the Dell EMC SupportAssist Enterprise DB service.

The following table lists the network ports that are required for discovering devices and collecting system information:

Table 3. Network ports required for discovering devices and collecting system information The following table lists the network ports that are required for discovering devices and collecting system information.
Device Protocol for discovery and collection Port
Server - Windows WMI 135
Server - Linux SSH 22
iDRAC WSMan and REST

If you have iDRAC9 with firmware version 4.x installed:

  • WSMan protocol is used to configure alert destination of the server.
  • REST protocol is used to send and receive information from SupportAssist Enterprise.
443 and 161
ESX or ESXi SSH and VMware SDK 22 and 443
Storage PS Series arrays (previously EqualLogic) SNMPv2, SSH2, and FTP 161, 22, and 21
Storage MD Series arrays (previously PowerVault) SYMbolSDK 2463
Storage ME4 Series arrays REST and SFTP 443 and 1022
Storage SC Series arrays (previously Dell Compellent) REST 3033
Fluid File System (FluidFS) Network attached storage (NAS) devices SSH and FTP 22 and 44421
PowerConnect switches SNMP and SSH 22 and 161
Dell Force10 switches SNMP and SSH 161 and 22
Networking switches SNMP and SSH 22 and 161
W series switches SNMP and SSH 22 and 161
PowerEdge FX2/FX2s SSH 22
PowerEdge VRTX SSH 22
PowerEdge M1000e SSH 22
PowerEdge MX7000 REST 443
SAN HQ WMI 135
HIT Kit/VSM for VMware SSH 22
vCenter HTTPS 443
SCVMM WMI 135
XC Series of Web-Scale hyperconverged appliances REST and SSH 9440 and 22
Virtual Machine - Windows WMI 135
Virtual Machine - Linux SSH 22

The following table lists the network ports that are required for uploading the collected system information:

Table 4. Network ports required for uploading the collected system information

The following table lists the network ports that are required for uploading the collected system information.

Source Destination Port
SupportAssist Enterprise SupportAssist Server 443
File Upload Server (FUS)
File Retrieval Service (FRS)
Remote Collector File Upload Server (FUS) 443
File Retrieval Service (FRS)

The following table lists the network ports that are required for adapters:

Table 5. Network ports required for adapters

The following table lists the network ports that are required for adapters.

Source Destination Port
SupportAssist Enterprise OpenManage Essentials adapter 5700 (web socket)
OpenManage Essentials adapter OpenManage Essentials 443
SupportAssist Enterprise System Center Operations Manager adapter 5700 (web socket)
System Center Operations Manager adapter System Center Operations Manager Not applicable (SCOM SDK)
SupportAssist Enterprise OpenManage Enterprise adapter 5700 (web socket)
OpenManage Enterprise adapter OpenManage Enterprise 443

The following table lists the network ports that are required for collecting system information:

Table 6. Network ports on SupportAssist Enterprise for collecting system information The following table lists the network ports that are required for collecting system information.
Source Destination Port
Storage SC Series arrays (previously Dell Compellent) SupportAssist Enterprise 5701, 5702, 5703, and 5704
Server SupportAssist agent
NOTE This agent is required only on yx1x or lower series of Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.
SupportAssist Enterprise 5701, 5702, 5703, and 5704
Server (In band) SupportAssist Enterprise 5701, 5702, 5703, and 5704

Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) must be enabled on the device to perform the following tasks:

  • Run a device discovery rule.
  • Perform manual or periodic inventory validation.
  • Edit an account credential.
  • Assign a credential profile.
  • Edit a credential profile.
  • Perform periodic validation of device credentials.

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