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How To Manage Dell Servers using OMSA – OpenManage Server Administrator On Linux



OMSA is a web based application to manage DELL PowerEdge Servers. Using OMSA you can perform proactive system monitoring, system diagnosis, troubleshoot hardware issues and configure RAID etc., You can also view and manage hardware’s embedded system management (ESM) log using OMSA.

This is an jumpstart guide that explains how to install Dell OMSA on Linux. I have also provided few screenshots of DELL OMSA web application.

1. Download DELL OMSA

Go to DELL support website -> click on “Drivers & Downloads” -> choose your server model (in my case, I selected PowerEdge 2850) -> choose the operating system -> scroll-down and expand ‘Systems Management’ -> Click on ‘OpenManage Server Administrator Managed Node’ -> Click on OM_5.5.0_ManNode_A00.tar.gz to download it. You can directly download it to your Linux server as shown below.

# mkdir -p /usr/local/omsa
# cd /usr/local/omsa
# wget http://ftp.us.dell.com/sysman/OM_5.5.0_ManNode_A00.tar.gz
2. Install DELL OMSA

Perform an express OMSA installation as shown below. After the installation, check /var/log/srvadmin.log for any installation errors.

# gzip -d OM_5.5.0_ManNode_A00.tar.gz
# tar xvf OM_5.5.0_ManNode_A00.tar
# sh linux/supportscripts/srvadmin-install.sh --express
Installing the selected packages.

Preparing...                ###################################### [100%]
   1:srvadmin-omilcore      ###################################### [  8%]
     To start all installed services without a reboot,
     enter the following command:  srvadmin-services.sh  start
   2:srvadmin-syscheck      ###################################### [ 15%]
   3:srvadmin-deng          ###################################### [ 23%]
   4:srvadmin-omauth        ###################################### [ 31%]
   5:srvadmin-omacore       ###################################### [ 38%]
   6:srvadmin-jre           ###################################### [ 46%]
   7:srvadmin-ipmi          ###################################### [ 54%]
   8:srvadmin-hapi          ###################################### [ 62%]
   9:srvadmin-isvc          ###################################### [ 69%]
  10:srvadmin-cm            ###################################### [ 77%]
  11:srvadmin-iws           ###################################### [ 85%]
  12:srvadmin-omhip         ###################################### [ 92%]
  13:srvadmin-storage       ###################################### [100%]
3. Start DELL OMSA Services

Invoke the srvadmin-services.sh script to start the OMSA services as shown below.

# sh linux/supportscripts/srvadmin-services.sh start
Starting Systems Management Device Drivers:
Starting dell_rbu:                                         [  OK  ]
Starting ipmi driver:                                      [  OK  ]
Starting Systems Management Data Engine:
Starting dsm_sa_datamgr32d:                                [  OK  ]
Starting dsm_sa_eventmgr32d:                               [  OK  ]
Starting DSM SA Shared Services:                           [  OK  ]
Starting DSM SA Connection Service:                        [  OK  ]
4. Access OMSA from web browser

By default, OMSA web application runs on Port 1311 . Login to OMSA from web using the URL: https://{omsa-server-ip-address}:1311 using root as shown below. Please note that you can login only using HTTPS.

Thanks & Regards
Avinash Pillai
URL : http://avinashpillai.blogspot.com
Email: avinashp25[AT]gmail[DOT]com

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