Support for Dell OpenManage Enterprise

New Features in OpenManage Enterprise 3.8.4, 3.8.3, 3.8.2, 3.8.1 and 3.8

• OpenManage Enterprise 3.8.4 remediated a security vulnerability to address a remote, authenticated malicious user with low privileges may potentially exploit this vulnerability to bypass blocked functionalities and perform unauthorized actions (CVE-2021-26857).
• OpenManage Enterprise 3.8.3 upgraded Apache Log4j is upgraded to version 2.17.1 to address the Log4Shell vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-44832).
• OpenManage Enterprise 3.8.2 upgraded Apache Log4j is upgraded to version 2.16.0 to address the Log4Shell vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-45046 and CVE-2021-44228).
• OpenManage Enterprise 3.8.1 upgraded the Apache Tomcat package to address the HTTP Request Smuggling Vulnerability (CVE-2021-33037) and the Apache Shiro package to address the Spring Boot vulnerability.
• Ability to configure the internal appliance share to furnish content through HTTPS or CIFS (default).
• Deployment of the appliance on Windows 2022 is supported.
• You can now upload the signed .dat file and SSH public key using the Audit Logs > Troubleshoot submenu rather than the Text User Interface (TUI) when the Field Service Debug (FSD) is enabled.

See the OpenManage Enterprise Release Notes for the complete list of enhancements and limitations, fixed issues, and known issues.

New Features in OpenManage Enterprise 3.7 and 3.6.x

• OpenManage Enterprise 3.7 enables OpenManage CloudIQ plug-in support - device groups can be selected to send data to CloudIQ for monitoring.
• Option to limit OpenManage Enterprise users (user type - Device Manager) to specific groups of devices they are allowed to monitor and manage (also known as Scope-based Access Control).
• Forward alerts in SNMP v3 format
• Leverage the Redfish protocol for discovery and inventory of PowerEdge servers.
• Seamlessly update the firmware of a full proxied group of 20 chassis and 160 sleds.
• Track power usage for Smart PDU and Virtual Machines (with Power Manager plug-in).
• Standardized authoring and publication of documentation that conforms to an industry-standard REST specification that is language-agnostic.

Improvements in OpenManage 3.7 and 3.6

• OpenManage Enterprise 3.7 adds the ability to view devices that have been disconnected due to Authentication failure from the All-Devices page.
• OpenManage Enterprise 3.7 adds Text User Interface (TUI) capabilities to selectively enable or disable debug logging for appliance and plug-in services.
• Test that email is functional when creating alerts using SMTP configuration.
• View resource utilization of OpenManage Enterprise appliance (CPU, Memory, and Storage)
• Scan and expand appliance disk size using Text User Interface (TUI).
• Customize warranty reports.

See the OpenManage Enterprise Version 3.7 Release Notes for the complete list of enhancements and limitations, fixed issues, and known issues.

New Features in OpenManage Enterprise 3.6.1 and 3.6

• Option to limit OpenManage Enterprise users (user type - Device Manager) to specific groups of devices they are allowed to monitor and manage (also known as Scope-based Access Control).
• Forward alerts in SNMPv3 format
• Leverage the Redfish protocol for discovery and inventory of PowerEdge servers.
• Seamlessly update the firmware of a full proxied group of 20 chassis and 160 sleds.
• Track power usage for Smart PDU and Virtual Machines (with Power Manager plug-in).
• Standardized authoring and publication of documentation that conforms to an industry-standard REST specification that is language-agnostic.

Improvements

• Test that email is functional when creating alerts using SMTP configuration.
• View resource utilization of OpenManage Enterprise appliance (CPU, Memory, and Storage)
• Scan and expand appliance disk size using Text User Interface (TUI).
• Customize warranty reports.

See the OpenManage Enterprise 3.6.1 Release Notes for the complete list of enhancements and limitations, fixed issues, and known issues.

New Features in OpenManage Enterprise 3.5

• Two new plugins - OpenManage Enterprise SupportAssist Enterprise plug-in and OpenManage Enterprise Update Manager plug-in - are supported with this release.
• For catalogs on a Network Share (NFS, CIFS, HTTP, or HTTPS), OpenManage Enterprise can download DUPs from directly from Dell.com; downloading DUPs manually or using DRM is not longer required.
• Log in to OpenManage Enterprise using authorized client identity access tokens issued by OpenID Connect providers: Keycloak and PingFederate (The user type must be configured as part of the client policy management on the OIDC provider).

Improvements

• Configuration compliance report support advanced filters, sorting and selection across pages, and includes IP addresses. Advanced filters also allow viewing noncompliant devices.
• The warranty report now includes device names.
• OpenManage Enterprise previously supported discovery with a single IPv6 address. Discovery expanded to support an IPv6 range.

See the OpenManage Enterprise 3.5 Release Notes for the complete list of enhancements and limitations, fixed issues, and known issues.

New Features in OpenManage Enterprise 3.4.1

• For third-party MIBS, the ability to select specific actions to be taken depending on the type of alert received

Improvements

• Warranty data is refreshed once per week by default
• Firmware compliance status of components that are not present in the catalog as unknown
• Improved security with the removal of less secure CBC and AES 128 ciphers for HTTPS

See the OpenManage Enterprise 3.4.1 Release Notes for the complete list of enhancements and limitations, fixed issues, and known issues.

New Features in OpenManage Enterprise 3.4

• Server initiated discovery: Decrease deployment time and prevent costly human errors by automating and securely discovering and onboarding PowerEdge servers
• Template deployment, editing, and identity management enhancements: Simplify and streamline deployment by automating virtual ID pools and otherwise expanding template capabilities and associated editing
• Unified systems management experiences across PowerEdge rack servers and MX chassis at scale using single integrated interface
  • Pool-based profile management
  • Reserved or migrating profiles (by device)
  • Automated modular component discovery
• In-band driver compliance and update: Simplify system maintenance by tracking or updating firmware and Windows drivers.

Improvements

• Improved appliance upgrade process to reduce downtime
• Support for SNMP discovery of OS10 IOM switches in PowerEdge MX7000 infrastructure
• Collect device warranty information from Dell.com and feed into OpenManage Enterprise with the newly integrated V5 API
• Enriched configuration and deployment manageability:
  • Ability to gather configuration inventory information when creating a baseline
  • Enhanced device grid sorting for IP addresses
  • Improved alert policy automation scheduling and filtering - ability to add time range without entering an end date
  • Enhanced I/O pool usage grid UI sorting and network setting
  • Added a sample import file for automated deployment
• Enhanced security against vertical privilege escalation by invalidating old user session upon privilege change

See the OpenManage Enterprise 3.4 Release Notes for the complete list of enhancements and limitations, fixed issues, and known issues.

New Features in OpenManage Enterprise 3.3.1

• Multihoming networks help to isolate internal and external networks using OpenManage Enterprise Read more >
  • Simplify operation tasks without manually switching networks
  • Enhance security with the isolation of data traffic

Improvements

• Improved appliance upgrade process to reduce downtime
• Support for SNMP discovery of OS10 IOM switches in PowerEdge MX7000 infrastructure
• Collect device warranty information from Dell.com and feed into OpenManage Enterprise with the newly integrated V5 API
• Enriched configuration and deployment manageability:
  • Ability to gather configuration inventory information when creating a baseline
  • Enhanced device grid sorting for IP addresses
  • Improved alert policy automation scheduling and filtering - ability to add time range without entering an end date
  • Enhanced I/O pool usage grid UI sorting and network setting
  • Added a sample import file for automated deployment
• Enhanced security against vertical privilege escalation by invalidating old user session upon privilege change

See the OpenManage Enterprise 3.3.1 Release Notes for the complete list of enhancements and limitations, fixed issues, and known issues.

New Features in OpenManage Enterprise 3.2.1

• Fetch warranty information when OpenManage Enterprise configured with proxy settings
• Alert notification pushes to OpenManage Mobile from OpenManage Enterprise without setting up a proxy
• Intel XXV710 NICs are listed on the Device Firmware Compliance Page

Improvements

• Improved appliance upgrade process to reduce downtime
• VLAN Import from OpenManage Enterprise-Modular Edition increases efficiency
• VLAN propagation without reboot improves uptime
• Support for Quasi Attributes enables granular device control
• Support for Secure Attributes to do 1: many credentials updates
• Improved Identity management reduces the chances for operator error

See the OpenManage Enterprise 3.2.1 Release Notes for the complete list of enhancements and limitations, fixed issues, and known issues.

New Features in OpenManage Enterprise 3.2

• Extend management capabilities with an intuitive integrated OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager plug-in architecture
• Decrease deployment time while preventing costly errors and downtime with autodeployment: Ability to designate an existing template to configure servers and chassis that are yet to be discovered
• Support for discovery and monitoring of PowerVault MD and ME storage devices
• Extend support for the latest versions of KVM, ESXi, and Hyper-V
• Support for programmatic appliance deployment on VMware ESXi version 6.5 or later (OVF form factor only)
• Faster login with AD accounts
• Unified management by onboarding servers and MX7000 chassis enables both alert receptions and sets the community string
• Support for multiple device management URLs (if available, such as iDRAC, VxRail manager, XC Prism, and so forth)

Improvements

• Maximize IT efficiency with editable templates to manage, deploy and monitor server, chassis, and IOA
• Streamline a series of remote management tasks into a single batch, run immediately or schedule for later
• Maintain up-to-date repositories from the OpenManage Enterprise interface
• Identify newly available updates on-demand, or schedule a search on Dell.com
• Better grouping and systems labeling ability with enhanced customizable filtering, sorting and selecting across pages
• Locate root causes and gain immediate insights for remediation with detailed log information
• Reduce potential duplicate effort with new alert settings that enable viewing of only the unacknowledged alerts in the alert log display
• An improved process for tracking users who acknowledge alerts
• Enhanced efficiency with new filtering and display options on the custom report builder
• Streamline a series of remote management tasks into a single batch, run immediately or schedule for later with the enhanced remote script execution. Run up to 100 individual RACADM, IPMI, or SSH commands in a single batch
• Improvements to Warranty - settings are uniformly reflected in the home widget, warranty report, and dashboard
• Streamline firmware update process with the ability to schedule automatic updating of the firmware catalogs
• Enhanced Firmware compliance report to show only components that have updates in critical or warning status

See the OpenManage Enterprise 3.2 Release Notes for the complete list of enhancements and limitations, fixed issues, and known issues.

New Features in OpenManage Enterprise 3.1

• Ability to forward audit logs for remote monitoring through Syslog servers
• Support for the latest 14th generation PowerEdge servers

Improvements

• Availability of additional alert categories for creating alert policies
• Enhanced SMB security settings to support the server message block signing
• Use of secured CIFS network share for firmware updates, and improvements and issue fixes during a firmware update job

New Features in OpenManage Enterprise 3.0

• Support for discovery and inventory of MX7000 chassis - as a stand-alone chassis and as a lead chassis in a Multi-Chassis Management (MCM) group
• Support for configuration compliance and remediation of MX7000 chassis
• Ability to assign virtual identities to servers and perform stateless deployment, and support for VLAN management
• Ability to monitor devices and remediate tasks in OpenManage Mobile by integrating with OpenManage Enterprise

Improvements

• REST API services for network configuration, identity pool creation, device template configuration, and profile management
• Support of additional remote tokens for remote script execution.
• Support of alert policies for devices not discovered in OpenManage Enterprise.