OpenManage Enterprise

(OME) Technical Overview

Server Initiated Discovery
Design to take the complexity out of IT infrastructure management
 Refresher - Legacy Device Discovery

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User Enters Scan Data User Initiates Scan OME Scans For iDRACs

Discovered
iDRACS iDRACs
How the standard OME legacy device discovery
iDRACS
IP Range Format
10.35.0.0
not serverQUICK
initiated device discovery works
10.36.0.0-10.36.0.255
UI
10.37.0.0/24
hostname.domain.tid
or CSV REFRESHER
hostname
2607:f2b1:f083:139::22a Tower Rack Modular
- Run Now Indicated IP Servers Servers Servers
- Run Later and/or
- Run on Schedule Ranges

Standard device discovery the OME 4

3.4 UI only supports entry of single
IPv6 addresses and not ranges iDRACs Respond/Onboarded

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 Server Initiated Discovery

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iDRACS
NODE

iDRACS 4.00
iDRACS
iDRACS 4.00

OME TAG1
iDRACs TAG2
NEW Credentials
CSV Tags
from its
Credentials API TAG3
OMEURI=1.1.1.1 SERVER database
OME INITIAL iDRACS and TAG4
TXT=/api/…/Signal Node Presence
DISCOVERY onboards
DATA the server TAG5

DATA TAG6
TAG6

TAG7
No IP addresses are imported.
iDRACs
DNS Server
iDRACS 4.00

iDRACS 4.00

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 Enabling Server Initiated Discovery

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OME OMEURI=1.1.1.1
appliance
API
TXT=/api/…/Signal Node
Presence

DNS
iDRACS

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 Import Tags/Credentials
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TUI = no loss of data

CSV tags
and
Credentials

List of
devices

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 iDRAC Automatically Gets OME Data
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Unicast DNS

iDRAC
IP address, port, and
URI for the Server
Initiated Discovery API

Node/Server
Installed and active iDRAC contact DNS Server Request data for the OME Initiated
Discovery

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 iDRAC Announces to OME Via API
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 OME Matches Tags, Onboards iDRAC
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OME Server Initiated Discovery States

 Credentials Added – service tag and credentials imported.

iDRACS
 Ready For Discovery10– iDRAC has announced itself to OME appliance.
minutes
 Job submitted for discovery – OME appliance has batched together
announcements received in 10 minute period and submitted the job.
Dell CA
 Discovered – Server has been
Enable discovered
trap destination and onboarded.
when configuring SSL
the discovery process

Console Automatic Approve discovery/onboarding

Settings Manual Based on subsequent explicit user command
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 Fully Automatic
Final Point

Server Initiated Discovery Can be Combined

With Auto Deployment

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