Using Dell OpenManage in an ESX Server Environment

To start, stop, or check the status of OpenManage services from ESX Server Service Console, issue the following commands respectively: $ srvadmin-services.sh start $ srvadmin-services.sh stop $ srvadmin-services.sh status

To access the OpenManage web page, type the following web address in a supported browser window from a client system to connect to the ESX Server system:

https://:1311 where, 1311 is the port used by the OpenManage web server.

Using OpenManage, you can check the system details such as the BIOS and BMC firmware version, monitor the system health such as power supply and fan status, perform power operations such as system reboot, shutdown, etc. and monitor and configure your storage. You could do all this from the OpenManage web page or from the ESX Server Service Console through the command line interface of OpenManage using commands such as these.

To check the version of OpenManage installed, execute:

$ omreport about

To view the system summary, execute:

$ omreport system summary