Discover and inventory M1000e with openmanage essentials 2.1

Hi,

What is the firmware version on M1000E? Make sure the firmware version of CMC is latest to be discovered through WSMAN. For older versions only SNMP is supported.

Also do you need snmp opened or just port 443 is open need for OME ?. Do I need to do anything on the idrac configuration  for servers and M1000e?

Hi,

So CMC version 4.45 is not good to discover the M1000E chassis using WSMAN. Can you run WSMAN test through troubleshooting tool which gets installed with OME against this chassis IP and check if you are able to connect?

For all the port configurations related to individual protocol, you can go through the support documents present at www.dell.com/.../manuals

yeah i can connect. This is the result of troubleshooting tool

Ok, does your discovery wizard have WSMan and only WSMan selected?  And the checkboxes on that page are all checked?

Thanks,

Rob

DCIM_ModularChassisView
    AssetTag = 00000
    Caption = null
    ChassisDefaultLowerPowerCap = 2715
    ChassisDefaultUpperPowerCap = 16685
    ChassisExternalPowerCap = 16685
    Description = null
    ElementName = chassis view
    FQDD = System.Chassis.1
    FlexFabricState = false, false, false, false
    FlexFabricStateDescription = Fabric A, Fabric B, Fabric C, iDRAC
    Generation = null
    HostName = cmc-DDLN3K1
    IPv4Address = 10.10.5.1
    InstanceID = dcim:System.Chassis.1
    Location = DFT-IA88
    MgmtControllerFirmwareVersion = 4.45.A00.201307240137
    PhysicalLocationAisle = I
    PhysicalLocationChassisName = CMC-DDLN3K1
    PhysicalLocationDataCenter = DFT
    PhysicalLocationDeviceSize = 10U
    PhysicalLocationRack = ia88
    PhysicalLocationRackSlot = 12
    PowerState = 2
    PrimaryStatus = 1
    PwrInputInfrastructureAllocation = 670
    PwrInputSystemConsumption = 1599
    SNMPCommunityBladeIRAlert
    SNMPDestinationBladeIRAlert
    ServerBasedPowerMgmtEnableTime = 19691231180000.000000-360
    ServerBasedPowerMgmtEnabled = false
    ServerPerformanceOverPowerRedundancyEnabled = true
    ServiceTag = DDRN3V1
    SystemPSUInputPower = 15204
    SystemPSUOutputPower = 6481
    UseHostNameForSlotName = true

is upgrading CMC disruptive to blades and storage running ?

For M1000e. Just WSMAN

Thanks for the information.

Can you try one more thing from the system where you have installed OpenManage Essentials for us to drill down into the problem:

- Run the following winrm command replacing the ipaddress/credentials of the CMC you are trying to discovery via OME:

winrm e cimv2/root/dell/cmc/DCIM_ModularChassisView  -u: -p: -SkipCNcheck -SkipCAcheck -encoding:utf-8 -a:basic

Note: We support discovery of M1000E CMC via WSMAN from F/W version 5.0 and above.

Based on the above output, the CMC should be classified properly without upgrading the CMC Firmware.

One last check (though they are default settings with OME 2.1):

- The checkboxes Secure mode, Skip Common name check, and Trusted site are checked on the Ws-Man configuration tab?

If yes to above, I will suggest to call support guys to have a closer look 800-945-3355.

Thanks,
Vijay.

only WSMan

enable WS-MAN Discovery

secure mode

skip common name check

trusted site

Have check box enabled

Thanks for the details of the ModularChassisView class. Looking above, it seems the firmware version of CMC is 4,45 and not 5.0.

    MgmtControllerFirmwareVersion = 4.45.A00.201307240137

So, you will be able to perform the discovery of M1000E using SNMP for this firmware version. Afterwards once you upgrade the CMC firmware to 5.0 or above, you can use WSMAN discovery. Hope this helps.

we have bunch or m620 and PSM4110 running on m1000e that are production. Updating CMC to 5.x will cause downtime ? Do we also need to update other components such as iKVM and IOM Firmware and Software ?? Downtime for updating other components ? Any compatibility issues ?

IOM Firmware

	Slot	Component	Current Version	Update	Update Status
	A1	Dell 10GbE KR PTM	11		Update Available
	A2	Dell 10GbE KR PTM	11		Update Available
	B1	Dell Ethernet Pass-Through	11		Update Available
	B2	Dell Ethernet Pass-Through	11		Update Available
	Apply Firmware Update

	Slot	Component	Current Version	Rollback Version	Update	Update Status
	A1	Dell 10GbE KR PTM				N/A
	A2	Dell 10GbE KR PTM				N/A
	B1	Dell Ethernet Pass-Through				N/A
	B2	Dell Ethernet Pass-Through				N/A

Hi,

For discovery/inventory of CMC via WSMAN only the CMC firmware need to be updated. Updating the CMC firmware only resets the CMC and takes few minutes to become up again. The servers are not rebooted if you update only CMC firmware. (Refer Updating CMC Firmware section - http://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/dell-cmc-v5.0-m1000e_User's%20Guide_en-us.pdf)

But, before you proceed with CMC update, good to double check the certificate on the CMC is not expired (Refer http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/systems-management/f/4494/p/19653767/20824350#20824350) 

Let us know if this helps.

Thanks,
Vijay