How to configure Dell PowerEdge M1000e with all blade servers

Hi Ben,

Could you give some more information.

• What version of OME are you using?
• Do you use in band or out of band inventory
• What is the firmware of the CMC?
• Which Blade servers are you using?
• What are the firmware versions of those blades?
• Which protocols are you using to run the inventory?

Hi 

Thanks for the rply. As i am very new to this , dont know much informations.

My OME version is  2.1.0.2635

my chassis is PowerEdge M1000e and it is having mixture of blades like M710,M610 & M620

and i have added 3 chasis.

i used chassis CMC Discovery .But when i click on chasis and under configuration, it's saying " Device inventory is unavailable"

Hi BENTECH4YOU,

Thanks for your post and glad to know you are trying out OME latest version 2.1.

When you do CMC discovery on a device, the inventory information will come under "Details" tab.

The "CMC Discovery" will not get information which comes under "Configuration->Inventory" tab.

If you are interested in Configuration Inventory, you can go to Manage->Configuration (tab)-> Getting Started for Compliance (Link).

More information about this feature is available in Deployment and Managing Configurations with Dell OpenManage Essentials  whitepaper located at www.delltechcenter.com/ome. You will get couple of videos around this feature and other OME capabilities.

Thanks,
Vijay

Hi Vijay,

thanks for your information. i am always getting below kind of error when i am initiating inventory."Credentials are not found" where i need to give credentials.?

Results:
Starting the configuration import on the target :cmc-9N41C5J
Credential set Description returned empty from device credentials ...
User name returned empty from device credentials ...
Password returned empty from device credentials ...

ERROR: Please check the Inventory Credentials for the target cmc-9N41C5J are set from wizard. Inventory Credentials are not found.
No user credentials where available. The task is unable to connect to the device.
Failed to get the chassis config file from the target cmc-9N41C5J.

Hi Ben,

Make sure your M1000e CMC firmware is at least above 5.0, versions below do not support WS-MAN inventory.

Here is the latest firmware 5.11, http://dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/poweredge-m1000e/drivers

After that make sure you create a discovery range that has the CMC and iDRAC's in the range and select WS-MAN as discovery protocol.

Then fill out the credentials that have access on the CMC and iDRAC's (for instance user: root password: calvin)

If the iDRAC's have a different username and/or password fill out "Alternate WS_Man Configuration for iDRAC's"

I believe the inventory credentials in question is the configuration inventory credentials. If you navigate to Configuration tab, there is a link for configuration Inventory Schedule. You will be able to configure the inventory credentials there. 

Hope this helps.