RMU build Gen-1.5: IV. Best Practices - C. Dell OpenManage Enterprise

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This page is part of the Gen-1.5 RMU build runbook.

Go back to the previous section: B. Install RACADM Tool on RMU

C. Dell OpenManage Enterprise (Recommended)

This is a service that allows you to talk to the Baseboard Management Controller(s) (BMC) of your IC nodes. This service will allow you to discover your Dell’s servers iDRACs (Dell’s version of a BMC.) Once configured, you will be able to apply firmware updates remotely.

Create VM

  1. From the main Proxmox page, select Create VM to launch the Create: Virtual Machine dialog window.
  2. Tick the Advanced box and the Start at boot: box, then enter VM ID of 123, set Name: to <dc>-ome. Enter 10 into the Start/Shutdown Order:. Select Next.
    • OME - VM Create - 01 - General.png
  3. Select Do not use any media. Set Type: to Other. Select Next.
    • OME - VM Create - 02 - OS.png
  4. Ensure that Graphic card: is set to Default, SCSI Controller: is set to VirtIO SCSI single, Machine: is set to Default (i440fx), BIOS: is set to Default (SeaBIOS). Select Next.
    • OME - VM Create - 03 - System.png
  5. Ensure that Bus/Device: is set to IDE & 0, Storage: is set to local-zfs, Disk size (GiB): is set to 8, Backup: box is ticked, Async IO: is set to Default (io_uring). Select Next.
    • Screenshot 2024-01-22 at 2.50.42 PM.png
  6. Set Sockets to 1, set Type: to X86-64-v2-AES, set Cores: to 8. Select Next.
    • OME - VM Create - 05 - CPU.png
  7. Set Memory(MiB): to 16767 and Minimum memory (MB): to 2048. Select Next.
    • OME - VM Create - 06 - Memory.png
  8. Set Bridge: to vmbr1, set Mode: to Intel E1000, Disable the Firewall: tickbox. Select Next.
    • OME - VM Create - 07 - Network.png
  9. Do NOT tick the Start after created because we need to map the (soon to be downloaded) OME image to a disk. Select Finish.
    • OME - VM Create - 08 - Confirm.png

Download & Import OME

  1. On the RMU, download OME virtual image
  2. Open a shell console on the RMU
    wget --user-agent="Mozilla" -O ome.zip 'https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER07474001M/1/openmanage_enterprise_kvm_format_3.6.1.zip?uid=c802e350-6536-4f28-7a66-93b4f844cd30&fn=openmanage_enterprise_kvm_format_3.6.1.zip'
  3. Unzip the downloaded file
    apt update && apt install unzip -y
unzip ome.zip
  4. Import the QCOW2 image into the OEM VM’s space
    cd appliance/qemu-kvm/
qm importdisk 123 openmanage_enterprise.qcow2 local-zfs
    • Screenshot 2023-12-19 at 1.31.39 PM.png
  5. Configure the imported disk as the boot disk for the VM
  6. Select the OME VM on the left side
  7. Select Hardware
  8. Double click Unused Disk
    • OME - VM Create - 09 - Add Unused Disk 01.png
  9. Set Bus/Device: to VirtIO Block. Select Add
    • OME - VM Create - 10 - Add Unused Disk 02.png
  10. Select Options and double Click Boot Order
    • OME - VM Create - 11 - Update Boot Order 01.png
  11. Move the device with description local-zfs:vm-123-disk-1… to position 1. Tick the enable box next to it.
    • OME - VM Create - 12 - Update Boot Order 02.png
  12. Untick the enable box for all other boot devices Select OK
    • OME - VM Create - 13 - Update Boot Oder 03.png
  13. When complete, your options screen should look like the following
    • OME - VM Create - 14 - Start VM.png
  14. Select the OME VM and start it.


Continue to next section: D. Update Firmware on SuperMicro Nodes

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