OMNM wiki page link - includes how to get started videos

http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/networking/w/wiki/4878.openmanage-network-manager

Dell OpenManage Network Manager is designed to make it easier to plan and manage your Dell, Cisco, HP, Juniper, Aruba and Brocade and more network devices. It is paid on a annual basis based on different tiers of managed devices.

Entuity Network Management Tools partners with Dell Networking

http://entuity.com/solutions/dell-solutions/

Entuity is best of breed management platform for plug and play of a multi-vendor large enterprise infrastructure. Their ROI is managing more than 200 network devices.

The drill down of layer 2 and 3 network mapping is all inclusive that allows for the NOC to get a complete picture of network discovery and topology mapping. It applies that information with event correlation to provide complete insight to network performance. It can predict network congestion problems before trouble tickets appear to the NOC.

Distributed Enterprise environments that are using multiple connections between sites for main connections and backup routes can benefit from SurePath managing best connections through multi-vendor ISP links to ensure SLA agreements for application delivery.

If you're a Dell SMB Customer, please note these reference architecture links...

Hello Guest,

Problem statement:
There is many pieces to the puzzle and there is more pieces to choose from than ever.
How to make them all fit within policy?
Which to choose?
Which way is the market heading?    

Controlling costs while innovating faster is the name of the game more precisely. Dell has done a great job of providing best of breed compute, network, and storage offerings that makes sense as a CAPEX business expense. Obviously I do not need to get into business plans b/c each business is different. However to simply the IT part of the business, Dell provides industry standards and plug-and-play architecture that is different in the market place. Below documentation can help a business deploy faster than the competition and get to market faster.

Reference Architecture: Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V on Dell PowerEdge VRTX

Deployment Guide: Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V on Dell PowerEdge VRTX

Bonus: Dell Networking Small Business Reference Architecture 1.0

Aerohive and SonicWall update

See previous post about initial feedback of Aerohive setup.

I have really liked Aerohive cloud dashboard for the per device visibility within my new wireless network.

Since the AP130 has advanced routing capabilities built-in. I assumed I only needed to make sure it had an IP address that it can route to/from the internet. I now have my SonicWall's interface X4 connected to Aerohive midspan which is connected to the access point. (Previously I plugged directly into AT&T U-verse router, bypassing firewall.) I added interface X4 to LAN zone for more security scanning (IPS and Content Filtering), visibility, and file sharing capabilities. The LAN environment is still on 192.168.168.1 255.255.255.0 network. I added wireless aerohive WLAN network within the LAN zone (no NAT policies) and assigned the 192.168.10.1 255.255.255.0 network to X4. I double checked that routing was enabled on this interface with this IP address.

After I plugged in the AP130 the way it currently is, the white light on the access point turned amber and lost internet connectivity. I logged into Aerohives cloud dashboard and learned that the Aerohive AP130 does not have a built-in dhcp server. So I had to go back into the SonicWall's DHCP services and create a lease scope of 25 IP addresses. After hitting accept on the SonicWall it took a couple of minutes and command of IPCONFIG /RENEW for the AP130 to get an IP Address and then give this machine an IP address of 192.168.10.22 255.255.255.0. The AP130 light has been white since and been serving up internet for family and whoever my step-son share the preshare secret key with. He had a friend that came over with an iPhone and they streamed YouTube videos.

Since the new wireless network has the LAN zone content filtering policy assigned to it, I am blocking pornography on wireless connectivity again. Also I have the dashboard visibilty of the SonicWall for tracking source and destination IP address at an application level and Geo-IP filtering. So at the end of the day I have more information to coorelate for user/device tracking on my home/lab network.

Again this was easy to set up and use. Since I have familiarity with how subnets talk to each other, it took maybe an hour of my time yesterday. Also wasted 30 minutes this morning looking at my .10 network connections in the firewall and correlating that info with what I see in Aerohive's cloud dashboard.    

 

VMware vSphere 5.5 on Dell PowerEdge FX2 - Reference architecture and Deployment guide

These whitepapers are part of Dell Blueprints initiative to simplify Enterprise solutions and deployments. FX2 is a 4 server node chassis taking up 2U rack space. It has a variety of configuration options for different enterprise workloads. Dell builds on standards based x86 platform and uses software for management. Dell is a leader in Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) technology. The linked white papers shows highly scalable best of breed compute, storage, and networking for optimized power, cooling, rack space, and OPEX.

Reference Architecture: http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20441314

Deployment guide: http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20441316

Dell OpenManage Essentials: Principled Technologies Commissioned Report.

http://www.principledtechnologies.com/Dell/OME_comparison_0615.pdf

Dell OME compared to HP OneView is:
63% less time to update firmware
40% less time to deploy servers
93% lower licensing cost