DELL Version 5.3 User Manual

 | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager

• Group Operations have been deprecated, replaced by Adaptive CLI.
• The default password policy puts no restrictions on password length.
• Adaptive CLI with Perl scripts must contain valid Perl under the “strict” pragma (use strict;). 

If you import or migrate from a previous version a Perl script that does not pass this “strict” 

criterion, you must rewrite it for “strict” compliance before it can be successfully edited or 

copied.

• Any configured color changes to the portal may not persist and must be re-made manually. 

Similarly, customized page layouts or page order may not persist and you must typically re-

arrange them manually.

If you have upgraded your Dell OpenManage Network Manager installation, users and/or their role 

associations may not appear. You can fix this by going to one of the following screens:

Roles > Administrator > Actions > Assign members. 
Roles > Power users > Actions > Assign members. 
Roles > [ROLENAME] > Actions > Assign members. 

Then click Update associations.

The following are supported operating system versions:
Microsoft Windows—This application supports most 64-bit Windows operating systems from 

Windows Vista (Business or Ultimate) forward, with their latest service packs. The supported 

operating systems include: Windows 2008 (including R2), Enterprise Edition, Windows 

Vista, Windows 7 (Business or better) and Windows 2012. 
To install on Windows 2012, click the win_install.exe file (not the shortcut, but the file in 

Disk1\instdata directory), and select the Compatibility tab. Check Run this program in 

compatibility mode for ... then select either Windows 7 or Vista. Command line installations 

are supported without any compatibility issues. Do likewise if you must uninstall (find the 

uninstall program and run it in compatibility mode). 

NOTE:

Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise may indicate a PermGen size problem.Workaround: Increase PermGen size 

in the Synergy Network Management Properties’ Java tab from the tray icon (XX:MaxPermSize=512m). 

Increase the specified memory from from 256m to 512m, then Stop Service and Start Service after right-

clicking the tray icon. This is a known issue for Windows 2008, not Dell OpenManage Network Manager.

• Windows Terminal Server is not supported. The installer becomes non-responsive with Data 

Execution Prevention enabled. This option is disabled by default on Windows Server 2008, 

but is enabled on a Windows Server 2008 machine running Terminal Server.