[dedicated thread] Dell Open Manage Appliance (OME)

dreddpenguin

@AtaxyaNetwork
Found your blog post and then reading through your efforts here I wanted to express my thanks, and ask if you had VHD for OME 4.5?

I was able to follow your steps, got GRUB but even after 30 minutes my VM still hasn't booted, with ample CPU/mem assigned. Just a flashing cursor and small bit of occasional disk activity.

AtaxyaNetwork

@dreddpenguin Hi !

I didn't see that a new version was released
I'll try to rebuild one from scratch with the latest version, maybe they changed something

If people reading this thread want the last version, please ping me here !

AtaxyaNetwork

Ok got it, it boots now

I just need to add the tool and ssh support, and the patched version should be available tomorrow

dreddpenguin

@AtaxyaNetwork speedy work! Thanks
Please DM when link is available.

Do you have any buy me a coffee links? lol

HeMaN

Also still interested ️

acebmxer

ALso interested. Please send link.

AtaxyaNetwork

New version release !

A new patch version of the OME appliance is now available

What I changed:

Add xen-blkfront and xen-netfront driver
Add guest tool (so RAM/network is reported, soft shutdown is working)
/dev/sd* is replaced by /dev/xvd*
Remove grub password
Change admin and root password
SSH is now enabled
SElinux is working correctly
DHCP is enabled by default

As usual, please send a DM if you want the link to the vhd

Feedback is welcome !

AtaxyaNetwork

Hello everyone !

I rebuild a new OME appliance with the latest version (4.6)
Dell decided to give this appliance Proxmox, Nutanix and OpenShift compatibility, but no XCP-ng yet... If someone from Dell want to reach out about this, please contact me !

What i did on the rebuild:

Via live CD
- add xen-blkfront and xen-netfront driver, and rebuild the initrd
- change root password
- activate SSH.
Via SSH

sed -i -e 's/sda/xvda/g' /opt/dell/omc/utilities/tui/bin/ome_disk_config.sh
sed -i -e 's/sda/xvda/g' /opt/dell/mcsi/appliance/scripts/appliance_resources.sh
bash /mnt/Linux/install.sh # To install XCP-ng tools

As usual, please send a DM if you want the link to the VHD

Feedback is welcome !

(Disclamer: This build is something I create on my free time and to help people who have difficulty running Dell appliances on XCP-ng. I do not guarantee a fully functional appliance, but I do my best to make it work. If you have a support contract with Dell and require official support for OME, please contact Dell and request compatibility with XCP-ng.)

TheNorthernLight

@AtaxyaNetwork - Have you been able to get this to work with the second hard drive? It is required for it to load plugins (it needs it for storage).

TheNorthernLight

Nevermind.

I forgot your previous post about:

You'll need to modify two files (via SSH):
    /opt/dell/omc/utilities/tui/bin/ome_disk_config.sh
    /opt/dell/mcsi/appliance/scripts/appliance_ressource.sh

In these files, replace /dev/sd with /dev/xvd.

I went and made these changes, and now the Data drive is loading after doing the drive scan.

I should mention that doing this BEFORE first logging into the OME web interface and completing the initialization seems to be best (no further errors appear once logged in).

Tiki1469

Please be gentle....I am a newbie to almost everything XCPNG and Linux...

I got to this part of the guide located at https://blog.ataxya.net/add-xen-driver-to-ome-dell-open-manage-enterprise/

....and those links don't work for me. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong.

olivierlambert

Ping @ataxyanetwork to the rescue

AtaxyaNetwork

@olivierlambert Guess who migrated her website and forgot to migrate this folder ?

@tiki1469 i'll reupload the drivers somewhere, i'll ping you when it's ready

Tiki1469

Well you both just made my Friday! I can follow directions after all!

Tiki1469

@ataxyanetwork , just checking in on this. No rush at all. Thanks!

CodeMercenary

I got this running and when I set up a catalog and baseline the report tells me that it has nothing in the catalog. Is that because it doesn't understand XCP-ng or because my hardware is old enough that it has dropped out of the catalog? I have two PE R630 and one PE R730. I tried both the full default Dell catalog as well as the one that limits to BIOS and firmware updates.