Simple Network Management Protocol; Remote Management - Dell PowerEdge System Management Manual

same open standards the ability to manage the server. The hardware
management data is provided to management applications via CIM XML as
well as WSMAN.
VMware Infrastructure (VI) Client has been enhanced to provide hardware
health status of various hardware devices. VMware Infrastructure Client uses
CIM XML, a protocol to read hardware information provided by the CIM
providers. Each of the monitored hardware devices are listed along with the
health status. Future Dell Systems Management applications will make use of
WSMAN for hardware management on ESXi.

Simple Network Management Protocol

In addition to CIM, hardware health alerts are available through standard
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps. Administrators may
now monitor and manage the hardware through any management application
that supports any of these standard protocols. Dell OpenManage IT Assistant
may be used to monitor the PowerEdge servers running ESXi through SNMP .
VMware has developed remote command line (RCLI) tool to configure the
SNMP agent in ESXi. This tool is available for download for Windows, Linux
and also as a Virtual Appliance. The RCLI tool can be downloaded from the
VMware website at www.vmware.com/download/vi/drivers_tools.html.

Remote Management

PowerEdge servers may also be remotely managed through the Dell Baseboard
Management Controller (BMC) and Dell Remote Access Controller
(DRAC). Both BMC and DRAC use the Intelligent Platform Management
Interface (IPMI) for out-of-band remote access. The BMC can be accessed by
using the BMC Management Utilities (BMU), a collection of software
applications that enable remote management of Dell systems equipped with
a BMC. BMU include the following components: IPMItool with Dell
extensions, IPMI Shell, and Serial-Over-LAN Proxy (SOL Proxy). IPMItool is
a CLI utility that helps in configuring and managing devices using the IPMI
version 1.5 and later. IPMItool supports out-of-band (OOB) remote access
(over a LAN or through the serial port) to a single system at a time. DRAC
can be accessed via its web served GUI as well as SSH and the racadm
command line interface. IT Assistant can be utilized in conjunction with the
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