Automated Install And Imaging; Remote Management; Inventory Collection; Zenworks Linux Management Features Specific To Dell Poweredge Servers - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.3 IR2 - INSTALLATION GUIDE 07-20-2009 Installation Manual

1.1.3 Automated Install and Imaging

ZENworks Linux Management includes a service called Preboot Services that enables you to
perform tasks on devices before their operating systems boot up. Using Preboot Services, you can
automatically or manually do the following to a Linux device when it boots up:
Run scripted installations on the device, such as AutoYaST and kickstart.
Run ZENworks imaging scripts on the device.
Make an image of the device's hard drives and other storage devices.
Restore an image to the device.
Apply an existing image to multiple devices.
Update the device's BIOS.
To accomplish these tasks automatically, you simply need to have PXE (Preboot Execution
Environment) enabled on your devices, and have prebootable tasks configured and assigned to the
devices (configuration is done in the
can automatically implement these tasks when they boot. Or, to manually implement the tasks, you
can configure devices to require user intervention during bootup.

1.1.4 Remote Management

ZENworks Linux Management provides the ability to use ZENworks Control Center (ZCC) to
remotely manage devices by using a graphical Web interface.

1.1.5 Inventory Collection

ZENworks Linux Management can gather extensive software and hardware inventory for all
managed devices, and it also enables you to create and export custom reports.
1.1.6 ZENworks Linux Management Features Specific to Dell
PowerEdge Servers
By combining ZENworks Linux Management capabilities with the Dell OpenManage toolkit
capabilities, you can manage your Dell PowerEdge servers from out of the box through the entire
server life cycle. ZENworks Linux Management provides the following features to help you deploy
and manage Dell PowerEdge servers in your ZENworks system:
Dell Configuration bundles: Let you configure the BIOS, BMC, RAID, and DRAC settings
on Dell PowerEdge servers and create a Dell utility partition. You can also select to run another
Preboot Services bundle after these configurations are complete. Dell Configuration bundles let
you configure a bare-metal PowerEdge server and quickly and easily put the server into
production.
Dell Update Package bundles: Let you update and configure hardware and system settings
(including BIOS, DRAC, RAID, BMC, and FRMW configurations) on Dell PowerEdge
servers. After you obtain Dell Update Packages from Dell by using the mirroring capabilities of
ZENworks Linux Management, you can easily assign the Dell Update Package bundles that are
automatically created to PowerEdge servers in your ZENworks system. It is easy for you to
determine if an updated Dell Update Package is available for PowerEdge servers in your
system and deliver the update.
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ZENworks Control Center, discussed later). Then, the devices