Using Zenworks Linux Management With Dell Poweredge Servers; Configuring Poweredge Servers Using Dell Configuration Bundles - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.2 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 09-25-2008 Administration Manual

Using ZENworks Linux
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Management with Dell PowerEdge
Servers
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By combining Novell ZENworks
toolkit capabilities, you can configure and manage your Dell PowerEdge servers from out of the box
through the entire server life cycle. Whether you use SUSE
Enterprise Linux on your PowerEdge servers, you can deploy and maintain hardware, operating
systems, and applications from a single administrative console—the ZENworks Control Center.
ZENworks Linux Management provides the following features to help you deploy and manage Dell
PowerEdge servers in your ZENworks system:
Section 2.1, "Configuring PowerEdge Servers using Dell Configuration Bundles," on page 35
Section 2.2, "Obtaining, Configuring, and Updating PowerEdge Servers Using Dell Update
Package Bundles," on page 36
Section 2.3, "Using Advanced Dell Inventory Information," on page 38
Section 2.4, "Using Advanced Dell Inventory Reports," on page 38
2.1 Configuring PowerEdge Servers using Dell
Configuration Bundles
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.
To create a Dell Configuration bundle:
1 In the ZENworks Control Center, click the Policies tab.
2 In the Policies list, click New > Policy to display the Create New Policy Wizard.
3 Select Preboot bundle, then click Next.
4 Select Dell Configuration bundle, then click Next.
5 Follow the prompts to create the policy and assign it to devices. For information about what
you need to supply at each step of the wizard, click the
When assigning the policy to devices, you can lessen your management overhead by assigning
the policy to groups of devices rather than to individual devices. For more information about
device groups, see Section 1.1, "Organizing Devices: Folders and Groups," on page
For more detailed information about using a Dell Configuration policy to configure Dell
PowerEdge servers, see
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Linux Management capabilities with the Dell OpenManage
Section 30.5, "Using Dell Configuration Bundles," on page

Using ZENworks Linux Management with Dell PowerEdge Servers

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