Dell Openmanage Systems Management; Systems Management Solutions; Figure 10. Dell Systems Management Solutions - Dell PowerEdge R320 Technical Manual

11 Dell OpenManage systems management

Whether your IT environment consists of a few servers or a few thousand servers, Dell OpenManage
systems management solutions provide comprehensive management for evolving IT environments.
OpenManage is based on open standards and provides agent-based and agent-free server lifecycle
management functionality for Dell PowerEdge servers. OpenManage solutions help you automate
and streamline essential hardware management tasks.
The advanced management capabilities of Dell OpenManage also integrates into offerings from
other popular systems management solutions that you may already use, making Dell platforms easy
to manage and deploy in any IT environment. This ensures your IT services are available when your
business needs them. If you have already standardized on offerings from industry leaders, such as
BMC Software, Microsoft, Symantec™, VMware, or other vendors, you can leverage OpenManage
integration and connections developed to use with your existing systems management framework
to efficiently manage Dell servers, storage, business-client PCs and network devices.
Start with a firm foundation for efficient hardware management using OpenManage tools and
utilities. OpenManage systems management solutions consist of a combination of embedded
management features and software products that help you automate and simplify the entire server
lifecycle: deploy, update, monitor and maintain. OpenManage solutions are innovatively designed
for simplicity and ease of use to help you reduce complexity, save time, achieve efficiency, control
costs and empower productivity.

Systems management solutions

Dell systems management solutions include a wide variety of tools, products and services that
enable you to leverage an existing systems management framework. As shown in Figure 10, Dell
systems management solutions are centered on OpenManage server management, featuring
iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller.

Figure 10. Dell systems management solutions

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