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

11 Dell OpenManage systems management

Whether your IT environment consists of a few servers or a few thousand servers, the
Dell OpenManage systems management portfolio provides comprehensive management for
evolving IT environments. OpenManage is based on open standards and offers both agent-free and
agent-based 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 integrate and connect with third-
party systems management solutions that you may already use, making Dell platforms easy to
manage and deploy in any IT environment. If you have already standardized on offerings from
industry leaders, such as BMC Software, Microsoft, VMware or other vendors, you can leverage
OpenManage integration and connections developed for use with your existing systems
management framework to efficiently manage Dell servers, storage, business-client PCs and
network devices.
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 the OpenManage embedded server management
feature iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller.

Figure 10. Dell systems management solutions

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