Dell Server Management Operations; Figure 11. Systems Management Server Lifecycle - Dell PowerEdge T320 Technical Manual

Dell OpenManage Connection for Computer Associates Network and
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Systems Management: This connection enables monitoring of PowerEdge servers and
PowerVault storage arrays in environments managed by Computer Associates Network and
Systems Management (CA NSM) with no installation of the CA agent required on the Dell
hardware.
 Dell OpenManage Connection for HP Operations Manager: This connection enables several
functions through HP Operations Manager, including auto-grouping, SNMP trap reception,
global health monitoring and a context-sensitive launch of OpenManage Server Administrator.
Dell OpenManage Connection for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIBus: This connection provides
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event monitoring capabilities to monitor Dell PowerEdge servers and Dell EqualLogic systems. It
allows event monitoring, automatic event correlation and launching device consoles from the
Netcool/OMNIbus console.

Dell server management operations

Dell OpenManage systems management automates the most essential hardware management
tasks — deploy, update, monitor and maintain. Figure 11 illustrates systems management operations
that are performed more efficiently, and with fewer tools, through utilization of the Dell PowerEdge
embedded management feature iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller.

Figure 11. Systems management server lifecycle

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