Systems Management; Overview/Description; Server Management - Dell POWEREDGE R410 Technical Manualbook

PowerEdge R410 Technical Guidebook

20 Systems Management

20.1 Overview/Description

Dell aims on delivering open, flexible, and integrated solutions that help you reduce the complexity of
managing disparate IT assets by building comprehensive IT management solutions. Combining Dell
PowerEdge Servers with a wide selection of Dell-developed management solutions gives you choice
and flexibility, so you can simplify and save in environments of any size. To help you meet your server
performance demands, Dell offers Dell OpenManage™ systems management solutions for:
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Deployment of one or many servers from a single console
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Monitoring of server and storage health and maintenance
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Update of system, operating system, and application software
Dell offers IT management solutions for organizations of all sizes – priced, sized, and supported right.

20.2 Server Management

A Dell Systems Management and Documentation DVD and a Dell Management Console DVD are
included with the product. ISO images are also available. A brief description of available content:
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Dell Systems Build and Update Utility: Dell Systems Build and Update Utility assists in OS install
and pre-OS hardware configuration and updates.
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OpenManage Server Administrator: The OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) tool
provides a comprehensive, one-to-one systems management solution, designed for system
administrators to manage systems locally and remotely on a network. OMSA allows system
administrators to focus on managing their entire network by providing comprehensive one-to-
one systems management.
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Management Console: Our legacy IT Assistant console is also included, as well as tools to allow
access to our remote management products. These tools are Remote Access Service, for
iDRAC, and the BMC Management Utility.
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Active Directory Snap-in Utility: The Active Directory Snap-in Utility provides an extension snap-
in to the Microsoft Active Directory. This allows you to manage Dell specific Active Directory
objects. The Dell-specific schema class definitions and their installation are also included on the
DVD.
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Dell Systems Service Diagnostics Tools: Dell Systems Service and Diagnostics tools deliver the
latest Dell optimized drivers, utilities, and operating system-based diagnostics that you can use
to update your system.
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eDocs: The section includes Acrobat files for PowerEdge systems, storage peripheral, and
OpenManage software.
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Dell Management Console DVD: The Dell Management Console is a Web-based systems
management software that enables you to discover and inventory devices on your network. It
also provides advanced functions, such as health and performance monitoring of networked
devices and patch management capabilities for Dell systems.
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Server Update Utility: In addition to the Systems Management Tools and Documentation and
Dell Management Console DVDs, customers have the option to obtain Server Update Utility
DVD. This DVD has an inventory tool for managing updates to firmware, BIOS and drivers for
either Linux or Windows varieties.
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