Dell PowerEdge M710 Technical Guide
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Systems Management
17.1
Overview
Dell delivers open, comprehensive, and integrated solutions that help you reduce the complexity of
managing disparate IT assets. Combining Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers with a wide selection of Dell
developed systems management solutions gives you choice and flexibility, so you can simplify and
save in IT environments of any size. To help you meet your server management 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 and sized appropriately, and
supported comprehensively.
17.2
Server Management
A Dell Systems Management and Documentation DVD, Dell Management Console DVD, and ISO images
are included with the product. See Table 11 for a description of the available content.
Table 11.
Server Management Documentation and Information
Title
Description
Dell Systems Build and Update
Utility (SBUU)
Assists in OS install and pre-OS hardware configuration and
updates.
Server Update Utility (SUU)
Provides an inventory tool for managing updates to firmware,
BIOS, and drivers for either Linux or Windows varieties.
OpenManage Server
Administrator (OMSA)
Provides a comprehensive, one-to-one (one console to one
server) systems management solution, designed for system
administrators to manage systems locally and remotely over a
network. OMSA allows system administrators to focus on
managing their entire network by providing comprehensive
one-to-one systems management.
Management Console
Dell IT Assistant (ITA) 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 Baseboard
Management Controller (BMC) Utility.
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.
Dell Systems Service Diagnostics
Tools
Deliver the latest Dell optimized drivers, utilities, and
operating system-based diagnostics that you can use to update
your system.
eDocs
Includes PDF files for PowerEdge systems, storage peripherals,
and Dell OpenManage™ software.
