Administrator Guide

shared storage, and network switching. The PowerEdge VRTX offers the ability to use the PCIe slots that no other blade
server solution provides. By combining the density of blade servers with the flexibility of rack server I/O options with
PowerEdge VRTX, Dell EMC gives you the flexibility to use less expensive PCIe cards while still being managed through
shared chassis management.
● PowerEdge FX2/FX2s—The FX2 enclosure enables servers and storage to share power, cooling, management, and
networking. It includes redundant Power Supply Units (1100 W, 1600 W, 2000 W, and 2400 W) and eight cooling fans.
With a compact highly flexible design, the FX2 chassis lets you efficiently add resources to your infrastructure when and
where you need them, so you can let demand and budget determine your level of investment. The FX2 enclosure also offers
I/O modules to several IO aggregators that can simplify cabling, improve East/West traffic within the server, and enable
LAN/ SAN convergence—reducing cost and complexity.
For more information about CMC, see https://www.dell.com/support/article/sln311283.
Dell EMC Consoles
The following consoles help in monitoring, managing the infrastructure, and the Lifecycle management of the PowerEdge
servers:
OpenManage Enterprise
OpenManage Enterprise is the next generation of OpenManage Essentials. It simplifies, centralizes, and automates the full span
of server lifecycle management activities. It helps in discovery, configuration, deployment, updates, and remediation. These
tasks are performed within a single console that unifies management of tower, rack, and modular platforms. OpenManage
Enterprise helps in standardizing and supporting IT management policies and practices.
The OpenManage Enterprise console simplifies and strengthens the current capability of OpenManage Essentials in the following
areas:
● Reduced time and effort that is required to manage small and large-scale IT environments using HTML5 user interface.
● Simplified GUI workflow to provide a single management layer that unifies the management of PowerEdge tower, rack, and
modular platforms.
● Packaged and delivered as virtual appliance and supports ESXi, Hyper-V, and KVM.
● Redesigned architecture on CentOS with the PostgreSQL database. Operating system and database license are no longer
required..
● Centralized user management with role-based access control.
● Enabled with customer automation and solution integration using Northbound API.
● Enhanced policy-driven management.
Table 1. OpenManage Enterprise feature and benefits (continued)
Feature Description Benefits
Server initiated discovery The new servers in a data center can notify
OpenManage Enterprise and can get automatically
discovered. Servers should have a iDRAC version of
4.00.00.00 or later.
Decrease deployment time and prevent
costly human errors by automating
and securely discovering and onboarding
PowerEdge servers.
In-band Windows driver
compliance and update
Check for Windows 64-bit drivers compliance from
OpenManage Enterprise, and update them if needed.
Simplify system maintenance by tracking/
updating firmware and Windows 64-bit
drivers.
Configuration
management with profiles
This feature enables precreating profiles with device-
specific settings (including virtual identities) for
deployment to devices later.
Profile management allows for easy
migration of settings from one device to
another.
Packaged as a virtual
appliance
OpenManage Enterprise is readily deployable as
a virtual appliance in ESXi, Hyper-V, and KVM
hypervisors.
Enables quick and easy deployment while
gaining the benefits of virtualization,
including the migration of the application
from one physical server to another.
Discovery and Inventory
on the IPv4 or IPv6
network
Discovery and inventory data center hardware up to
8000 devices.
Provides data-center visibility for IT
administrators. Improves security and
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