Administrator Guide

Dell EMC Systems Management
Dell EMC delivers management solutions that help IT Administrators effectively deploy, update, monitor, and manage IT assets.
OpenManage solutions and tools enable you to quickly respond to problems by helping them to manage Dell EMC servers
effectively and efficiently; in physical, virtual, local, and remote environments, operating in-band, and out-of-band (agent-free).
The OpenManage portfolio includes innovative embedded management tools such as the integrated Dell Remote Access
Controller (iDRAC), Chassis Management Controller and Consoles like OpenManage Enterprise, OpenMange Power Manager
Plugin, and tools like Repository Manager.
Dell EMC has developed comprehensive systems management solutions based on open standards and has integrated with
management consoles that can perform advanced management of Dell hardware. Dell EMC has connected or integrated the
advanced management capabilities of Dell hardware into offerings from the industry’s top systems management vendors and
frameworks such as Ansible, thus making Dell EMC platforms easy to deploy, update, monitor, and manage.
The key tools for managing Dell EMC PowerEdge servers are iDRAC and the one-to-many OpenManage Enterprise
(OpenManage Enterprise) console. The OpenManage Enterprise has all the key features of OpenManage Essentials to help
manage the PowerEdge servers. OpenManage Enterprise helps the system administrators in complete lifecycle management of
multiple generations of PowerEdge servers. Other tools such as Repository Manager, which enables simple yet comprehensive
change management.
OpenManage tools integrate with systems management framework from other vendors such as VMware, Microsoft, and BMC
Software. This enables you to use the skills of the IT staff to efficiently manage Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.
The four main pillars of Dell EMC systems management closely align with the issues and business challenges that are faced by
many IT departments.
● Automating IT management
○ Dell EMC offers comprehensive automation management for reducing OPEX and increasing uptime and overall efficiency.
○ Comprehensive suite of tools to automate according to your needs.
● Management made simple
○ Simple but powerful tools for managing your Dell EMC servers
○ Built-in tools that streamline support engagements
○ Innovative at-the-box management features
● Secure by default.
○ Dell EMC servers offer robust security defenses to prevent the next generation of malicious attacks.
○ Security is designed deep into the hardware and firmware architecture for optimal protection.
● Smarter infrastructure management
○ It offers a next generation 1-to-many console to manage your IT and server infrastructure.
○ Embedded intelligence that is infrastructure-aware to optimize troubleshooting and deployment
This document provides an overview of the OpenManage Systems Management offerings to help IT administrators choose the
appropriate tools to completely manage Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.
Topics:
• Dell EMC Systems Management Offerings
Dell EMC Systems Management Offerings
Dell EMC's suite of Systems Management offerings consist of a wide variety of tools, products, and services. The strategy is to
use an existing systems management framework that you may be currently using.
However, if you do not have a framework, Dell EMC provides in-house tools or tools from our partners. Dell EMC also offers
professional services to install or train on any of the Dell EMC products and tools. All the solutions are centered on PowerEdge
server hardware management featuring iDRAC.
Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise automates the full span of server lifecycle management activities along with powerful
RESTful APIs to script or integrate with your choice of frameworks. It helps in discovery, configuration, deployment, updates,
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