Owner's Manual

Overview

The Dell Client Management Pack version 5.0 for Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager, System Center

2012 Operations Manager, System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, or System Center Essentials (SCE) 2010 allows

you to manage and monitor the availability of Dell client systems.

CAUTION: Perform the procedures in this document only if you have proper knowledge and experience in using

Microsoft Windows operating system and System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager, System Center 2012

Operations Manager, System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, and System Center Essentials 2010, to avoid

data corruption and/or data loss.

NOTE: The readme file packaged in the self-extracting executable Dell_Client_Management_Pack_v5.0_A00.exe

contains the latest information about software and management station requirements, and information about

known issues. The latest readme file is available at support.dell.com/manuals.

NOTE: All references to OpsMgr in this guide are applicable to Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1 Operations

Manager, System Center 2012 Operations Manager, System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, and System

Center Essentials 2010, unless otherwise specified.

What Is New In This Release

The Dell Client Management Pack version 5.0 supports:

• Latest Dell client platforms and OMCI versions

• Microsoft System Center 2012 Operations Manager

• Microsoft Windows 2012

• Microsoft Windows 8 with OMCI 8.1.1

Key Features Of Dell Client Management Pack

The following table lists the key features and functionality of the Dell Client Management Pack version 5.0.

Table 1. Features And Functionality

Feature Functionality

Discovery Supports in-band discovery of Dell Precision, Dell

Latitude, and Dell OptiPlex client systems that run the

supported Windows operating system.

NOTE: Dell Client Management Pack version 5.0

groups Dell Vostro client system, client systems

without OMCI service, OMCI version earlier than 8.0,

and Dell client systems on which OMCI service has

been stopped or disabled, as

Dell UnManaged

Clients

Monitoring Supports health monitoring for Dell client systems and

instance level health information for processors, OMCI

service, sensors, and storage.