Deployment Guide

Product/Software Name Purpose TechNet Library Reference
VMM to enable IaaS capabilities in System
Center 2012 R2.
* DPM is installed and integrated with the Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft when at least one Dell PowerEdge R730xd backup host
is ordered with the solution. You can add more backup hosts after the initial deployment.
Dell-provided software
Table 13. Software
Product/Software Name Purpose More Information
User interface and middle layer
• Guides deployment workow
• Gathers data and generates manifest
• Adds compute chassis (4 sleds per
chassis)
Provided in the Dell Hybrid Cloud System for
Microsoft Cloud Platform System Standard
Administrators Guide
Dell Server Management Pack Suite
(DSMPS)
Provides hardware health information to the
System Center Operations Manager
Dell Server Management Pack Suite
Storage Enclosure CLI (SECLI)
• Updates the Dell PowerVault MD
storage enclosure rmware
• Monitors the modular disk (MD)
Staged on local disk; see Dell Storage
Enclosure Administrator’s Guide
BMC Utility
• Sets rmware
• Debugs (mostly BMC/iDRAC)
Staged on local disk: see Dell Storage
Enclosure Administrator's Guide
OpenManage Deployment Toolkit
• Sets rmware
• Debugs (rmware beyond BMC/iDRAC)
Staged on local disk; see Dell Open Manage
Deployment Toolkit
SupportAssist Gathers hardware and software information
for support group
Staged on local disk; see SupportAssist
OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) OS level hardware health monitoring agent Staged on local disk; see OpenManage
Server Administrator—OMSA
OpenManage Essential (OME) Support Assist Console Staged on local disk; see OpenManage
Essentials
Repository Manager (RM)
• Compiles bundle, a collection of server
rmware
• Can use out of band path to update
rmware
Staged on local disk; see Dell OpenManage
Repository Manager
Windows Server 2012 R2 with Hyper-V
Windows Server is the platform for building an infrastructure of connected applications, networks, and web services, from the workgroup
to the data center.
For more information, see What’s New in Hyper-V for Windows Server 2012 R2.
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Operations and management software