A5_bk0.book Page 1 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM Dell™ OEM Solution Microsoft® System Center Essentials 2010 Technical Information Sheet FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_tp.
A5_bk0.book Page 2 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info tions\UNO-SCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_tp.fm Dev Root\Connec- Notes NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. ____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2010 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc.
A5_bk0.book Page 3 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNO-SCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_bk0TOC.fm Contents 1 Dell OEM Solution - Microsoft System Center Essentials 2010 Overview . . . . 2 Essentials 2010 High Level Features . 3 Installing Essentials 2010 System Requirements . . . 7 . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Installing Essentials 2010 OEM Solution on Dell Hardware .
A5_bk0.book Page 4 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNO-SCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_bk0TOC.fm 4 Dell Management Packs for Physical Hardware Management Dell Management Pack Version 4.0 . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Features of the Dell Management Packs 4.0 . . . . . . 19 Features of Dell Performance and Resource Optimization Management Pack 2.0 (PROPack) . . . . . . . . . . . .
A5_bk0.book Page 5 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNO-SCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_bk0TOC.fm 7 Essentials 2010 Best Practices . . . . . . . . Microsoft Scalability Guidelines for Essentials 2010 . Configuring PRO Tips to Filter them based on Severity . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . . 33 Configure Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO) Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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A5_bk0.book Page 7 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm Dell OEM Solution - Microsoft System Center Essentials 2010 Overview Dell™ has partnered with Microsoft® to provide the OEM version of Microsoft System Center Essentials (Essentials) 2010.
A5_bk0.book Page 8 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm Essentials 2010 enables you to centrally manage Microsoft Windows®–based servers and other computers and network devices in your organization.
A5_bk0.book Page 9 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm Essentials 2010 High Level Features • Essentials 2010 Console: Essentials 2010 introduces a unified management console for managing your IT environment. The console runs on the Essentials management server and provides access to all Essentials 2010 features.
A5_bk0.book Page 10 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm Installing Essentials 2010 System Requirements For information on system requirements and supported platforms for System Center Essentials, see http://technet.microsoft.com/hiin/systemcenter/essentials/bb422876(en-us).aspx NOTE: For Dell Supported Platforms, see the "Supported Dell Hardware" on page 34.
A5_bk0.book Page 11 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm Installing Essentials 2010 on a Single Dell System In this setup, you install all the components of Essentials 2010 on a single Dell system. This installation option provides a better alternative to mid-size businesses for managing and monitoring the Dell hardware as all components of the solution are available on a single host.
A5_bk0.book Page 12 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm 7 On the License Agreement page, read the license agreement, select the check box to accept the agreement, and click Next. 8 If the server on which you are installing Essentials 2010 meets the appropriate hardware and software requirements, the installation program makes additional components available for installation.
A5_bk0.book Page 13 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm NOTE: For post installation configurations, see the “Configure System Center Essentials 2010” section of the System Center Essentials 2010 Deployment Guide available at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff603585.aspx.
A5_bk0.book Page 14 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm 7 On the License Agreement page, read the license agreement, select the check box to accept the agreement, and click Next. 8 Essentials 2010 Setup checks your environment for the hardware and software prerequisites and prompts you to review the prerequisites that do not meet the minimum requirements.
A5_bk0.book Page 15 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm Installing Essentials 2010 OEM Solution with Essentials Database on a Remote System In this installation, the Essentials database is installed on a remote system with a newly installed or an existing SQL Server database instance, which is already available as part of the domain.
A5_bk0.book Page 16 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm Installing and Configuring the Reporting Server To install the Reporting Server: 1 Insert the Essentials installation media into the optical drive of the computer that contains the remote database server you chose during installation. 2 Log in to the system as an administrator and run the SetupSCE.
A5_bk0.book Page 17 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm 13 Review the Installation Summary page. Click Previous to go back and make changes, or click Install to install Essentials Reporting. Essentials 2010 Setup displays the progress during installation, and Essentials Reporting is ready to use after the wizard closes.
A5_bk0.book Page 18 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm Dell Management Packs for Physical Hardware Management Dell Management Pack Version 4.0 The Dell Management Pack Suite version 4.0 consists of five standalone management packs that enable you to manage your respective Dell Hardware. The components of the Dell Management Pack Suite version 4.
A5_bk0.book Page 19 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm Features of the Dell Management Packs 4.0 1 Dell Server Management Pack Suite v4.0: This management pack suite consists of the following components: a Dell Base MP: This is the base management pack and is common to all the management packs under the Dell Management Pack version 4.0 suite.
A5_bk0.book Page 20 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm c Detailed Server Management Pack: The Detailed Server MP is an extension of the Scalable Server management pack. This management pack models the details of components modeled in Scalable Server MP.
A5_bk0.book Page 21 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm • Discovery and management of Dell client computers (Dell Latitude, Optiplex, and Precision systems) with supported versions of OpenManage Client Instrumentation (OMCI) installed on them.
A5_bk0.book Page 22 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm 4 Dell Printer Management Pack v4.0: This management pack provides performance improvements over the previous releases by providing a stand-alone management pack for managing Dell Network printers. The Dell Printer MP supports Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) v1 and SNMP v2 printers.
A5_bk0.book Page 23 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm Features of Dell Performance and Resource Optimization Management Pack 2.0 (PROPack) The Dell OEM Essentials 2010 solution enables administrators to use a single console to help centralized management of physical resources and virtualized business services.
A5_bk0.book Page 24 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm Importing the Dell Management Packs and Dell PRO Management Pack To import Dell management packs and Dell PRO Pack, use the Essentials Import Management Pack wizard: 1 Download the management packs from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. • Download Dell Management Packs version 4.0 for managing respective Dell Devices.
A5_bk0.book Page 25 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm Dell Update Packages and Dell Catalogs for Servers, Business Client Computers Dell OEM System Center Essentials 2010 allows administrators to view, download, and deploy Dell Update Packages (DUPs) required by managed computers.
A5_bk0.book Page 26 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm Updating Managed Systems with Dell Catalog Files To manage updates in Essentials 2010, access the Updates Overview pane by clicking the Updates button in the Essentials console.
A5_bk0.book Page 27 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm 5 When the catalog has loaded, you can review the list of all importable and non-importable packages and see details about what each package contains. When you have finished reviewing the update details, click Import. 6 On the Import the Catalog page, a progress bar is displayed while Essentials imports the updates.
A5_bk0.book Page 28 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm In case you choose not to store updates locally, Essentials 2010 stores the source files and other package-related files in the default directories which are %SYSTEMDRIVE%\SCE\UpdateServicesPackages\ directory, or %PROGRAMFILES%\Update Services\UpdateServicesPackages\ directory.
A5_bk0.book Page 29 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm Useful Links and Resources Important Essentials 2010 Documentation • For Release Notes for System Center Essentials 2010, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=180737 • For Essentials supported configuration, see http://technet.microsoft.com/sce http://www.microsoft.
A5_bk0.book Page 30 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm • For System Center Essentials 2010 Deployment Guide, navigate to the following link: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=180738 This guide describes the deployment process for System Center Essentials 2010.
A5_bk0.book Page 31 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm Useful Dell Links and other Resources Dell Management Pack Download Links • Dell Server Management Pack Suite 4.0: http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?releaseid= R237719 • Dell Client Management Pack 4.0: http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/format.
A5_bk0.book Page 32 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm Essentials 2010 Best Practices • To configure Execution Policy implementation on remote cluster environment, run Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned in the PowerShell command window on all VM hosts on which you run the PRO scripts. • In the Windows Computer Tasks in Essentials console, run Detect Software and Updates Now.
A5_bk0.book Page 33 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm Microsoft Scalability Guidelines for Essentials 2010 • Single Server Management Station with minimum recommended hardware configuration can manage up to 150 computers with SQL Express database.
A5_bk0.book Page 34 Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM FILE LOCATION: C:\Windchill\SCE2010\document_contents\Info Dev Root\Connections\UNOSCEv2-2010\Techsheet\EN\Source\A5_section.fm Configure Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO) Tips To use Essentials 2010 for PRO Manageability features, you must configure Performance Resource Optimization (PRO) Tips using Windows Power Shell. You can configure PRO to allow monitoring and automatic or manual implementation for critical and warning PRO Tips.
