Users Guide

12 Introduction
Systems Management Software Overview
Dell OpenManage systems management software is a suite of applications
for your Dell systems. This software enables you to manage your systems with
proactive monitoring, diagnosis, notification, and remote access.
Each system managed by the Dell OpenManage systems management software is
called a managed system. You can manage a managed system either locally or
remotely. Software applications that you can install on the managed systems
include Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (which includes the Storage
Management Service, and the Server Administrator Web server), SNMP
agents for Intel
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or Broadcom
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network interface cards (NICs), and remote
access controller (RAC) software.
A management station can be used to remotely configure and manage one or
more managed systems from a remote location. Software applications that
you can install on the management station include IT Assistant, BMU, and
the RAC console.
Dell OpenManage IT Assistant enables you to manage up to five thousand
devices from a suitably configured system. A management station can also be
used to deploy images of physical media to virtual media on many managed
systems.
NOTE: On IT Assistant, CPU-intensive tasks like the performance monitoring can
be performed only on a hundred systems and software deployment can be
attempted only on about 20 systems at a time.
NOTE: If you install management station and managed system software on the
same system, install identical software versions to avoid system conflicts.