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Dell OpenManage Essentials
Dell OpenManage Essentials is the newest one-to-many management console for managing Dell
PowerEdge servers and direct- attached storage as it provides a simple and easy interface for system
administrators to maximize the uptime and health of Dell systems. It helps to:
• Monitor health status and events for Dell PowerEdge servers, Dell clients, Dell Power Distribution
Units (PDU), Dell Uninterruptible power supply (UPS), EqualLogic or MD series storage, and Dell
PowerConnect and Force 10 switches. It also includes status polling that detects change in health
status.
• Provide hardware-level control and management for Dell PowerEdge server, blade system, and
internal storage arrays.
• Allow hardware control of Windows, Linux, VMware, and HyperV environments.
• Enable management and control of Dell Blade chassis, EqualLogic or MD series storage,
PowerConnect switch through context-sensitive link and launch of their respective element
management tools.
• Schedule daily, weekly, or monthly tasks.
• Integrate with the following Dell solutions:
– Dell Repository Manager — Builds customized server update baselines that OpenManage
Essentials can use.
– OpenManage Power Center — Optimize power consumption in the servers.
– Dell SupportAssist – Enables automatic hardware failure notification to be sent securely to Dell
technical support for intelligent analysis and diagnosis to optimize availability and reduce manual
intervention. This solution is available as part of Dell ProSupport and ProSupport Plus at no
additional cost.
• Provide PowerShell–based CLI support to discover and group systems.
• Provide REST interface API support for 3
rd
Party Integration.
• Manage Server Configuration. Server Configuration Management is a fee-based license available on
Dell’s 12th and 13th generation of PowerEdge servers with iDRAC Enterprise or iDRAC Express
licences. The key features include the following:
– Configuring a server or chassis using a template and deploying an operating system on the 12th or
13th generation of Dell PowerEdge bare metal servers.
– Detecting and notifying automatically the PowerEdge server or chassis drift from a customer-
defined baseline configuration during a server operation .
– Booting a system from a network mounted ISO using iDRAC.
– Accessing licenses at server point of sale (POS) or after point of sale (APOS).
NOTE: Feature or functionality is activated by entering the Server Configuration license key
on iDRAC Enterprise or iDRAC Express.
OpenManage Essentials is a Dell hardware element management solution that is optimized for managing
the Dell hardware infrastructure. It can be integrated to other point solutions to provide end-to-end IT
infrastructure management. Hereafter, OpenManage Essentials replaces the legacy Dell IT Assistant.
For complete information, see the Dell OpenManage Essentials User’s Guide available at dell.com/
openmanagemanuals.
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