Concept Guide

• Risk mitigation with predefined policies.
• REST API support for reports.
• Supports heterogeneous environment (discovers both dell and non-dell devices).
• Generate reports for stranded power for devices and device groups, inventory and monitoring.
• OMPC database backup can be scheduled and can be used as a restore point in case of a disk failure.
• Replicate the data center hierarchy on the iDRAC location based on OMPC physical location
modelling.
• View and analyze the subsystem power and Compute Usage for Second (CUPS) values.
• Analysis and server planning:
– Power history and evaluation for placement of new servers.
– Thermal history and analysis of cooling needs.
– Assist in planning capacity expansion and provide placement suggestions.
– Identify the underutilized servers in the data center based on power consumption pattern.
– Help to identify the potential cooling concerns in the data center.
For complete information, see Dell OpenManage Power Center User’s Guide available at dell.com/
openmanagemanuals .
Dell Active System Manager
The Active System Manager is a comprehensive infrastructure and workload automation solution for use
by IT administrators and teams. It simplifies and automates the management of heterogeneous
environments, enabling IT to respond more rapidly to dynamic business needs. The Active System
Manager features an enhanced user interface that provides an intuitive, end-to-end infrastructure and
workload automation experience through a unified console. The key features are:
• Template-based provisioning — Deploy services using end-to-end infrastructure and workload
configurations based on established best practices.
• Service mobility — Abstract infrastructure configuration and identity information within service
templates, enabling mobility of services across servers and other devices.
• Intuitive Design — Intuitive wizard-driven UI guides users through infrastructure and configuration and
management functions.
• Open, extensible architecture — Simplified integration of existing and future IT resources, both Dell
and Non-Dell.
• Workflow Automation — Step-by-step definition and execution of across the lifecycle, from
provisioning to decommissioning.
• Infrastructure lifecycle management — Management of the entire lifecycle of infrastructure, from
discovery and inventory through configuration and provisioning, and eventually on-going
management.
• Integration with VMware and Microsoft virtualization platforms — Cluster-level and VM lifecycle
management for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V platforms.
• Resource pooling & dynamic allocation — Create and manage physical and virtual resource pools and
allocate to users and groups on demand.
For more information, see dell.com/asm.
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