Concept Guide

• Out-of-band discovery of 12th and 13th generation PowerEdge servers
• Discovery and detailed monitoring of Dell M1000e and VRTX chassis with support for chassis blade
correlation
• Discovery and monitoring of DRACs
• Monitoring power and NIC performance
• Integration with the following Dell solutions:
– OpenManage Power Center
– Dell License Manager
– Warranty
• Link and launch one to one systems management interfaces from Operations Consoles for detailed
troubleshooting:
– OpenManage Server Administrator
– DRAC Console
– CMC Console
– Remote Desktop Console (for Windows)
• Support for Dell Precision Rack Workstations
• Performance monitoring of Power, NIC, CPU, I/O, Memory and CUPS system board metrics
• Support for Host network interface monitoring through agent-free (using iDRAC Service Module)
For complete information, see Microsoft System Center Operations Manager Server Management Pack
User’s Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.
Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for Microsoft System Center
Configuration Manager
Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager provides
agent-free, OS and hypervisor agnostic configuration and update of Dell 11th, 12th, and 13th generation
PowerEdge servers. Through automated processes, IT Administrators can reduce steps, time, and cost in
configuring servers from a bare-metal state and preparing remote 1-to-many operating system (OS)
deployment.
At a high level, the remote enablement capabilities are:
• Auto-discovery
• Hardware configuration
• Firmware comparison and updates
• Remote OS-deployment for individual or a collection of Dell systems
For complete information, see Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for Microsoft System Center
Configuration Manager User’s Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.
Dell Server Deployment Pack for Microsoft System Center Configuration
Manager
Dell Server Deployment Pack (DSDP) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager automates
bare-metal configuration and deployment of a variety of Microsoft Windows operating system versions
(leveraging PxE-based OS deployment) and applications from a central location to PowerEdge servers
across enterprise networks.
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