Concept Guide

You can manage and monitor Dell hardware within the virtualized environment, such as:

• Alerting and monitoring environment for servers and chassis

• Monitoring and reporting for servers and chassis

• Updating firmware on servers

• Deploying enhanced options

For complete information, see delltechcenter.com/omivv.

BMC Software

Dell along with BMC Software integrates Dell server, Dell storage, and Dell network management

functionality with the BMC Software's process and datacenter automation products. Dell and BMC

Software’s partnership helps to make sure that Dell and BMC Software–based IT infrastructure and

services provide the highest level of datacenter and business services manageability. The integration

between Dell and BMC Software products is highlighted by Dell’s own IT organization as BMC Software

helps Dell IT automate key processes and accelerate responsiveness by deploying multiple BMC Software

solutions.

Connections For Third Party Consoles

The following table lists the connections products and the management station operating systems they

are supported on.

Table 4. Connections For Third Party Consoles

Product Windows Linux ESXi

Dell OpenManage Connection for Computer Associates Network

and Systems Management

Yes - -

Smart Plug-in for HP Operations Manager

NOTE: Use Dell Connections License Manager for managing

licenses and licensable features available with Smart Plug-in.

Yes - Yes

Dell OpenManage Connection for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Yes Yes Yes

Dell OpenManage Connection for IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console Yes - -

Dell OpenManage Connection for IBM Tivoli Network Manager

(ITNM) IP Edition

NOTE: Use Dell Connections License Manager for managing

licenses and licensable features available with Dell

OpenManage Connection for ITNM IP Edition.

Yes Yes Yes

Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) Yes Yes Yes

Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core - Yes Yes

Dell OpenManage Wizard for Nagios XI (Beta) - Yes Yes