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Dell EMC systems management
Dell EMC delivers management solutions that help IT Administrators effectively deploy, update, monitor, and manage IT assets.
OpenManage solutions and tools enable you to quickly respond to problems by helping them to manage Dell EMC servers effectively and
efficiently; in physical, virtual, local, and remote environments, operating in-band, and out-of-band (agent-free). The OpenManage
portfolio includes innovative embedded management tools such as the integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC), Chassis
Management Controller and Consoles like OpenManage Enterprise, OpenMange Power Manager plug in, and tools like Repository
Manager.
Dell EMC has developed comprehensive systems management solutions based on open standards and has integrated with management
consoles that can perform advanced management of Dell hardware. Dell EMC has connected or integrated the advanced management
capabilities of Dell hardware into offerings from the industry’s top systems management vendors and frameworks such as Ansible, thus
making Dell EMC platforms easy to deploy, update, monitor, and manage.
The key tools for managing Dell EMC PowerEdge servers are iDRAC and the one-to-many OpenManage Enterprise (OpenManage
Enterprise) console. The OpenManage Enterprise has all the key features of OpenManage Essentials to help manage the PowerEdge
servers. OpenManage Enterprise helps the system administrators in complete lifecycle management of multiple generations of PowerEdge
servers. Other tools such as Repository Manager, which enables simple yet comprehensive change management.
OpenManage tools integrate with systems management framework from other vendors such as VMware, Microsoft, and BMC Software.
This enables you to use the skills of the IT staff to efficiently manage Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.
The four main pillars of Dell EMC systems management closely align with the issues and business challenges that are faced by many IT
departments.
• Automating IT management
○ Dell EMC offers comprehensive automation management for reducing OPEX and increasing uptime and overall efficiency.
○ Comprehensive suite of tools to automate according to your needs.
• Management made simple
○ Simple but powerful tools for managing your Dell EMC servers
○ Built-in tools that streamline support engagements
○ Innovative at-the-box management features
• Secure by default.
○ Dell EMC servers offer robust security defenses to prevent the next generation of malicious attacks.
○ Security is designed deep into the hardware and firmware architecture for optimal protection.
• Smarter infrastructure management
○ It offers a next generation 1-to-many console to manage your IT and server infrastructure.
○ Embedded intelligence that is infrastructure-aware to optimize troubleshooting and deployment
This document provides an overview of the OpenManage Systems Management offerings to help IT administrators choose the
appropriate tools to completely manage Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.
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Dell EMC systems management offerings
Dell EMC's suite of Systems Management offerings consist of a wide variety of tools, products, and services. The strategy is to use an
existing systems management framework that you may be currently using.
However, if you do not have a framework, Dell EMC provides in-house tools or tools from our partners. Dell EMC also offers professional
services to install or train on any of the Dell EMC products and tools. All the solutions are centered on PowerEdge server hardware
management featuring iDRAC.
Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise automates the full span of server lifecycle management activities along with powerful RESTful APIs to
script or integrate with your choice of frameworks. It helps in discovery, configuration, deployment, updates, and remediation. These tasks
are performed within a single console that unifies management of tower, rack, and modular platforms. OpenManage Enterprise helps in
standardizing and supporting IT management policies and practices.
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