Reference Architecture

Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper-V:
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Figure 10: Resources Measuring in PowerShell 3.0
7.3 Dell OpenManage Essentials
Dell OpenManage Essentials (OME) is a system management console that provides simple, basic Dell
hardware management. Dell OME 1.1 manages the host running Windows Server 2012. It supports
agent-free hardware inventory and system update (e.g., BIOS, firmware) for the 11
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and 12
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generations of Dell PowerEdge servers. It also adds Dell SupportAssist extension for proactive ―phone
home‖ hardware issue resolution. Figure 11 shows the dashboard of Dell OME. Other features in Dell
OME 1.1 are:
· Discover, Inventory, monitor health, and view logs of Dell clients (i.e., desktops, portables)
· Discover, Inventory, and monitor health of Dell Force 10 Switches, Dell PDU and UPS devices
· Discover and collect limited inventory Linux servers via Secure Shell (SSH)
· Enhanced hardware inventory for ESXi servers with Dell OpenManage Server Administrator
(OMSA)
· Alerts for hardware health status changes (not just when a hardware trap is sent)
· Ability to forward alerts in original format to support tiered event management
· A new command line interface (CLI) for automation of server discovery and grouping
· Calendar style task schedule view
· Group filtering on portal pages
· More configurable portal pages
· Grouped discovery ranges for common protocol settings
· Custom URL launch points to allow user-defined right-click actions on devices