User's Manual

Intended Audience
x Active System Manager User Guide, Release 7.1
Intended Audience
This guide is intended for system and network administrators who are responsible for managing an
environment with the Active System Manager software, and should be familiar with the following
concepts:
• Basic principles and use of the Active System Manager product
• Inventory and change management
• UNIX operating system and common UNIX commands
• Physical environment (layout, connectivity, inventory)
• Oracle database administration
• Licensing concepts
• Web applications and XML language
In addition to these concepts, Dell also recommends reading the Active System Manager Web Interface
User Guide in conjunction with this guide.
Organization
This guide is organized as follows:
• Chapter 1, “Active System Manager Overview”
Describes the overall Dell Automation Suite, including the key benefits, all high-level functions,
concepts, and features.
• Chapter 2, “Getting Started”
Provides the basic information you need to install, configure, launch, and uninstall the Active System
Manager client software. It also describes how to connect to the Active System Manager server and
verify the connection status.
• Chapter 3, “Account Management”
Defines how to set up one or more server Active System Manager server accounts and to switch
between a number of Active System Manager servers. It also describes how to edit and delete
previously created server accounts.
• Chapter 4, “User Profile Management”
Describes the security features available in the Active System Manager software, including how to
manage users (or administrators), groups, and permissions for users, administrators, and groups.
• Chapter 5, “Inventory Management”
Describes the Inventory perspective and associated tools that you use to catalog and define the
equipment in your network environment.
• Chapter 6, “Firmware Management,”
Describes how to update Firmware on the hardware devices discovered in ASM.