Setup Guide

22 Systems Management Using Dell OpenManage
There are several sub-components in OpenManage Server Administrator
which are described below.
• Instrumentation Services — Provides hardware instrumentation and
configuration information.
•
Storage Management — Provides monitoring and instrumentation of the
storage connected to the Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) and
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) families of controllers.
•
Dell Systems Management Server Administration (DSM SA) —
Provides remote or local access to
OpenManage Server Administrator
from any system with a supported web browser and network connection.
•
DSM SA Shared Services — Runs an inventory collector at startup to perform
a software inventory of the system to be consumed by
OpenManage Server
Administrator
's Simple Network Management Protocol(SNMP) and
Common Information Model (CIM) providers. This allows a remote software
update using Dell IT Assistant.
Dell Remote Access Controller
Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) is designed to allow anywhere,
anytime "Lights Out" monitoring, troubleshooting, and system repairs
and upgrades independent of the operating system status.
Dell IT Assistant
Dell IT Assistant (ITA) provides an integrated view of Dell's comprehensive
suite of server monitoring and reporting tools. It includes one-to-many
management for Dell systems. ITA can also be used to perform BIOS and
firmware updates.
Hardware monitoring of Dell systems is supported with Citrix XenServer
Dell Edition. Power monitoring of Dell systems is supported on PowerEdge
systems that have power monitoring capability. Performance monitoring of
Dell systems is not supported with Citrix XenServer Dell Edition.