Owner's Manual

Introduction 7
Introduction
This document is intended for system administrators who use the Dell™
EqualLogic™ Storage Management Pack Suite Version 4.0 to manage, and
monitor the Dell EqualLogic PS Series Arrays.
NOTE: The Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite is supported on
Microsoft
®
Systems Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007 SP1/R2 and Systems
Center Essentials (SCE) 2007 SP1.
With the integration of the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite
Version 4.0 with the SCOM and/or SCE environment, you can classify,
manage, and monitor your Dell EqualLogic PS Series Arrays.
CAUTION: The procedures in this document should be performed only by
personnel with knowledge and experience in using the Microsoft Windows
®
operating system, and SCOM or SCE. In order to avoid data corruption and/or data
loss, it is recommended that only system administrators or IT generalists use the
procedures described in this document.
The readme file packaged with the management pack contains the latest
information about software and management station requirements, and
information about known issues. The readme file is posted to the Systems
Management documentation page on the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com/manuals. The readme file is also packaged in the
Dell_EqualLogic_Storage_Management_Pack_Suite_v4.0_A00.msi.
All references to SCOM in this guide are applicable to SCE as well, unless
otherwise explicit product and version information is mentioned.
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