Reference Guide

Dell Systems Management
Dell delivers management solutions that help IT Administrators effectively deploy, update, monitor, and manage IT assets. OpenManage
solutions and tools allow 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) with Lifecycle Controller.
Dell 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 has connected or integrated the advanced management
capabilities of Dell hardware into offerings from the industry’s top systems management vendors, thus making Dell platforms easy to
deploy, update, monitor, and manage.
If you have standardized offerings from industry leaders such as BMC Software, Microsoft, VMware, or other vendors, you can extend
the existing systems management framework and the skills of the IT staff to efficiently manage Dell servers, storage, business-client PCs,
and networking equipment using Dell's Systems Management tools, utilities, and consoles.
Dell's systems management solution consists of software products that help you to discover, monitor, manage, update, and deploy
software or firmware on Dell servers. The products focus on:
• Reducing complexity and saving time
• Eliminating need for additional utilities
• Eliminating tasks that increase time required to perform tasks
• Achieving efficiency and controlling costs
• Improving asset management
• Optimizing resource utilization
• Increasing productivity by connecting to major systems management consoles and protecting investments
• Providing features in tools that customers choose, thus adapting to customers' mode of operation
• Automating to reduce downtime and human error
These software products are useful for administrators to control and manage Dell servers, storage, network, and client devices from a
single workstation.
This document provides a list of Dell Systems Management offerings using the OpenManage Suite of products and the OpenManage
Connections. It also provides overview for different products and a feature matrix that helps you choose the appropriate tools to manage
your Dell systems.
Topics:
• Dell Systems Management Offerings
Dell Systems Management Offerings
Dell’s suite of Systems Management offerings extend a wide variety of tools, products, and services. Dell’s strategy is to use an existing
systems management framework that you may be currently using.
However, if you do not have a framework, Dell provides in-house tools or tools from our partners. Dell also offers professional services to
install or train on any of the Dell products and tools. All the solutions are centered on PowerEdge server hardware management featuring
iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller. For an interactive tool to see the best OpenManage tools for your datacenter environment, see online
OpenManage Advisor Tool. This tool covers a wide range of topics regarding your datacenter and provides a detailed output based on
your information. The following figure shows the Dell systems management offerings that are used in the Advisor tool.
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