Concept Guide

data center monitoring and remediation tasks using an Android or iOS mobile device at any time, from anywhere. The OpenManage
Mobile app is available as a free software download on both the Apple Store and the Google Play Store.
It can also monitor and manage Dell PowerEdge servers through a Dell OpenManage Essentials console or by directly accessing the
server’s embedded management, iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller.
The OpenManage Essentials console can be accessed through OpenManage Mobile over a secure IP network. This allows you to
monitor all devices managed by OpenManage Essentials such as Dell servers, storage, networking, Firewall, and supported third
party devices.
There are two methods available to access iDRAC through OpenManage Mobile. If you are remote, you can access iDRAC over a
secure IP network. If you are at-the-server, an iDRAC can be accessed directly by tapping an NFC-enabled android mobile device on
a Dell PowerEdge “Quick Sync” bezel to perform several basic bare-metal configuration tasks such as assigning an IP address, and
changing server credentials or the boot order. The Quick Sync bezel is available on Dell PowerEdge R630, R730, and R730XD
server.
Key Features of OpenManage Mobile:
• Connect to multiple OpenManage Essentials installed servers from a single mobile device.
• Connect to multiple 12th and 13th generation servers individually through the iDRAC interface.
• Receive critical alert notification on your mobile device as they arrive into your OpenManage Essentials management console.
• Acknowledge, forward, and delete alerts from your mobile device.
• Browse through device details, firmware inventory, and event logs of individual systems.
• Perform several server management functions such as power-on, power cycle, reboot, and shutdown from the mobile
application.
Dell OpenManage Power Center
Dell OpenManage Power Center is a one-to-many application that can read power usage information from Dell servers, Power
Distribution Units (PDU), and Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS). It can aggregate this information into rack, row, and room-level
views. Also, for servers with the iDRAC Enterprise version, you can cap or throttle the amount of power consumed. This is done in
response to a need to reduce consumption due to external events such as brownout and failure of data center cooling devices.
Capping can also be used to safely increase the number of servers in a rack to match the power that has been provisioned to that
rack.
For complete information, see Dell OpenManage Power Center User’s Guide available at dell.com/openmanagemanuals.
Dell Active System Manager
The Active System Manager is a comprehensive infrastructure and workload automation solution for use by IT administrators and
teams. It simplifies and automates the management of heterogeneous environments, enabling IT to respond more rapidly to dynamic
business needs. The Active System Manager features an enhanced user interface that provides an intuitive, end-to-end
infrastructure and workload automation experience through a unified console.
For more information, see dell.com/asm.
Dell Update Utilities
The following table lists the update utilities and the supported operating systems.
Table 1. Dell Update Utilities
Product Windows Linux
Dell Repository Manager Yes -
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