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DELL(TM) MANAGEMENT CONSOLE VERSION 1.1.0 README

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Version - 1.1.0

Release Date - March 2010

NOTE: Dell Management Console and its documentation are available on the

Dell Management Console DVD and on the Dell Support web site at

support.dell.com.

Dell Management Console provides a central point of access to monitor

and manage systems on a local area network (LAN) or the

wide area network (WAN). By providing administrators a comprehensive

view across the enterprise, Dell Management Console can increase system

uptime, reduce repetitive tasks, and prevent interruption in critical

business operations.

This readme.txt contains updated information for

Dell Management Console User's Guide and any other technical documentation

included with Dell Management Console.

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CONTENTS

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This file contains the following sections:

* Criticality

* Compatibility/Recommended Requirements

* Release Highlights

* Installation

* User Notes

* Known Issues

* Disclaimer

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CRITICALITY

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2 - Recommended

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COMPATIBILITY/RECOMMENDED REQUIREMENTS

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Supported Operating System Requirements for Dell Management Console

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Windows Server 2003 R2 or SP2 (32 bit only) Standard or Enterprise Editions

Summary of content (18 pages)

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###################################################################### DELL(TM) MANAGEMENT CONSOLE VERSION 1.1.0 README ###################################################################### Version - 1.1.0 Release Date - March 2010 NOTE: Dell Management Console and its documentation are available on the Dell Management Console DVD and on the Dell Support web site at support.dell.com.
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====================================================================== Recommended Minimum Hardware Configuration for Dell Management Console ====================================================================== * Physical Server - 2 Physical Processors - 4 GB RAM - DVD Drive - Microsoft .NET 3.5 (SP1 is supported) - Windows Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.
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for an individual discovered device will not contain any information. NOTE: The default collation setting in SQL Server 2005 is case-insensitive. [281173] ====================================================================== Configuring SSL/HTTPS ====================================================================== * If you are configuring your installation for SSL/HTTPS, configure SSL before installing the Dell Management Console and the Altiris Server Management Suite.
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====================================================================== Fixes and Enhancements ====================================================================== * The Dell OpenManage(TM) Server Administrator Agent Deploy Solution is updated to allow deployment of OpenManage(TM) Server Administrator V 6.2.
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* After installing Dell Management Console 1.1.0, do the following: -- Enable the Altiris(R) Agent upgrade policy so that the Agent-based functionality is not interrupted. -- For Windows Altiris Agent: Go to Settings > All Settings > Agents/Plug-ins > Altiris Agent > Windows > Altiris Agent for Windows - Upgrade. Change this policy to On and save changes.
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###################################################################### USER NOTES ###################################################################### See the Dell Management Console FAQs on the Dell TechCenter website. ====================================================================== Resource Links ====================================================================== 1) The Dell TechCenter http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/Dell+Management+Console 2) Altiris Knowledge Base Articles https://kb.
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The connection profile for WS-MAN protocol must be created on the server where Dell Management Console is installed. [767] ====================================================================== Install & Upgrades ====================================================================== * In the Install New Products screen of Symantec Installation Manager, there is a check-box for Show all available versions. When you install Dell Management Console from the DVD, the previous versions are not available.
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every session against the secret key generated by the server. Close the first instance and re-launch the Server Administrator launch point. [271966] * All Dell Management Console launch points are hard coded to default values. If the application is installed in another location, edit the launch point from Settings > Console > right-click Actions. This applies to URL launch points as well.
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* Identical server names may produce errors in the second-level report results. Drilling down into report results may produce errors if you have two servers with identical names in a production environment. * The Applicable Computers by Individual Update report may display duplicate entries in the first tier report results. The duplicate entries are actually different releases of the update that appear with the same name.
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job and check the status of the task, including the status of the reboot. [272827] * The Check applicable updates by Computers report may display multiple entries for the same server name even if the report is grouped by computer name. [261236] * Patch Rollout Job fails with message Schedule occurs in the past. Scheduling a stage and distribute task does not schedule the Staging and Preparing For Distribution task. It only schedules the Rollout Job.
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displayed as NA for Lifecycle Controller based updates. [776] * When a bundle update is run on multiple Lifecycle Controllers Enabled Servers using WS-MAN (Apply updates using Lifecyle Controller), some of the updates may fail with an error message "A WSMAN connection could not be established". Run the job instance again to perform the update. [939] * When a server and its iDRAC is discovered and inventoried using SNMP + WS-MAN protocol, users may see SNMP inventory information only.
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net-snmp-5.1.2-13.el4_7.3.x86_64.rpm * Purge policy will not purge events required for maintaining the device state. If you have large number of alerts it could cause latency in the Console. Work-around: You can clear out the alerts manually in SQL Management Studio by deleting the alert entries in EC_Alerts table and delete the rulestate file located under [DMC_INSTALL_DIR]\Altiris Agent\Monitor Agent. However this will clear all device health until the next device health poll (default: every 1 hour).
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in the Monitor Resources by Status Web part. [773] ====================================================================== Network Discovery ====================================================================== * SNMP Discovery of Windows Server 2008 Devices An SNMP-only network discovery task will fail to discover a system if that system is running Windows Server 2008 with its Network discovery feature disabled.
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several places under the All Devices organizational view.
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Switch is not shown in Dell reports. [630] * On upgrading from DMC 1.0.2 -> 1.1, if the ESXi 4.0 virtual host and its virtual machines are discovered in separate tasks using SNMP protocol, the virtual machines may not be associated to its virtual host. The virtual machine will be shown under Servers organizational group. Work-around: Discover only the ESXi 4.0 virtual host using SNMP protocol. All the virtual machines running on this virtual host will be discovered and associated as well.
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* In the Associate Dell Devices task, in Target Selection, (Apply to> Computers,) if you choose the filter (Add Rule): exclude computers not in> Group> Computers, then it only displays (managed) systems that have the Altiris agent installed on them. To select unmanaged computers, choose the following filter: exclude computers not in> Computer list> Computers. [267443] * Some Server Administrator commands displayed in the Command Line Builder and Hardware Configuration tasks may not be backward compatible.
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If you have a Windows firewall configured on either the management station or the managed system, change these settings: On the management station: 1. Open TCP port 135. 2. Add the "omremote.exe" application (located in \dmc\DMCTasksSolution\ToolsBin) to the firewall exception list.
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--Minimum 4GB Virtual RAM --Minimum 4 Virtual Processors --Physical server should have VT enabled processors --Use a remote SQL database --Variations on this configuration may work, but have not been tested. --See kb.altiris.com - 45258 and 45257 for additional details. ###################################################################### DISCLAIMER ###################################################################### Information in this document is subject to change without notice.