User's Manual

Importing the Dell™ Management Pack 11

Management Console Requirements

NOTE: The Management Pack version 3.0 can be installed only on Operations

Manager 2007 or System Center Essentials 2007.

• The Operations Manager 2007 or System Center Essentials 2007 agent

software must be installed on all Dell-managed systems either remotely

from the management station or locally on the managed system.

• For discovered systems to be recognized as Dell devices in the Operations

Manager 2007 or System Center Essentials 2007 environment,

Server Administrator must be installed on all Dell-managed systems.

• Dell Management Pack functions with a reduced feature set if the

Operations Manager 2007 Management Server Action account has normal

user privileges on all Dell managed systems.

NOTE: The Operations Manager 2007 Management Server Action account needs

administrator privileges on all Dell managed systems to perform DRAC object

discovery and launch the Dell Remote Access Console task.

• If the Management Server Action account has normal user privileges,

operators need to provide task credentials with Power User (or higher)

privileges to run the

Clear ESM Logs

task, instead of selecting

Use the

predefined Run as Account

• To run the Remote Power Control tasks or the LED Identification Control

tasks on Dell-managed systems, the

BMC Management Utility

version 2.0

must be installed on the management station. The

BMC Management Utility

is available on the

Dell OpenManage Systems Management Consoles

CD.

NOTE: Windows 2003, Windows XP, and Windows Vista

operating systems are

supported for systems running Operations Console.

NOTE: The Management Pack monitors Dell PowerEdge systems that support

Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 operating systems.

NOTE: For specific system support information, see the Server Administrator

readme.txt file.

NOTE: The Dell Management Pack discovers and monitors only those Dell printers

that support Community-based Simple Network Management Protocol Version 2

(SNMPv2c). The Management Pack does not process SNMP traps.