User's Manual

10 Introduction
Supported Dell Devices
The following Dell devices are supported for Dell MP 3.1:
• Dell PowerEdge™ and PowerVault™ systems
• Dell Latitude
™ , OptiPlex ™, and Precision ™ computers
• Dell MD3000
™ , MD3000i ™, and Daisy chained MD1000 ™
Storage Arrays
• Dell Printers (for a list of supported printers refer to
Appendix B -
Supported Printers
)
• DRAC 5, DRAC/MC, iDRAC, and CMC devices
Supported Operating Systems
For the detailed Operating Systems support matrix refer to Appendix A -
Operating System Support Matrix.
Management Server Requirements
NOTE: The Management Packs can be installed only on Systems Center
Operations Manager 2007 SP1 or System Center Essentials 2007 SP1.
Generic Requirement
• For discovery of Windows systems on your network and installing SCOM
2007 SP1/SCE 2007 SP1 agents through the Operations Console, all the
managed systems should have a valid and a fully qualified domain name
(FQDN) that can be pinged from the management station.
• For discovery of Dell monolithic and modular systems, Dell clients
perform agent push discovery on Windows systems.
• For discovery of DRAC 5, DRAC/MC, CMC, and Dell printers network
device discovery should be performed.
Storage Array
• For the Storage Array Management Pack, the Array Bridge broker (DellABB
setup) is a prerequisite on the management server. The DellABB files
packaged in the self-extracting executable should be installed on the
default location (C:\Dell_MDStorageArray_ABB).
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