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System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2012: VMM 2012 is Microsoft’s centralized
virtualization manager. It provides the fundamental services for creating and managing virtual
machines, optimizing resources, and rapid deployment of virtualized infrastructure.
3.3 OpenManage Essentials
The Dell OpenManage™ Essentials Console provides a single, easy-to-use, one-to-many interface
through which to manage resources in multivendor operating system and hypervisor environments. It
automates basic repetitive hardware management tasks — like discovery, monitoring and updates — for
Dell servers, storage and network systems. OME employs the embedded management of PowerEdge™
servers — Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 (iDRAC7) with Lifecycle Controller — to enable
agent-free remote management and monitoring of server hardware components like storage,
networking, processors and memory.
OpenManage Essentials helps you maximize IT performance and uptime with capabilities like:
· Automated discovery, inventory, and monitoring of Dell PowerEdge™ servers, EqualLogic™
and PowerVault™ storage, and PowerConnect™ switches
· Agent-free server monitoring as well as BIOS, firmware and driver updates for Dell PowerEdge
servers, blade systems and internal storage
· Control of PowerEdge servers within Windows®, Linux®, VMware®, and Hyper-V®
environments
· Interface with additional optional Dell systems management solutions including:
· Repository Manager to facilitate and secure precise control of system updates
· KACE® K1000 Appliance service desk to provide actionable email alerts describing the status of
Dell servers, storage and switches
· Dell ProSupport™ phone home services for your data center resources
For more information on OpenManage Essentials, see Dell.com/openmanageessentials.
3.4 Dell PowerEdge Blade Servers
Blade Modular Enclosure: The Dell PowerEdge M1000e is a high-density, energy-efficient blade chassis
that supports up to sixteen half-height blade servers, or eight full-height blade servers, and six I/O
modules. A high-speed passive mid-plane connects the server modules to the I/O modules,
management, and power in the rear of the chassis. The enclosure includes a flip-out LCD screen (for
local configuration), six hot-pluggable/redundant power supplies, and nine hot-pluggable N+1
redundant fan modules.
Blade Servers: The Dell PowerEdge M1000e Blade Server Chassis supports the Dell PowerEdge M620
blade servers based on Intel® Xeon® E5 series processors. Dell’s embedded management houses the
tools and enablement pieces for management directly on the server, allowing administrators to
perform a complete set of provisioning functions from a single, intuitive interface. Zero-media low-
touch deployment capabilities enable IT administrators to provision workloads in an efficient, secure,
and user-friendly manner. The enclosure supports all Dell PowerEdge 12
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generation blade servers, but
the PowerEdge M620 was selected as the optimum blade server for this solution.