Owner's Manual

8 Dell OEM Solution - Microsoft System Center Essentials 2010
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Essentials 2010 enables you to centrally manage Microsoft Windows
®
–based
servers and other computers and network devices in your organization. You
can perform the following tasks using Essentials 2010:
• Manage physical computers, virtual machines and devices in your
environment and examine computer hardware and software inventory.
• Monitor the health of managed computers and devices.
• Centrally manage updates, track installation progress and troubleshoot
problems by using the
Update Management feature.
• Centrally deploy software, track progress, and troubleshoot problems by
using the
Software Deployment feature.
The Essentials 2010 OEM Solution combined with corresponding Dell
management packs enables management of Dell hardware, such as:
• Dell PowerEdge™/PowerVault™ systems
• Dell Business Client systems such as Dell Latitude™, Dell Optiplex™ ,
and Dell Precision™ systems, and Dell Vostro™ systems that are grouped
under the Unmanaged group on the Essentials console.
NOTE: For Dell Vostro™ systems, Dell Client MP only supports classification
of Dell hardware and not monitoring.
• Dell Network Printers
• Dell PowerVault Modular Disk (MD) storage arrays that includes MD
3000, MD 3000i storage arrays and daisy-chained MD 1000 storage arrays.
• Dell Remote Access Controllers (DRAC) that includes DRAC4, DRAC5,
Integrated DRAC (iDRAC) 6 Modular, iDRAC 6 Monolithic,
DRAC/Modular Chassis, and Chassis Management Controller (CMC)
• Dell EqualLogic™ Peer Storage (PS) Series Arrays
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