Users Guide

Microsoft SCE/SCVMM Integrated Solution 5
Microsoft SCE/SCVMM Integrated
Solution
Dell™ is working with Microsoft
®
to provide the OEM version of the
Microsoft System Center Essentials (SCE or Essentials) 2007 SP1 and
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM or VMM) 2008.
You can use SCE and SCVMM either independently or with various
Dell Management Packs (MPs) to get different levels of capabilities from
your infrastructure.
This sections lists these capabilities.
The standalone Essentials with Dell Management Pack provides capabilities
to manage various families of Dell hardware, such as:
• Dell PowerEdge™/PowerVault™ Server systems
• Dell business client systems (Dell Latitude
®
, Dell Optiplex
®
,
andDellPrecision
®
)
• Dell printers
• Dell Modular storage devices
The standalone VMM provides a centralized, heterogeneous management
solution for the Virtual datacenter.
The Microsoft SCE/SCVMM integrated solution has enhanced capabilities
and provides you with the option to manage both physical and virtual
environments from the same management console. The integrated solution
enables Server Consolidation, Business Continuity, and Dynamic Provisioning.
You can use the integrated solution to access basic features of the Virtual
Machine Management (VMM) from the Essentials console. You can also
launch the Essentials diagram view from VMM console.
The Microsoft SCE/SCVMM integrated solution along with Dell Performance
and Resource Optimization (PRO)-enabled Management Pack provides
workload and application aware resource optimization for virtualized
environment, minimizing downtime and accelerating time for resolution.
The Essentials Media kit has an installer option that allows you to install
SQL Server 2005 Express on a 64-bit Windows Server™ 2008 operating system.
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