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What's New for the Connection 3.2?
DellOpenManage™ConnectionforCAUnicenter
®
User's Guide Version 3.2
Before You Begin
Connection Installation Prerequisites
New Features of the Connection 3.2
Systems Management Software Supported
Dell OpenManage Connection for Computer Associates (CA) Unicenter is hereafter referred to as the Connection.
Before You Begin
l Read the installation requirements to ensure that your system meets or exceeds the minimum requirements. See installation prerequisites.
l Read the Connection readme file, which contains the latest information about software, firmware, and driver versions, in addition to information about
knownissues.ThefileispostedtotheDellOpenManagedocumentationpageontheDell™Supportwebsiteat support.dell.com.
Connection Installation Prerequisites
The following are system prerequisites for installing the Connection:
l Microsoft
®
Windows
®
operating system versions supported by CA Unicenter versions 3.0, 3.1, or NSM r11
l CA Unicenter versions 3.0, 3.1, or NSM r11
l A minimum of 30 MB of free hard-drive space
New Features of the Connection 3.2
l AddedsupportforCAUnicenterNSMr11onsystemsrunningWindowsoperatingsystems.
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l Added support for Dell OpenManage Server Administrator versions 1.6 - 5.0
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l Added support for Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management Service version 2.0.
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l Added support for Dell OpenManage Array Manager versions 3.4 - 3.7.
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l Added support for management of Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) 5 through the RAC Web console.
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l Added support for the Platform Event Traps (PET) from the baseboard management controller (BMC). The PET alerts are embedded with the host name
of the system generating the defect.
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l Updated the format of the DRAC and BMC PET traps.
Systems Management Software Supported
Table 1. Systems Management Software Supported
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Agent
Versions Supported
Server Administrator
1.6–5.0
Storage Management
1.0–2.0
Array Manager
3.4–3.7
DRAC II
2.4–2.5
RAC (DRAC 5, DRAC 4, DRAC/MC, DRAC III,
DRAC III/XT, ERA, ERA/MC, and ERA/O)
DRAC/MC and ERA/MC: Support for events
only
All firmware versions
Console
Versions Supported
DRAC II Web Console
2.4–2.5
RAC Web Console
All firmware versions
Array Manager
3.4–3.7