Owner's Manual

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* The Service Pack supports Dell OpenManage Server Administrator
versions 1.0 - 1.9 including the enhanced Storage Management
Service 1.0.
* The Service Pack supports Dell OpenManage Array Manager
versions 2.7 - 3.6.
* The Service Pack supports DRAC 4 event traps and management of
DRAC 4 through the RAC web console.
* The Service Pack supports PET (Platform Event Traps) for Dell
PowerEdge(TM) "x8xx" systems with a Baseboard Management Controller
(BMC).
* A DSM policy has been added to format and forward RAC (Remote Access
Controller) traps to the Enterprise Management (EM) console. Prior
to this release RAC events were only processed using EM policy.
* BMC IP addresses are discovered and displayed in the "Object
Properties" window.
* The fixes in patch 3.0.0.0.B and patch 3.0.0.0.C for the
Connection 3.0 are included in this release.
* The severity of OpenManage Array Manager event 581 has been changed
from "Warning" in CA Connection 3.0 to "Informational" in
CA Connection 3.1 Service Pack.
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DELL OPENMANAGE CONNECTION FOR CA NSM, VERSION 3.0
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RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS
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* Dell CA NSM Monitor Service was removed as part of the
Connection Version 3.0 and secondary discovery of Dell agents was
performed by Distributed State Machine (DSM).
* Event message formatting was no longer performed by the Enterprise
Management (EM) console and was performed by DSM. Remote access
controller (RAC) and DRAC II events were formatted by EM Message
Records.
* Dell objects discovered by CA NSM were no longer populated
into the IT Assistant database. One-to-one management was performed
using Server Administrator.
* The Connection no longer installs Dell OpenManage systems
management software applications. Applications had to be installed
separately to be launched by the Connection.