User's Manual

Managing Dell Systems
When discovered, Dell systems can be managed using the various Dell systems management applications such as Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Web
Console,Dell OpenManage IT Assistant, Dell OpenManage Array Manager console, and RAC Web console. Dell systems management launch points are
identified with unique icons in the HP OpenView NNM submap. See Table 2.Formoreinformationoneachoftherelatedsystems management applications,
refer to the product documentation.
The various systems management applications can be launched by double-clicking the launch point.
The Connection launches the applications shown in Table 4. The application icons shown in the table appear in the HP OpenView NNM submap.
Table 2. Console Applications: Additional Information
During re-classification of Dell systems, the Connection updates the asset tag, service tag, and baseboard management controller (BMC) IP address fields with
appropriate values.
Beginning with the Connection version 3.2, you can also issue Intelligent Platform Management Interface Shell (IPMISH) commands on Dell systems installed
with BMC Management Utility (BMU) version 2.0.
Dell Submenus
The Connection integrates a Dell submenu into the HP OpenView NNM menu bar under the Tools menu. The Dell submenu contains the following commands:
l Dell OpenManage IT Assistant — Launches IT Assistant
l Dell OpenManage Array Manager — Launches Array Manager
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l DRAC II Web Console — Launches the DRAC II Web Console
l Dell Support Website — Provides the commands that launch your browser and take you to support.dell.com
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l IPMISH Launch — Runs the IIPMI shell commands on Dell systems that have an assigned BMC IP address
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l Discover Selected — Discovers the selected systems on the network
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l Discover All — Discovers all systems on the network
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator
Server Administrator provides a comprehensive, one-to-one systems management solution from an integrated, Web browser-based GUI (the Server
Administrator home page). Server Administrator is designed for system administrators to both locally and remotely manage systems and attached storage
systems on a network.
The Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management Service provides storage management information in an integrated graphical view. The
Storage Management Service enables you to view the status of local and remote storage attached to a monitored system. The Storage Management Service
obtains logical and physical information about attached storage devices from the monitored system. For more information, see the Dell OpenManage Server
Administrator's User's Guide and the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User's Guide.
The Connection integration points:
l Discovery and status polling of the Server Administrator agent
l Trap collection and formatting of Server Administrator (and its Storage Management Service) events through the HP OpenView NNM Alarm Browser
Agent
Versions Supported
Applications Launched
HP OpenView
NNM Submap
Icon
Server
Administrator
(includesthe
Storage
Management
Service, if
installed)
Server Administrator
1.6–5.0
Server Administrator
Web console (Web-
based from managed
system).
Array Manager
Array Manager 3.4–
3.7
Array Manager console
(must be installed
separately); see the
note below this table.
RACs
DRAC 5, DRAC 4,
DRAC/MC, DRAC III,
DRAC III/XT, ERA,
ERA/O, ERA/MC, and
DRAC II (The
Connection supports
DRAC/MC and ERA/MC
events only.)
Launches RAC console
(Web-based from RAC).
DRACII
DRAC II 2.4–2.5
DRAC II Web Console
must be installed
separately; see the note
below this table.
Network
Attached
Storage (NAS)
(through
Server
Administrator)

NAS Manager 735N,
750N, 755N, or 775N
system (Web-based
from managed system).
NOTE: Dell strongly recommends that you use the same versions of agents and consoles for Array Manager and DRAC II on the
managed system and the management station. If doing so is not possible, use the latest version on the management station.