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What’s New for Version 2.1
• Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator version 5.0 (including the enhanced Storage
Management Service version 2.0)
• Dell Services role in the Dell State View. This role displays the state of each Dell service running
on the agent managed node.
• Battery is a new component of the Dell Agents role in the Dell State View
•Task to,
– Launch Server Administrator
– Check power status and allow power control through the Intelligent Platform Management
Interface (IPMI) shell
– Clear the event system log (ESM) after backing up the contents of the file
• Discovery and grouping of Dell servers that do not have Server Administrator installed. An alert
notification is provided to state that Server Administrator is required.
• Additional tooltips provided in the Topology view
– Dell BIOS: The BIOS version of the Dell server
– Dell Server Administrator version: The version of Server Administrator running on the system
– Dell Server BMC IP address: The IP address of the baseboard management controller (BMC)
– Dell Server IPMI version: The version of IPMI running on the system
– Dell Server RAC URL: The launch point of the Dell™ Remote Access Controller
• Update of Dell Knowledge Base information to support new event processing rules of Server
Administrator (including the enhanced Storage Management Service) and Array Manager
NOTE: Dell Management Pack version 2.1 is compatible with Microsoft
®
Operations Manager (MOM) 2005
and MOM 2005 SP1 only (Full Edition or Workgroup Edition). It does not function with prior releases of the
MOM product.