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Managing Devices via IPMI in OpenManage Essentials
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[Figure title] Figure 3.
 Correlation with IPMI protocol is supported
OpenManage Essentials 1.1 supports correlation of server and RAC when the server is discovered
using SNMP or WMI protocols and the RAC is discovered and inventoried using IPMI protocol.
Correlation means correlating the inventory and discovery data received from server and RAC using
various protocols. When OpenManage Essentials 1.1 discovers and inventories a server and its RAC,
the inventory and discovery data received from both of them are correlated and put under the
same device name in the device tree. This device name is always the server name in the device
tree after correlation. The correlated device entry is shown under server group and RAC group,
both owing to the fact that they contain data from server and RAC.
Protocols to discover and inventory a RAC
Protocols used for discovery and inventory of a RAC Table 1.
Tables Populated using SNMP Tables populated using IPMI Tables populated using WSMAN
Device Summary Device Summary Device Summary
Software Agent Information OS Information Software Agent Information
NIC Information Software Agent Information NIC Information
RAC Device Information NIC Information RAC Device Information
Firmware Information RAC Device Information Processor Information
Contact Information Firmware Information Memory Device Information
FRU Information Power Supply Information
Embedded Device Information
Controller Information
Enclosure Information
Physical Disk Information
Virtual Disk Information