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DELL OPENMANAGE(TM) IT ASSISTANT VERSION 7.2 README

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NOTE: This readme provides information for IT Assistant version 7.2.

IT Assistant provides a central point of access to monitor and manage

systems on a local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN).

By allowing an administrator a comprehensive view across the

enterprise, IT Assistant can increase system uptime, reduce

repetitive tasks, and prevent interruption in critical business

operations.

This file contains updated information for your "Dell OpenManage

IT Assistant User's Guide" and any other technical documentation

included with IT Assistant.

You can access all the documentation from the Documentation CD or

from the Dell(TM) Support website at "support.dell.com."

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CONTENTS

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This file contains the following sections:

* Criticality

* Compatibility/Recommended Requirements

* Release Highlights

* Installation

* User Notes

* Known Issues

* Third Party Disclaimer

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CRITICALITY

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2 - Recommended

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COMPATIBILITY/RECOMMENDED REQUIREMENTS

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Summary of content (13 pages)

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##################################################################### DELL OPENMANAGE(TM) IT ASSISTANT VERSION 7.2 README ##################################################################### NOTE: This readme provides information for IT Assistant version 7.2. IT Assistant provides a central point of access to monitor and manage systems on a local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN).
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Minimum Supported Operating System Requirements for IT Assistant (by Enterprise Size) ===================================================================== Small (up to 500 Managed Systems): Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Professional with SP1 Windows 2000 with SP4 Windows Server(TM) 2003 Large (500+ Managed Systems): Windows Server 2003 Windows 2000 with SP4 --------------------------------------------------------------------Recommended Minimum Hardware Configuration for IT Assistant (by Enterprise Size) -----
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Security warning dialog box when you navigate to "Manage"->"Software Updates" and open a catalog.xml file. 2. Blank error message blocks the software repository feature: IT Assistant version 7.1 would stop responding, displaying a blank error dialog box if you imported software packages/bundles, closed the browser, re-opened it, and navigated to "Manage" -> "Software Updates." This issue has been resolved in this release of IT Assistant.
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qualified with a domain or localhost if no trusted domain is configured (for example, domain\administrator or localhost\administrator). The CIM credentials can be seen by editing the imported discovery ranges in the CIM Configuration pane. If this is not done, devices will not be discovered through the CIM protocol.
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2. Create this file, if it is not present. 3. You can store your private keys in the directory of your choice. For security reasons, it is recommended that you set the appropriate permissions for your private key files. Here is a sample "sshconfig.pro" file where you will configure the names and location of your private keys. #server[.user]= #A server-name of global would be appropriate to accommodate a network where all or most systems are setup using the same key. #global[.
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##################################################################### The following are known issues for IT Assistant version 7.2. * If you attempt to update the BIOS from version A05 or earlier on a PowerEdge 1500SC that has 4 GB of system memory installed, the system stops responding on the BIOS post screen. The system must be rebooted manually and the BIOS will not be updated.
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enter credentials for the task. (139376) * Dell PowerEdge(TM) servers with DRAC III, DRAC III/XT, ERA, or ERA/O will be displayed in the IT Assistant Device tree under modular systems if the out-of-band SNMP agent property is enabled with racadm. This property is not supported on the DRAC III family and will be disabled in the next firmware release.
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* If you use a special character font (for example, Wingdings(R) or a similar font) for your report name, the report is saved correctly but the name will be displayed as question marks instead of the special character font. To avoid this issue, use only standard fonts for report names. (135701) * If you have JRE versions 1.3 and 1.5.0 installed on your IT Assistant UI client, and you uninstall an older version of the JRE, the IT Assistant UI may request that you reinstall JRE version 1.5.0.
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-Xmx256m (123581) * Changing the display "Scheme" option under "Preferences," which you access on the topmost IT Assistant menu bar is not supported in ITA 7.2. (123829) * When viewing IP addresses of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems on the "Details" page, the information may not be aligned correctly. This issue has been fixed in the Red Hat net-snmp package. To correct this issue, install the latest Red Hat net-snmp package on the managed system.
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situation, set the browser and the system to the same language. (133691) * If an alert storm is sending more than 5 traps a second to IT Assistant, it could take IT Assistant several minutes to process all the alerts. New alerts that are received in the interim will not be displayed in the UI until all of the alerts in the storm are processed.
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systems which have DNS-DHCP IP addressing and for which the IP addresses frequently change. To eliminate a duplicate device delete the device with the old IP address. (148069) * IT Assistant will discover a Remote Access Controller under the RAC group only if IT Assistant can communicate out-of-band (bypassing the operating system) with the SNMP agent on the controller. DRAC III (and below), do not have this capability, and hence are not grouped under the RAC group.
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without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. - Redistribution in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. Neither the name of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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