Users Guide

Planning Your IT Assistant Installation 23
Summary of Pre-Installation Decisions
This section has listed the major factors you must consider before installing and using IT Assistant to
manage systems on your network. Table 2-4 summarizes questions raised in the previous sections, the
option(s) and action(s) available, and the section of this guide where you can find the corresponding
procedure for performing that action.
Digital KVM Agents
2161 DS-2 N/A Yes Yes
4161 DS N/A Yes Yes
Network Adapter Agents
Intel
®
PRO N/A No Yes
Broadcom N/A No Yes
ASF 1 No Yes
Client Agents
Dell OpenManage Client
Instrumentation
7.x Yes Yes
Table 2-4. Pre-Installation Questions, Options, and Actions
Question Option/Action Option/Action Next Step
Is there any reason to
select a particular
operating system among
those that are supported
when installing
IT Assistant?
Ensure that the
operating system is
supported for the
component of
IT Assistant you are
installing.
For a large network,
install IT Assistant on
a server-based
operating system.
See the latest IT Assistant
readme.txt either on the
Dell Support website at
support.dell.com or on the
Dell Systems Management
Consoles CD.
Is there any reason to
select a particular
hardware configuration
when installing
IT Assistant?
Ensure that your
hardware configuration
meets or exceeds the
recommended
requirements for
IT Assistant
components that will be
installed on the system.
Table 2-3. Agents Supported by IT Assistant (continued)
Device Version(s) Supported Auto Discoverable Alerting