Owner's Manual

Introducing Dell OpenManage ITAssistant 23
IT Assistant simplifies system administration of many managed systems by
allowing an administrator to monitor them from one management console.
For more information on agents, see "Agents on the Systems That You Want
to Monitor".
In this guide, the terms IT Assistant system or network management station are
used to identify the system on which the IT Assistant software is installed.
Utilities
IT Assistant has three utilities:
• Import Node List Utility: Allows you to create a file that defines a discovery
list comprised of managed devices, IP addresses, or IP address ranges.
• Database Management Utility:
Allows you to perform operations on
databases and tables that reside in the IT Assistant data repository.
• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Event Source Import
Utility: Allows you to import multiple event sources, not natively
supported in IT Assistant, into the IT Assistant database.
Integrated Features
Native Install
The Dell OpenManage systems management software products are installed
using the install process native to the operating system.
User Interface and Online Help
IT Assistant user interface (UI) includes wizard-based dialogs for performing
many standard tasks. Comprehensive Online Help is available, both from the
Help link at the top right of the IT Assistant window and from context-
specific Help buttons within individual dialogs and wizards.
Single Sign-On
IT Assistant supports Single Sign-On on Dell systems running supported
Windows operating systems. Use Single Sign-On to bypass the login page and
directly access IT Assistant by clicking the IT Assistant icon on your desktop.
The desktop icon queries the registry to see if the Automatic Logon with
current username and password option is enabled in Internet Explorer. If this