Owner's Manual

Contents 3
Contents
1 Introducing Dell OpenManage
IT Assistant 17
Simplifying System Administration . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Identify the Systems for Remote Management
. . 17
Generate a Consolidated View of
All Your Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Create Alert Filters and Actions
. . . . . . . . . . 18
Create Customized Discovery and
Inventory Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Create Tasks That Enable Configuration
Management From a Central Console
. . . . . . . 19
Install Dell Agents on Dell Systems . . . . . . . . 19
Measure the Performance of Systems
. . . . . . 20
Monitor the Power and Energy
Consumption of Dell Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Components of IT Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
User Interface
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
IT Assistant Services Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Managed System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Utilities
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Integrated Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Native Install
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
User Interface and Online Help
. . . . . . . . . . 23
Single Sign-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
User Authentication
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Dynamic Groups
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24