Owner's Manual

What’s New for Dell OpenManage IT Assistant Version 8.6? 41
Support for Server Administrator NIC Selection
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator supports configuration of additional
LAN on Motherboards (LOMs) for NIC selection (sideband interface). You
can use IT Assistant to create a Remote Server Administrator CLI task for
NIC selection.
New Search Criterion for Dynamic Groups Created Using IT Assistant
You can now use the System Revision Number criterion for searching devices
in a new group. Also, you can combine this criteria with ‘System Model’ for
retrieving information on devices that are part of new groups. For example,
search for devices that have System Model 1900 and System Revision
Number II for retrieving a list of all Dell PowerEdge 1900 II servers.
Online Synchronization Enhancement
IT Assistant inventories the systems on the network and stores the
information in the database. Based on this information, IT Assistant
intelligently decides on the packages to be downloaded. In other words,
IT Assistant downloads only those packages and bundles that correspond
to at least one managed system in your network.
Online Synchronization
You can now check the Dell FTP site at ftp.dell.com periodically for availability
of new updates. You can configure various options for online synchronization:
• Select the schedule to synchronize IT Assistant with the Dell Support website
• Configure connection settings
• Select the criteria to check for updates available on the Dell Support website
• Configure additional attributes, such as e-mail notification
• Configure automatic downloads and imports to the IT Assistant repository
NOTE: IT Assistant version 8.1 and later download only hardware packages
(BIOS, firmware, and drivers), and not software (OpenManage) packages.