Owner's Manual

44 What’s New for Dell OpenManage IT Assistant Version 8.6?
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Event Source
Import Utility
You can import multiple event sources, that are not natively supported in
IT Assistant, into the IT Assistant database. For more information,
see "Simple Network Management Protocol Event Source Import Utility".
IPMI Discovery Support
IT Assistant discovers systems equipped with baseboard management controllers
(BMC) that support Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) versions
1.5 or later. IT Assistant communicates with the BMC directly or through the
Windows IPMI Provider on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 system.
IT Assistant discovers and classifies the BMC of the discovered system
through IPMI. However, if the Dell agent is installed on this system,
IT Assistant will correlate the information with the discovered system
through the service tag.
Software Deployment
You can use this feature to deploy and upgrade Dell OpenManage Server
Administrator on Dell systems running Microsoft Windows, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server, Red Hat Enterprise operating systems as well as VMware
ESX server that do not have Server Administrator installed. Server
Administrator assists in discovering, classifying, inventorying, monitoring
systems, and updating software on your network.
Digital Signature Verification
IT Assistant checks the authenticity and integrity of the update packages and
MSI files using digital signature verification.
Digital signature verification of each Dell Update Package (DUP) will happen
when you manually import the packages from the Server Updates media or a
repository on a network share. IT Assistant also supports signature verification
for the Server Administrator MSI package.
NOTE: For Dell OpenManage version 5.3 and above, the Software Update Utility
is available only on the Dell Server Updates DVD. However, for Dell OpenManage
version below 5.3, the Software Update Utility is available on the Dell PowerEdge™