Owner's Manual

6 Contents
Storage Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Printer Integration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Tape Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
FRU Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
DMI Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Power Control Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4 Planning Your Dell OpenManage
IT Assistant Installation 47
Decisions That You Make Before Installation . . . . . 47
Primary Planning Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Selecting the Operating System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Selecting the Web Browser
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Selecting a Hardware Configuration . . . . . . . . . . 50
Selecting the SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
SP2 Default Database or SQL 2005 Server SP2
. . . . . 51
E-Mail Notification Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Determining Systems Management Protocols
. . . . . 52
Supported Protocols
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
SNMP
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
CIM
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
IPMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Factors That Affect Protocol Choice
. . . . . . . . 53
Summary of Pre-Installation Decisions
. . . . . . . . . 60