Owner's Manual

8 Contents
6 Configuring Dell OpenManage
IT Assistant to Monitor
Your Systems
81
IT Assistant in Real-World User Scenarios . . . . . . . 81
Running Applications That Require Different
Versions of the JRE On Your System
. . . . . . . . 82
Ensure That Agents and Instrumentation Are
Installed and Running
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Start IT Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Configuring SNMP for System Manageability
. . . . . 84
Details on Configuring the SNMP Service
. . . . . 85
Configuring SNMP on Systems You
Want to Manage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Configuring CIM for Manageability . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Configuring CIM in the Operating System
. . . . . 87
Best Practices for Setting Up Discovery Targets
. . . . 87
Configuring IPMI for System Manageability
. . . . . . 88
Using the Microsoft IPMI Provider
. . . . . . . . . 89
Best Practices for Using the IPMI
Discovery Feature
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Configuring IT Assistant to Discover
Storage Devices
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Prerequisites for Dell|EMC
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Navisphere Secure CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Setup and Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Using the Troubleshooting Tool
. . . . . . . . . . 92
Creating Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Discovery in Jane’s Small-to-Medium
Size Business
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93