Owner's Manual

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Managing Tasks

IT Assistant allows you to remotely run certain tasks on managed systems

across the enterprise. These tasks include:

• Generic command line execution (the ability to invoke the Dell

OpenManage Server Administrator command line interface remotely

is also supported, if Dell OpenManage 4.3 or later instrumentation

is enabled)

• Device control, including shutdown and wake up

• Scheduled software updates

• Ability to execute Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)

commands remotely

• Ability to execute Remote Client Instrumentation commands remotely

NOTE: IPMI and Remote Client Instrumentation command line options may

not be available if IT Assistant does not detect the necessary components

(Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) Utilities and OpenManage Client

Connector respectively) installed on the IT Assistant Services Tier.

• Ability to deploy the Dell agent (Server Administrator) on supported

Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems

• Ability to monitor the performance of a group of discovered devices with

supported Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems over a period

of time.

• Ability to export and import task configuration information from one

management station to another

These tasks can be configured to run on specific schedules or execute

immediately. For more information, see the Dell OpenManage IT Assistant

Online Help.

NOTE: For Linux systems, you must install IT Assistant 8.7 to use Remote Server

Administrator Command Line or perform Software Updates. You cannot use

previous versions of IT Assistant (version 8.5 or earlier) installed on the

management station with the latest version of Server Administrator (version 6.3)

installed on a managed system.