Owner's Manual

Frequently Asked Questions 233
Does IT Assistant manage
only Dell systems?
Yes. IT Assistant only manages Dell systems that have
Dell instrumentation installed and running. However,
starting with IT Assistant 8.0, devices that are
configured with IPMI 1.5 or later can also be
discovered with IT Assistant.
Do I have to install IT
Assistant on a Dell system?
No. Although IT Assistant is tested for installation
on Dell systems, the IT Assistant UI is designed to
operate on a system running the supported operating
systems. Therefore, IT Assistant should work without
incident on non-Dell systems that run these operating
systems and that meet the minimum hardware
specifications.
See "Planning Your Dell OpenManage IT Assistant
Installation" on page 49 for more details.
However, Dell does not provide warranty or free
support for non-Dell systems.
How many users can run
IT Assistant at the
same time?
Multiple users can run IT Assistant to connect to
IT Assistant services. The number of users is limited
by the resources available on the management station.
Can I install IT Assistant on
top of Client Administrator?
Client Administrator is not currently a supported
configuration on the same system as IT Assistant.
How many systems can
I manage?
IT Assistant is designed and tested to manage up to
several thousand systems on a suitably configured
system.
NOTE: CPU-intensive tasks like the performance
monitoring can, however, be performed only on a
hundred systems and software deployment can be
attempted only on about 20 systems at a time.
Can I use IT Assistant over
the Internet?
IT Assistant is a local area network (LAN)-oriented
tool for monitoring and managing systems in an IP
network. You can monitor and manage systems over
the Internet using IT Assistant, but Dell does not
recommend it unless you have a way of securing your
data, which you must provide. IT Assistant does
provide security suitable for use over a corporate
intranet.
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