Owner's Manual

38 What’s New for Dell OpenManage IT Assistant Version 8.7
If you install both the behavior is similar to the previous versions of
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator. Also, Server Administrator Web
Server component can be installed on both server and non-server systems.
See "Using Server Software Deployment" on page 162 for more information.
Enhanced Software Update Using Unified Server Configurator (USC)
Dell Update Packages (DUPs)
With earlier versions of IT Assistant you could use Dell Update Packages
(DUPs) to update BIOS, firmware, and drivers on Dell systems. Starting with
IT Assistant 8.5, in addition to these package updates, IT Assistant also
supports the USC DUPs. See "Software Update Using Unified Server
Configurator (USC) DUPs" on page 155 for more information.
Display of SSD Devices
The physical disk information table on the Device Details page in
IT Assistant displays the media type information. The possible values are
Solid State Device (SSD) and Hard Disk Device (HDD).
Discover Dell|EMC Storage Arrays on Non-Default Ports
Starting with IT Assistant 8.5, you can discover Dell|EMC arrays on ports
other than the default port 2162.
Enhanced Software Update MD Array Discovery
Starting with IT Assistant 8.5, you no longer need to upgrade IT Assistant to
support new MD arrays.
Support for VMware ESX 4.0
Starting with IT Assistant 8.5, you can also manage VMware ESX 4.0 hosts.
However, on an unconfigured operating system installation, IT Assistant
categorizes the ESX 4.0 hosts under the Unknown group. To enable
categorization of ESX 4.0 hosts under the Servers and VMware ESX Servers
group, you should apply some configuration changes on each host. See
"Setting Up SNMP on VMware ESX Server 4.0 and Later For Discovery" on
page 262 for more information about the required SNMP settings.