Owner's Manual

What’s New for Dell OpenManage IT Assistant Version 8.7 41
Dynamic VMware Host Group
IT Assistant discovers VMware ESX Server systems. Each host is discovered
under the Device Group VMware ESX Servers Hosts. For each host,
IT Assistant creates a new group Host_<
hostname >. The ESX Server host
and virtual machines (on discovery) are added as child nodes in this group.
Also, IT Assistant automatically updates the host configuration if a virtual
machine moves from one host to another. You are not required to manually
refresh the inventory of the source or destination hosts to reflect the
change in hosts.
NOTE: IT Assistant automatically displays the new status of the virtual machine
provided you set the trap destination correctly in the host system. For more
information, see the
VMware Basic Administration Guide on the Dell Support
website at support.dell.com/manuals.
VMware ESX Server Integration
You can use IT Assistant to discover and monitor VMware ESX Server
version 3.x, as well as to retrieve information about the associated virtual
machines through Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). See
"Setting Up SNMP on VMware ESX 3.5 server to Send Traps to IT Assistant"
on page 261 for more information.
You can discover multiple virtual machines in your network environment
using IT Assistant, and view them in the Device tree with the other devices
in your network.
You can discover:
• ESX Server systems through SNMP and IPMI only
• Linux virtual machines through SNMP only
• Windows-based virtual machines through SNMP and CIM
NOTE: IT Assistant can manage only those ESX Server hosts that have
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator version 5.
x or later installed on them.
If Dell OpenManage Server Administrator is installed on the ESX Server host,
the host will be discovered under the Server and the VMware ESX Server
Hosts categories in the Device tree.
NOTE: If Server Administrator is not installed on the ESX Server host, you can
discover the system using Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI). In this
case, the system is discovered under IPMI-discovered devices.