Owner's Manual

48 What’s New for Dell OpenManage IT Assistant Version 8.7
Tape Integration
IT Assistant version 8.0 and later support discovery of those Dell tape library
devices that have an out-of-band management port. IT Assistant classifies
them under the Tap e D evices category under the Storage Devices tree.
For more information, see the Dell OpenManage IT Assistant Online Help.
FRU Support
With IT Assistant version 8.0 and later, you can view the field replaceable
units (FRU) information for a managed system. IT Assistant retrieves
FRU information from Dell OpenManage Server Administrator during
an inventory cycle and stores it in the database.
For more information, see the Dell OpenManage IT Assistant Online Help.
DMI Support
IT Assistant no longer supports the Desktop Management Interface (DMI)
protocol. As a result, systems running DMI using Dell OpenManage Server
Agent 4.5.1 (and earlier) and Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation 6.0
(and earlier) are not discovered by IT Assistant.
Power Control Tasks
Starting with IT Assistant 8.0 and later, before trying SNMP power control
tasks, IT Assistant will try the omremote command on the managed system.
This applies only if the managed system has Dell OpenManage version 4.3 or
later installed.
NOTE: For Dell OpenManage versions earlier than 4.3, the Power Control tasks
remain unchanged.
NOTE: The omremote command uses the operating system credentials for
authentication.
IT Assistant version 8.0 and later support performing remote power control
operations and alert processing for Alert Standard Format (ASF) 2.0
compliant devices.
NOTE: IT Assistant uses the in-band Broadcom Windows Management
Instrumentation (WMI) provider to verify if a device has ASF capabilities. See the
system documentation for enabling remote power control through ASF.