Owner's Manual

110 Configuring Dell OpenManage IT Assistant to Monitor Your Systems
• CMC Console — IT Assistant launches the Chassis Management
Controller (CMC) console that it discovers the CMC out-of-band or
in-band through the server agent.
NOTE: The CMC Console option is available only on limited Dell systems.
• Web interface for PowerConnect Console — the Web browser is launched
with the Web address corresponding to the PowerConnect Console for the
selected device. This option is available only for PowerConnect network
switches.
• Digital KVM Console — IT Assistant launches the Digital KVM Console
application. This option is enabled only for devices that are discovered as
digital KVMs. Additionally, the client application must be installed on the
system running the IT Assistant UI.
• Remote Desktop Connection — IT Assistant launches it on any Windows
operating system. The remote desktop client must be installed on the
system where the IT Assistant UI is running.
• Telnet — IT Assistant launches a telnet console on any Linux operating
system. Telnet must be enabled on the system where the IT Assistant UI is
running. Jane may also need to configure the Linux server to accept the
telnet connection, and if she is using a firewall, she should ensure that the
appropriate ports are open.
• SOL Proxy — IT Assistant launches a telnet console on the
Serial-over-LAN (SOL) Proxy application installed on the IT Assistant
Services Tier. Jane will then need to use the SOL Proxy application to
communicate with a remote managed system's baseboard management
controller (BMC/iDRAC). IT Assistant does not launch the SOL Proxy in
context to the BMC/iDRAC. The IP address and credentials for the
remote managed system's BMC/iDRAC will be entered within the SOL
session.
• Client Console — Jane must have the remote client instrumentation
application—Dell OpenManage Client Connector (OMCC)—installed
on the IT Assistant system. Since Jane will use this option to manage client
systems running Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation (OMCI),
OMCI version 7.3 or earlier must be installed on the desktop system.
Jane should also enable Common Information Model (CIM) for discovery
because IT Assistant does not support Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP) for desktop systems.