Owner's Manual

34 Getting Started With Dell OpenManage IT Assistant
4 "Configure IT Assistant to monitor your systems" — IT Assistant can
perform a variety of tasks for each system in your network. To be able
to perform these tasks, configure IT Assistant to:
• Discover systems, printers, switches, and storage devices. For more
information, see "Configuring Discovery Settings" on page 103.
• Collect inventory information about memory, processor, power
supply, embedded devices, and software and firmware versions. For
more information, see "Configuring Inventory Settings" on page 104.
• Define status polling settings to perform a power and connectivity
health check for all discovered devices. This determines whether
a device is operating normally, is in a non-normal state, or is powered
down. For more information, see "Configuring Status Polling Settings"
on page 105.
• Define a discovery range. A discovery range is a network segment
(subnet, range of IP addresses on a subnet, individual IP addresses,
or an individual host name) that IT Assistant uses to discover devices.
For more information, see "Configuring Discovery Ranges" on
page 106.
5 Perform various tasks, such as:
• Verify that the filter name you created in step 3 of the wizard appears
in the Summary of Alert Action Filters window.Creating an Alert
Action: To receive notification when, for example, a critical or warning
threshold is met on one of the managed systems.
• Creating a Performance and Power Monitoring Task: To analyze
performance of systems based on, for example, memory usage and
power consumption.
• Using Software Web Updates: To obtain the latest drivers, firmware,
and BIOS updates for the systems on your network.
• Creating a New Report: To obtain data in a presentable format.