Owner's Manual

40 What’s New for Dell OpenManage IT Assistant Version 8.9
IT Assistant 8.5
Enhanced Software Deployment Using IT Assistant
NOTE: This document contains information on installing and using the Remote
Enablement feature of Dell OpenManage Server Administrator. It also contains
information on using the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Web Server to
manage remote nodes. The Remote Enablement feature is currently supported only
on Microsoft Windows, Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V role, VMware ESX, and
Citrix XenServer 5.6 operating systems.
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Web Server and Server
Instrumentation are now separately installable components.
Earlier versions of IT Assistant supported only Server Administrator
deployment. Starting with this release, you can use IT Assistant to selectively
deploy either Server Administrator, Server Administrator Web Server, or both.
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 167 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 158 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.