Owner's Manual

What’s New for Dell OpenManage IT Assistant Version 8.9 41
Enhanced Software Update MD Array Discovery
Starting with IT Assistant 8.5, you no longer need to upgrade IT Assistant to
support new MD arrays.
Support for VMware ESX 4.0
Starting with IT Assistant 8.5, you can also manage VMware ESX 4.0 hosts.
However, on an unconfigured operating system installation, IT Assistant
categorizes the ESX 4.0 hosts under the Unknown group. To enable
categorization of ESX 4.0 hosts under the Servers and VMware ESX Servers
group, you should apply some configuration changes on each host. See
"Setting Up SNMP on VMware ESX Server 4.0 and Later For Discovery" on
page 268 for more information about the required SNMP settings.
IT Assistant 8.4
Display of VFlash Media, iDRAC6 Express and iDRAC6 Enterprise information
The VFlash Media, Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6)
Express and iDRAC6 Enterprise enables On-board Server Diagnostics and
the Unified Server Configurator for firmware update, hardware configuration
including RAID creation and OS deployment, available from the BIOS
during system boot.
IT Assistant displays information on VFlash Media and iDRAC6 Express
information in the iDRAC information table and iDRAC6 Enterprise details
in the Field Replacement Unit table in the Device details page.
Enhancements to Microsoft Hyper-V and Hyper-V Server Support
Following IT Assistant enhancements are supported for Hyper-V and Hyper-
V Server:
• IT Assistant will display automatic update of the host configuration if a
virtual machine moves from one host to another.
• Canned report for guests running on Hyper-V and Hyper-V Server similar
to VMware ESXi. For more information, see the IT Assistant Online Help.