Owner's Manual

What’s New for Dell OpenManage IT Assistant Version 8.9 49
IT Assistant 8.0
Storage Integration
Starting with IT Assistant 8.0, you can use IT Assistant to:
• Discover, monitor, and display Dell PowerVault Modular Disk storage
arrays, such as the PowerVault MD3000.
• Display the inventory information for the Modular Disk storage arrays,
such as name, model, firmware version, configured disk space, and so on.
• Receive Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) alerts, and format
and display them for monitoring Modular Disk storage arrays, such as the
PowerVault MD3000.
NOTE: If you have installed the Modular Disk Storage Array Management Software
on a system to monitor the PowerVault MD3000, you can use it to configure and
send these alerts.
Performance Monitoring
Performance Monitoring helps you monitor the performance of a group of
supported Microsoft Windows or Linux systems in your network environment
over a specified period of time. Performance is monitored with the help of
performance counters available for each component. You can select and
monitor the performance counters. You can also configure threshold alerts
to flag and notify you of under- or over-utilized systems on your network.
For more information, see "Performance and Power Monitoring" on page 135.
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Event Source Import Utility
You can import multiple event sources, that are not natively supported in
IT Assistant, into the IT Assistant database. For more information,
see "Simple Network Management Protocol Event Source Import Utility" on
page 285.
IPMI Discovery Support
IT Assistant discovers systems equipped with Baseboard Management
Controllers (BMC) that support Intelligent Platform Management Interface
(IPMI) versions 1.5 or later. IT Assistant communicates with the BMC directly or
through the Windows IPMI Provider on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003
R2 system.