Owner's Manual
Contents 5
IT Assistant 8.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
IT Assistant 8.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
IT Assistant 8.1
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IT Assistant 8.0
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Deprecated Feature
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4 Planning Your Dell OpenManage
IT Assistant Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Decisions That You Make Before Installation . . . . . 53
Primary Planning Questions
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Selecting the Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Selecting the Web Browser
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Selecting a Hardware Configuration
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Selecting the SQL Server 2008 R2 Express Edition
Default Database or SQL Server 2008 R2
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E-Mail Notification Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Determining Systems Management Protocols . . . . . 58
Supported Protocols
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SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
CIM
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IPMI
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Factors That Affect Protocol Choice . . . . . . . . 59
Summary of Pre-Installation Decisions
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