Owner's Manual

50 What’s New for Dell OpenManage IT Assistant Version 8.9
IT Assistant discovers and classifies the BMC of the discovered system
through IPMI. However, if the Dell agent is installed on this system,
IT Assistant will correlate the information with the discovered system
through the service tag.
Software Deployment
You can use this feature to deploy and upgrade Dell OpenManage Server
Administrator on Dell systems running Microsoft Windows, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server, Red Hat Enterprise operating systems as well as VMware
ESX server that do not have Server Administrator installed. Server
Administrator assists in discovering, classifying, inventorying, monitoring
systems, and updating software on your network.
Digital Signature Verification
IT Assistant checks the authenticity and integrity of the update packages and
MSI files using digital signature verification.
Digital signature verification of each Dell Update Package (DUP) will happen
when you manually import the packages from the Server Updates media or a
repository on a network share. IT Assistant also supports signature verification
for the Server Administrator MSI package.
NOTE: For Dell OpenManage version 5.3 and above, the Software Update Utility
is available only on the Dell Server Updates DVD. However, for Dell OpenManage
versions below 5.3, the Software Update Utility is available on the Dell PowerEdge
Server Update Utility CD. For the purposes of this guide, the Dell Server Updates
DVD and the Dell PowerEdge Server Update Utility CD will be hereafter called the
Server Updates media.
Custom Bundles
With IT Assistant, you can create a custom System Update Set or bundle.
You can create custom bundles that contain only the packages you want.
For example, you can create a custom bundle out of an existing Dell custom
bundle that will enable you to update just the device drivers on a given set
of target devices.
This custom bundle can be subsequently used to drive system compliance
reports and do custom updates.