Owner's Manual

52 What’s New for Dell OpenManage IT Assistant Version 8.9
DMI Support
IT Assistant no longer supports the Desktop Management Interface (DMI)
protocol. As a result, systems running DMI using Dell OpenManage Server
Agent 4.5.1 (and earlier) and Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation 6.0
(and earlier) are not discovered by IT Assistant.
Power Control Tasks
Starting with IT Assistant 8.0 and later, before trying SNMP power control
tasks, IT Assistant will try the omremote command on the managed system.
This applies only if the managed system has Dell OpenManage version 4.3 or
later installed.
NOTE: For Dell OpenManage versions earlier than 4.3, the Power Control tasks
remain unchanged.
NOTE: The omremote command uses the operating system credentials for
authentication.
IT Assistant version 8.0 and later support performing remote power control
operations and alert processing for Alert Standard Format (ASF) 2.0
compliant devices.
NOTE: IT Assistant uses the in-band Broadcom Windows Management
Instrumentation (WMI) provider to verify if a device has ASF capabilities. See the
system documentation for enabling remote power control through ASF.
Deprecated Feature
The following feature is not supported in IT Assistant:
• Topology view