Users Guide

Overview 9
Storage Management Service:
• Enables you to view the status of local and remote storage attached to
a monitored system.
• Supports SAS, SCSI, SATA, and ATA, but does not support Fibre Channel.
• Lets you perform controller and enclosure functions for all supported
RAID and non-RAID controllers and enclosures from a single graphical
interface or a CLI, without the use of the controller BIOS utilities.
• Protects your data by configuring data redundancy, assigning hot spares,
or rebuilding failed drives.
Dell uses VMware's VIB mechanism to load Dell OpenManageServer
Administrator agent in ESXi.
Dell Systems Build and Update Utility
You can use the Dell Systems Build and Update Utility to:
• Update your system firmware and install an operating system.
• Update the firmware and BIOS in a pre-operating system environment on
multiple systems.
• Configure your system hardware.
• Customize the SUU and use it to update your system.
DUPs
As the central component of the OpenManage systems management family,
DUPs help you to update system software on your PowerEdge systems in a
scalable, non-intrusive way. DUPs include:
• Self-extracting files that allow you to update system software including
BIOS, firmware, and drivers
• Pre-installation checks for prerequisites, such as system model, operating
system version and dependent software, to help you avoid sequencing
errors
• Intuitive dialogs to help simplify installation
• Scriptable and silent capabilities that can enable unattended installation
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