Reference Guide

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Introduction
The Dell EMC OpenManage Port Information document helps system administrators and technicians to identify the ports used by
the Dell EMC OpenManage systems management software, standard operating system services, and other agent applications.
Server Build and Update Utility Deprecated
Dell recommends using the Embedded Management, Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9(iDRAC9) with Lifecycle Controller
instead of Dell Systems Build and Update Utility (SBUU). SBUU is replaced with Lifecycle Controller on Dell’s 14
th
generation of
PowerEdge servers.
iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller is an Embedded Systems Management application for operating system deployment and lifecycle
management of PowerEdge servers. You can access Dell Lifecycle Controller by pressing <F10> during system boot up or through
remote interface tools such as, iDRAC Web GUI, RACADM command-line interface, or Web Service Management (WS-Man)
interface.
The local GUI of iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller allows you to do the following in a pre-OS environment:
Hardware conguration
Operating system and hypervisor deployments
Hardware updates
Hardware diagnostics
Lifecycle Controller is embedded on all Dell’s 11
th
generation and later PowerEdge servers. No tools or downloads are required to use
the capabilities of Lifecycle Controller. For more information, see the following documents available at dell.com/
openmanagemanuals:
Dell Lifecycle Controller 2 Version <Version Number> User's Guide
Dell Lifecycle Controller 2 Web Services Interface Guide
Lifecycle Controller Integration Best Practices
IT Assistant Deprecated
Starting Systems Management 7.2, the availability of IT Assistant on the SMTD DVD is removed. Contact service provider to
download the web version of IT Assistant associated to Systems Management 7.2 release. IT Assistant will not be available in
releases following 7.2.
We recommend to use OpenManage Essentials as replacement for ITA. OpenManage Essentials provides improved capabilities such
as:
Discovering and inventoring the systems.
Monitoring systems’ health.
Viewing and managing system alerts.
Performing system updates.
Viewing hardware inventory and compliance reports.
For more information regarding OpenManage Essentials, contact your service provider.
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