Users Guide

10 Introduction
A management station can be used to remotely configure and maintain one or more managed systems
from a central location. Dell OpenManage IT Assistant and the other management station applications
enable you to manage from one to thousands of managed systems. For instance, a management station
can be used to deploy images of physical media to virtual media at many managed systems.
NOTE: If you install management station and managed system software on the same system, install identical
software versions to avoid system conflicts.
Figure 1-1 illustrates the relationship between a management station and its managed systems. Also,
Figure 1-1 shows the operating systems and the Dell OpenManage software products that you can install
on the managed systems. The documentation CD can be accessed from any system with a monitor,
keyboard, and mouse.
NOTE: The Dell PowerEdge Updates CD is included in the Dell OpenManage Subscription Service Kit only; it is not
included in the Dell OpenManage Systems Management Software Kit.
Figure 1-1. Example of a Management Station and Managed Systems
IT Assistant
RAC Console
BMC Management
Utility
management station
Systems Management Consoles CD
Operating
System
Server
Administrator
Drivers
Diagnostics
managed systems
Installation and Server
Management CD
Retail operating
system CD
Service and
Diagnostic Utilities CD
Updates CD
Documentation CD