Users Guide

Introduction 11
Introduction
Overview
This guide contains information to help you install Dell™ OpenManage™
software on management stations and their managed systems. A managed
system is a system that has supported instrumentation or agents installed that
allow the system to be discovered and polled for status. A management station
is used to remotely manage one or more managed systems from a central
location. In addition, this guide provides information and instructions for
configuring your systems before and during a deployment or upgrade.
The following topics are covered in this document:
NOTE: This document contains information on installing and using the Remote
Enablement feature of Dell™ OpenManage™ Server Administrator. It also contains
information on using the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Web Server to
manage remote nodes. The Remote Enablement feature is currently supported only
on Microsoft
®
Windows
®
, Microsoft Hyper-V™, Hyper-V Server, VMware
®
ESXi,
and Citrix™ XenServer™ 5.5 operating systems.
• Dell OpenManage Security
• Using Unified Server Configurator to Install an Operating System
• Using Systems Build and Update Tools to Install an Operating System
• Setup and Administration
• Deployment Scenarios for Server Administrator
• Installing Managed System Software on Microsoft Windows Operating
Systems
• Installing Dell OpenManage Software On Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Core and Microsoft Hyper-V Server
• Installing Managed System Software on Supported Linux and VMware
ESX Server Operating Systems
• Dell OpenManage on VMware ESXi Software
• Installing Management Station Software
• Using Microsoft Active Directory