Concept Guide

Basic Management Utilities with IPMI

The Basic Management monitors the system for critical events by communicating with various sensors on the system

board and sends alerts and logs, events, when certain parameters exceed their preset thresholds. The Baseboard

Management Controller supports the industry-standard Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) specification,

enabling you to remotely configure, monitor, and recover systems.

For complete information, see the

Dell Baseboard Management Controller Management Utilities User’s Guide

available

at dell.com/support/manuals.

Dell Consoles

The following table lists the consoles and the operating systems they are supported on.

Table 2. Dell Consoles

Product Windows Linux

Dell OpenManage Essentials Yes -

Dell Management Console Yes -

Dell OpenManage IT Assistant Yes -

Dell Remote Access Configuration Tool Yes -

Dell OpenManage Power Center Yes Yes

Dell OpenManage Essentials

Dell OpenManage Essentials is the newest one-to-many management console for managing Dell PowerEdge servers

and direct- attached storage as it provides a simple and easy interface for system administrators to maximize the uptime

and health of Dell systems. It helps to:

• Monitor health status and events for Dell PowerEdge servers, Dell clients, Dell Power Distribution Units (PDU),

Dell Uninterruptible power supply (UPS), EqualLogic or MD series storage, and Dell PowerConnect and Force 10

switches. It also includes status polling that detects change in health status.

• Provide hardware-level control and management for Dell PowerEdge server, blade system, and internal storage

arrays.

• Allow hardware control of Windows, Linux, VMware, and HyperV environments.

• Enable management and control of Dell Blade chassis, EqualLogic or MD series storage, PowerConnect switch

through context- sensitive link and launch of their respective element management tools.

• Schedule daily, weekly, or monthly tasks.

• Integrate with the following Dell solutions:

– Dell Repository Manager — Builds customized server update baselines that OpenManage Essentials

can use.

– OpenManage Power Center — Optimize power consumption in the servers.

• Provides PowerShell–based CLI support to discover and group systems.

OpenManage Essentials is a Dell hardware element management solution that is optimized for managing the Dell

hardware infrastructure. It can be integrated to other point solutions to provide end-to-end IT infrastructure

management. Hereafter, OpenManage Essentials replaces the legacy Dell IT Assistant.

For complete information, see the

Dell OpenManage Essentials User’s Guide

available at dell.com/support/manuals.