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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.
– Dell SupportAssist – Enables automatic hardware failure notification to be sent securely to Dell
technical support for intelligent analysis and diagnosis to optimize availability and reduce manual
intervention. This solution is available as part of Dell ProSupport and ProSupport Plus at no
additional cost.
• Provides PowerShell–based CLI support to discover and group systems.
• Provides REST interface API support for 3
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Party Integration.
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/
openmanagemanuals.
Dell OpenManage Mobile
OpenManage Mobile is a software application that enables you to remotely and securely perform a
subset of datacenter monitoring and server remediation tasks from your Android handheld device.
OpenManage Mobile connects to your datacenter through the Dell OpenManage Essentials management
console. This allows you to monitor all systems managed by OpenManage Essentials such as Dell servers,
storage, networking, and Firewall appliances and any other supported third party appliance from your
android mobile device.
OpenManage Mobile can also connect to a server directly through the iDRAC interface. Once connected,
a user can perform several basic management functions directly on the server.
Key Features of OpenManage Mobile:
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