Users Guide

Tasks

Tasks are available in the Tasks pane of the OpsMgr console. When you select a device or a component in any of the

Dell diagram views, the relevant tasks appear in the Tasks pane.

NOTE: In System Center Operations Manager 2007 or System Center Essentials 2010 the Tasks pane is referred to

as Actions pane.

You can run all the tasks from the Diagram Views, State Views, or Alert Views.

Task Summary

A summary of the Dell Tasks that you can perform using the Server Management Pack Suite are explained in the

following table:

Table 17. Dell Tasks Using The Server Management Pack For OpsMgr

Dell Task Description

Dell Modular and Monolithic System Tasks (In-band)

Clear ESM Logs Backs up the content of the Embedded System

Management (ESM) log and clears the ESM log file for

a selected system.

Launch Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Launches the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator.

NOTE: Launching OpenManage Server Administrator

is possible only if Dell OpenManage Server

Administrator is installed in the managed node.

Launch Remote Desktop Launches remote desktop for the selected system.

Check Power Status Checks the overall power status of the system.

Force Power Off Turns off the system power without shutting down the

operating system.

Launch InBand Dell Remote Access Console Launches the DRAC console for the in-band

discovered DRAC.

Power Cycle Turns off the power, and after a delay, turns it on again.

Power Off Gracefully Shuts down the operating system first, then turns off the

system power.

Power On Turns on the system power. This option is available only if

the system is off.

Power Reset Turns off the system power and turns it on again.

Turn LED Identification On Turns on the Identify LED on the selected system for

255 seconds.

Turn LED Identification Off Turns off the Identify LED on the selected system.