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• Support for 13th generation of Dell PowerEdge servers
• Support for Dell Precision Rack 7910 Workstations
• Support for performance monitoring and views for CPU, IO, CUPS (Compute Usage per Second), and memory using Agent-free
monitoring feature
• Support for inventory and health monitoring of PCIe SSDs using Agent-free monitoring feature
• Support for inventory and health monitoring of iDRAC, Network Interface Card (NIC), License, Physical disk, vFlash, and HostNIC
correlation using Agent-free monitoring feature
• Support for detailed sensor monitoring using Agent-based monitoring feature
• Support for iDRAC8
• Support for OMSA 8.0.1
• Server In-band Monitoring feature is now known as Servers and Rack Workstation Agent-based Monitoring feature
• Server Out-of-band Monitoring feature is now known as Servers and Rack Workstation Agent-free Monitoring feature
• Changes in Views
• Alerts Views
• Server Alerts is now known as Server and Rack Workstation Alerts
• State Views
• Managed servers (In-Band) is now known as Servers and Rack Workstations (Agent-based)
• Managed servers (Out-Of-Band) is now known as Servers and Rack Workstations (Agent-free)
• Unmanaged servers (Out-Of-Band) is now known as Unmanaged Servers (Agent-free)
Key Features of Dell Server Management
Pack Suite
This version of Dell Server Management Pack Suite provides the following features for managing the Dell devices:
Table 1. Features and Functionalities
Feature Functionality
Agent-based Discovery and Monitoring — Dell Servers and Rack
Workstation
Supports agent-based discovery and monitoring of Dell
PowerEdge, Dell PowerVault monolithic and modular systems, and
supported Dell Precision Racks running the supported Windows
operating system and supported Dell OpenManage Server
Administrator.
Agent-free Discovery and Monitoring — Dell Servers and Rack
Workstation
Supports:
• Agent-free discovery and monitoring of 12th generation of Dell
PowerEdge servers, Dell PowerVault systems and supported
Dell Precision Racks, and 13th generation of Dell PowerEdge
servers.
• SNMP traps for agent-free monitoring systems.
Discovery and Monitoring — Chassis Management Supports:
• Discovery and monitoring of Dell Chassis devices.
• Discovery of server modules and chassis slot summary for
CMC chassis.
• SNMP traps for Dell Chassis devices.
Discovery and Monitoring — Dell Remote Access Controllers
(DRAC)
Supports:
• Discovery and monitoring of supported DRAC devices.
• SNMP and PET traps for DRAC devices.
Chassis Blade Correlation Supports:
• Correlation of Dell servers with Server modules of CMC
chassis.
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