User's Manual

Introduction 7
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Introduction
This document is intended for system administrators who use the Dell™
Server Management Pack Suite v4.0 to manage and monitor Dell systems.
With the integration of the Dell™ Server Management Pack Suite v4.0 with
Microsoft
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Systems Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007 SP1/R2 or
System Center Essentials (SCE) 2007 SP1 environment, you can manage,
monitor, and ensure the availability of your Dell devices.
CAUTION: The procedures in this document should be performed only by
personnel with knowledge and experience in using the Microsoft Windows
operating system and the Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1/R2 or
System Center Essentials 2007 SP1. Due to the possibility of data corruption and/or
data loss, Dell recommends that only such persons use the procedures described
in this document.
NOTE: Read the Management Pack’s readme files, which contain the latest
information about software and management station requirements, in addition to
information about known issues. The readme files are posted to the Systems
Management documentation page on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com.
The readme files are also packaged in the self-extracting executable
Dell_Server_Management_Pack_Suite_v4.0_A00.exe file.
NOTE: All references to Systems Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007 SP1/R2
in this document are also applicable to System Center Essentials (SCE) 2007 SP1.
Accessing the Management Packs and
Documentation
The Dell™ Server Management Pack Suite v4.0 is a set of four Management
Packs along with a base folder utility and an override utility.
The four Management Packs are:
• Dell.WindowsServer.Scalable.mp
• Dell.WindowsServer.Detailed.mp
• Dell.OutOfBand.CMC.mp
• Dell.OutOfBand.DRAC.mp