Owner's Manual

Introduction 5
Introduction
CAUTION: The procedures in this document should be performed only by
personnel with knowledge and experience in using HPOM in order to avoid data
corruption and/or data loss.
This guide is intended for system administrators who use Dell™ Smart Plug-
in (SPI) on HP Operations Manager (HPOM) for Microsoft
®
Windows
®
version 8.10 to monitor Dell systems.
With the integration of Dell SPI into HPOM, you can use the HPOM console
to monitor the availability of your Dell devices that are discovered in HPOM.
The readme file packaged with the Dell SPI contains the latest information
about software and management station requirements, as well as information
about known issues. The readme file is available on the Systems Management
documentation page on the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com/manuals. The readme file is also packaged in the
self-extracting executable Dell_Smart_Plugin_v1.0_A00.exe file.
Accessing the Dell Smart Plug-in Installer
The Dell Smart Plug-in (Dell Smart Plug-in 1.0.msi), readme file, and this
user's guide are packaged in a self-extracting executable
Dell_Smart_Plugin_v1.0_A00.exe file. You can download the installer from
the Dell Support website at support.dell.com.
Key Features and Benefits of the Dell Smart Plug-
in
The Dell SPI consists of different policies and tools that you can deploy on
the management server. The Dell SPI enables you to:
• Group all the Dell systems present under the managed or unmanaged
nodes with the supported Windows operating systems, under the
Dell
Managed Systems
group in the HPOM console.
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