User guide

April 2008 5 Dell Inc.
For more information on supported servers and storage, see the document “VMware Software
Compatibility Matrix for Dell Servers and Storage” under the Support Documents at
http://www.dell.com/vmware.
3. Dell OpenManage Components and Support Information
Dell OpenManage is a suite of system management applications for managing Dell PowerEdge servers.
This section lists the features available in Dell OpenManage and details what is supported and what is not
supported when running Dell OpenManage on VMware ESX Server software.
For more information on each of these features, refer to the Dell OpenManage website at
http://www.dell.com/openmanage.
3.1 Server Administrator
Server Administrator provides single server management with a secure command-line or web-based
graphical management user interface. There are several sub-components in Server Administrator:
Instrumentation Services: Provides hardware instrumentation and configuration information.
Instrumentation Services are supported in VMware ESX Server.
Storage Management: Provides monitoring and instrumentation of the local storage system.
OpenManage Storage Management is supported in VMware ESX Server. Creating and deleting
virtual RAID disks through OpenManage Storage Management is not supported in VMware ESX
Server.
Remote Access Service: The Remote Access Service provides a complete, remote system
management solution for systems equipped with a DRAC solution. Remote Access Service is
supported in VMware ESX Server.
PowerEdge Diagnostics: The Diagnostic Service provides a suite of diagnostic programs that run
locally on a system or remotely on a system connected to the network. PowerEdge Diagnostics are
not supported in VMware ESX Server. Diagnostics may be performed offline by downloading utilities
from http://support.dell.com.
3.2 Dell Remote Access Controller
Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) is designed to allow anywhere, anytime "Lights Out" monitoring,
troubleshooting, and server repairs/upgrades independent of OS status. Integrated Dell Remote Access
Controller (iDRAC) provides remote management for Dell PowerEdge M600 and M605 blade servers.
DRAC and iDRAC are supported in VMware ESX Server.
3.3 IT Assistant
Dell IT Assistant (ITA) provides an integrated view of Dell's comprehensive suite of server monitoring and
reporting tools. It includes one-to-many management for Dell Servers.
Hardware monitoring of Dell servers is supported in VMware ESX Server software. Dell IT Assistant does
not perform operations on the Virtual Machines running on the servers. IT Assistant can be configured to
monitor hardware SNMP traps as well as virtual machine SNMP traps from ESX Server.
3.4 Dell Systems Build and Update Utility 1.0
Dell Systems Build and Update Utility provides functionalities to update and deploy Dell servers. It
replaces the functionality offered by Dell OpenManage Server Assistant. It also contains basic
functionality provided by Dell OpenManage Server Update Utility and Dell OpenManage Deployment