PowerEdge T710 Technical Guidebook47DELL20 Systems Management20.1 Overview/DescriptionDell aims on delivering open, flexible, and integrated solutions that help you reduce the complexity ofmanaging disparate IT assets by building comprehensive IT management solutions. Combining DellPowerEdge Servers with a wide selection of Dell-developed management solutions gives you choiceand flexibility, so you can simplify and save in environments of any size. To help you meet your serverperformance demands, Dell offers Dell OpenManage™ systems management solutions for:• Deployment of one or many servers from a single console• Monitoring of server and storage health and maintenance• Update of system, operating system, and application softwareDell offers IT management solutions for organizations of all sizes – priced, sized, and supported right.20.2 Server ManagementA Dell Systems Management and Documentation DVD and a Dell Management Console DVD areincluded with the product. ISO images are also available. A brief description of available content:• Dell Systems Build and Update Utility: Dell Systems Build and Update Utility assists in OS installand pre-OS hardware configuration and updates.• OpenManage Server Administrator: The OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) toolprovides a comprehensive, one-to-one systems management solution, designed for systemadministrators to manage systems locally and remotely on a network. OMSA allows systemadministrators to focus on managing their entire network by providing comprehensive one-to-one systems management.• Management Console: Our legacy IT Assistant console is also included, as well as tools to allowaccess to our remote management products. These tools are Remote Access Service, foriDRAC, and the BMC Management Utility.• Active Directory Snap-in Utility: The Active Directory Snap-in Utility provides an extension snap-in to the Microsoft Active Directory. This allows you to manage Dell specific Active Directoryobjects. The Dell-specific schema class definitions and their installation are also included on theDVD.• Dell Systems Service Diagnostics Tools: Dell Systems Service and Diagnostics tools deliver thelatest Dell optimized drivers, utilities, and operating system-based diagnostics that you can useto update your system.• eDocs: The section includes Acrobat files for PowerEdge systems, storage peripheral, andOpenManage software.• Dell Management Console DVD: The Dell Management Console is a Web-based systemsmanagement software that enables you to discover and inventory devices on your network. Italso provides advanced functions, such as health and performance monitoring of networkeddevices and patch management capabilities for Dell systems.• Server Update Utility: In addition to the Systems Management Tools and Documentation andDell Management Console DVDs, customers have the option to obtain Server Update UtilityDVD. This DVD has an inventory tool for managing updates to firmware, BIOS and drivers foreither Linux or Windows varieties.