Dell POWEREDGE R610 Technical Manualbook

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Dell™ PowerEdge™ R610 Technical Guidebook46• 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 softwareWe offer IT management solutions for organizations of all sizes – priced right, sized right, andsupported right.b. server managementA Dell Systems Management and Documentation DVD and a Dell Management Console DVD are includedwith the product. ISO images are also available. The following sections briefly describe the content.Dell Systems Build and Update Utility: Dell Systems Build and Update Utility assists in OS install andpre-OS hardware configuration and updates.OpenManage Server Administrator: The OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) tool provides acomprehensive, one-to-one systems management solution, designed for system administrators tomanage systems locally and remotely on a network. OMSA allows system administrators to focus onmanaging 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 allow accessto our remote management products. These tools include: Remote Access Service, for iDRAC, and theBMC Management Utility.Active Directory Snap-in Utility: The Active Directory Snap-in Utility provides an extension snap-in tothe Microsoft Active Directory. This allows you to manage Dell specific Active Directory objects. TheDell-specific schema class definitions and their installation are also included on the DVD.Dell Systems Service Diagnostics Tools: Dell Systems Service and Diagnostics tools deliver the latestDell optimized drivers, utilities, and operating system-based diagnostics that you can use to updateyour 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 systems managementsoftware that enables you to discover and inventory devices on your network. It also provides advancedfunctions, such as health and performance monitoring of networked devices and patch managementcapabilities for Dell systems.Server Update Utility: In addition to the Systems Management Tools and Documentation and DellManagement Console DVDs, customers have the option to obtain Server Update Utility DVD. ThisDVD has an inventory tool for managing updates to firmware, BIOS and drivers for either Linux orWindows varieties.c. embedded server managementThe PowerEdge R610 implements circuitry for the next generation of Embedded Server Management. Itis Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) v2.0 compliant. The iDRAC6 (Integrated Dell RemoteAccess Controller) is responsible for acting as an interface between the host system and its managementsoftware and the periphery devices. These periphery devices consist of the PSUs, the storage backplane,integrated SAS HBA or PERC 6/i and control panel with semi-intelligent display.The iDRAC6 provides features for managing the server remotely or in data center lights-out environments.Advanced iDRAC features require the installation of the iDRAC6 Enterprise card.