Dell PowerEdge R630 Technical Manual

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41 PowerEdge R630 Technical Guide11 Dell OpenManage systems managementWhether your IT environment consists of a few servers or a few thousand servers,Dell OpenManage systems management solutions provide comprehensive management forevolving IT environments. OpenManage is based on open standards and provides agent-based andagent-free server lifecycle management functionality for Dell PowerEdge servers. OpenManagesolutions help you automate and streamline essential hardware management tasks.Start with a firm foundation for efficient hardware management using OpenManage tools, utilitiesand management consoles. OpenManage systems management solutions consist of a combinationof embedded management features and software products that help you automate and simplify theentire server lifecycle: deploy, update, monitor and maintain as shown in Figure 15. OpenManagesolutions are innovatively designed for simplicity and ease of use to help you reduce complexity,save time, achieve efficiency, control costs and empower productivity. As shown in Figure 15,OpenManage centers around efficient management of server lifecycle.Figure 15. Server lifecycle management operationsOpenManage systems managementThe Dell OpenManage systems management portfolio includes powerful hardware and softwaremanagement tools and consoles. OpenManage simplifies the lifecycle of deploying, updating,monitoring and maintaining your Dell PowerEdge servers.iDRAC8 with Lifecycle ControllerThe Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 8 (iDRAC8) with Lifecycle Controller, the embeddedintelligence of every Dell PowerEdge 13th generation server, helps you manage Dell servers agent-free or with a systems management agent, within physical, virtual, local and remote environments.iDRAC8 alerts server issues, enables remote server management and reduces the need to physicallyvisit the server. iDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller is part of Dell’s comprehensive OpenManage