Dell PowerEdge R720 Technical Manual

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47 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideFigure 16. Dell systems management solutionsOpenManage 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.iDRAC7 with Lifecycle ControllerThe Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 (iDRAC7) with Lifecycle Controller is the heart of thesecond generation of Dell PowerEdge server embedded management functionality. In addition toenabling agent- free management, iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller provides remote access to thesystem— whether or not there is a functioning operating system running on the server. Theseembedded features improve all aspects of a typical server lifecycle. Table 27 describes the functionsand benefits of iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller.Table 27. iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller functions and benefitsFeature Function BenefitOut of band(OOB)iDRAC7 offers real- time OOBdiscovery, inventory, deploymentmonitoring, alerting and updates forservers and internal storageManage servers independent of the OS typeor status— even if an OS is not installedSingle code baseAll server types have the sameembedded management hardwareand firmwareSimplified and consistent maintenanceacross server platforms