Dell PowerEdge System Management Manual

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Contents

Dell PowerEdge System Management Manual Manual pdf 3 page image

Contents 3ContentsIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Common Information Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Simple Network Management Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Remote Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Install and Configure Systems Management Components . . . . . . 8First Boot Setup and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Management Station Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9ESXi Software Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Systems Management Use Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Discovery and Health Monitoring Using VI Client . . . . . . . . 11Alert Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Change Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Troubleshooting, Logging, and Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . 14Remote Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Advanced System Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Troubleshooting and Known Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Systems Management features comparison betweenESX software with OpenManage and ESXi software . . . . . . 19