Dell PowerEdge System Management Manual

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Systems Management Guide 9Management Station SetupThe Management Station is the system from which one or more systemsrunning ESXi will be managed. The management station can also be used tomanage systems not running ESXi. The management station is required tosupport some but not all of the identified use cases, and typically contains thefollowing set of management tools:• IT Assistant• Baseboard Management Utilities• VMware Infrastructure Remote Command Line Interface (RCLI)• VMware Infrastructure Client• VMware VirtualCenter Server (optional)Based on number of systems and devices to be managed and the hardwareconfiguration of the management station, it may be desirable to install ITAssistant and VirtualCenter Server on separate systems. Figure 1-2 shows thevarious components required to manage ESXi on PowerEdge Servers.Figure 1-2. Systems Management Components in VMware ESXiRefer to the following documents to install and configure the managementtools:• IT Assistant User's Guide: support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smitasst