Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Manual

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DellPowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 4316 Systems ManagementDell delivers open, comprehensive, and integrated solutions that help you reduce the complexity ofmanaging disparate IT assets. Combining Dell™ PowerEdge™ Servers with a wide selection of Delldeveloped systems management solutions gives you choice and flexibility, so you can simplify andsave in IT environments of any size. To help you meet your server management demands, Dell offersDell OpenManage™ systems management solutions for:• 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 softwareDell offers IT management solutions for organizations of all sizes—priced and sized appropriately andsupported comprehensively.16.1 Server ManagementA Dell Systems Management and Documentation DVD, Dell Management Console DVD, and ISO imagesare included with the product. See Table 20 for a description of the available content.Table 20. Server Management Documentation and InformationTitle DescriptionDell Systems Build and UpdateUtility (SBUU)Assists in OS install and pre-OS hardware configuration andupdates.Server Update Utility (SUU) Provides an inventory tool for managing updates to firmware,BIOS, and drivers for either Linux or Windows varieties.OpenManage ServerAdministrator (OMSA)Provides a comprehensive, one-to-one (one console to oneserver) systems management solution, designed for systemadministrators to manage systems locally and remotely over anetwork. OMSA allows system administrators to focus onmanaging their entire network by providing comprehensiveone-to-one systems management.Management Console Dell IT Assistant (ITA) is also included, as well as tools to allowaccess to our remote management products. These tools areRemote Access Service for iDRAC and the BaseboardManagement Controller (BMC) Utility.Active Directory Snap-in Utility Provides an extension snap-in to the Microsoft ActiveDirectory. This allows you to manage Dell specific ActiveDirectory objects. The Dell-specific schema class definitionsand their installation are also included on the DVD.Dell Systems Service DiagnosticsToolsDeliver the latest Dell optimized drivers, utilities, andoperating system-based diagnostics that you can use to updateyour system.eDocs Includes PDF files for PowerEdge systems, storage peripherals,and Dell OpenManage™ software.Dell Management Console (DMC) Provides a systems management console that enables systemsadministrators to discover and inventory devices on yournetwork. It provides functions such as health and performancemonitoring of networked devices and patch managementcapabilities for Dell systems. DMC differs from the IT Assistantmanagement console (described above) in that with DMC,value-add plug-ins that enable advanced functionality can bepurchased and added to the base DMC product.