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10 Dell OpenManage systems management Whether your IT environment consists of a few servers or a few thousand servers, Dell OpenManage systems management solutions provide comprehensive management for evolving IT environments. OpenManage is based on open standards and provides agent-based and agent-free server lifecycle management functionality for Dell PowerEdge servers. OpenManage solutions help you automate and streamline essential hardware management tasks. The advanced management capabilities of Dell OpenManage also integrate into offerings from other popular systems management solutions that you may already use, making Dell platforms easy to manage and deploy in any IT environment. This ensures your IT services are available when your business needs them. If you have already standardized on offerings from industry leaders, such as BMC Software, Microsoft, Symantec™, VMware, or other vendors, you can leverage OpenManage integration and connections developed to use with your existing systems management framework to efficiently manage Dell servers, storage, business-client PCs and network devices. Start with a firm foundation for efficient hardware management using OpenManage tools, utilities and management consoles. OpenManage systems management solutions consist of a combination of embedded management features and software products that help you automate and simplify the entire server lifecycle: deploy, update, monitor and maintain. OpenManage solutions are innovatively designed for simplicity and ease of use to help you reduce complexity, save time, achieve efficiency, control costs and empower productivity. Systems management solutions Dell systems management solutions include a wide variety of tools, products and services that enable you to leverage an existing systems management framework. As shown in Figure 5, Dell systems management solutions are centered on OpenManage server management, featuring iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller. Figure 5. Dell systems management solutions 31 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide

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Dell OpenManage systems management
Whether your IT environment consists of a few servers or a few thousand servers, Dell OpenManage
systems management solutions provide comprehensive management for evolving IT environments.
OpenManage is based on open standards and provides agent-based and agent-free server lifecycle
management functionality for Dell PowerEdge servers. OpenManage solutions help you automate
and streamline essential hardware management tasks.
The advanced management capabilities of Dell OpenManage also integrate into offerings from other
popular systems management solutions that you may already use, making Dell platforms easy to
manage and deploy in any IT environment. This ensures your IT services are available when your
business needs them. If you have already standardized on offerings from industry leaders, such as
BMC Software, Microsoft, Symantec
™
, VMware, or other vendors, you can leverage OpenManage
integration and connections developed to use with your existing systems management framework
to efficiently manage Dell servers, storage, business-client PCs and network devices.
Start with a firm foundation for efficient hardware management using OpenManage tools, utilities
and management consoles. OpenManage systems management solutions consist of a combination
of embedded management features and software products that help you automate and simplify the
entire server lifecycle: deploy, update, monitor and maintain. OpenManage solutions are
innovatively designed for simplicity and ease of use to help you reduce complexity, save time,
achieve efficiency, control costs and empower productivity.
Systems management solutions
Dell systems management solutions include a wide variety of tools, products and services that
enable you to leverage an existing systems management framework. As shown in Figure 5, Dell
systems management solutions are centered on OpenManage server management, featuring iDRAC
with Lifecycle Controller.
Figure 5.
Dell systems management solutions