Dell PowerEdge T620 Technical Guide - Page 45

integrates OpenManage functions in SCCM to manage the Dell PowerEdge servers, including auto-discovery, operating system deployment and configuration of hardware elements, (RAID, NIC, BIOS, iDRAC), OS and hypervisor agnostic updates, firmware management, and system viewer utilities.  Dell Server PRO Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)-This pack manages Dell physical servers and hosts of virtual machines (VMs) by using Microsoft System Center Operations Manager/System Center Essentials (SCOM/SCE) and System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM). It provides guidance for remedial actions based on alerts to best manage virtual machines and handle the impacts appropriately.  Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter-This plug-in allows IT administrators to monitor, provision, and manage the physical PowerEdge server hardware and firmware from a dedicated Dell menu accessed through the VMware vCenter console using the same role-based access control model as vCenter, combining physical server management.  BMC Software-Dell and BMC Software work together to simplify IT by ensuring tight integration between Dell server, storage, and network management functionality and the BMC Software process and data center automation products. Dell OpenManage provides connections with many third-party consoles, including:  Dell OpenManage Connection for Computer Associates Network and Systems Management-This connection allows you to monitor PowerEdge servers and PowerVault storage arrays from within the Computer Associates Network and Systems Management (CANSM) console.  Dell OpenManage Connection for HP Operations Manager-This connection enables several functions through HP Operations Manager, including auto-grouping, SNMP trap reception, global health monitoring, and a context-sensitive launch of OpenManage Server Administrator.  Dell OpenManage Connection for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIBus-This connection provides event monitoring capabilities to monitor Dell PowerEdge servers and Dell EqualLogic systems. It allows event monitoring, automatic event correlation, and launching device consoles from the Netcool/OMNIbus console. Dell OpenManage systems management is centered on automating the server management lifecycle-Deploy, Update, Monitor, and Maintain. To manage an infrastructure properly and efficiently, you must perform all of these functions easily and quickly. iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller technology provides you with these intelligent capabilities embedded within the server infrastructure. This allows you to invest more time and energy on business improvements and less on maintenance. Figure 12 illustrates the various operations that can be performed during the server's lifecycle.