Owner's Manual

6 Contents
Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP) Event Source
Import Utility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
IPMI Discovery Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Software Deployment
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Digital Signature Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Custom Bundles
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Favorite Application Launch
. . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Storage Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Printer Integration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Tape Integration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
FRU Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
DMI Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Power Control Tasks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
4 Planning Your Dell OpenManage
IT Assistant Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Decisions That You Make Before Installation. . . . . . 49
Primary Planning Questions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Selecting the Operating System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Selecting the Web Browser
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Selecting a Hardware Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . 53
Selecting the SQL Server 2005 Express
Edition SP2 Default Database or
SQL 2005 Server SP2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
E-Mail Notification Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Determining Systems Management Protocols
. . . . . 55
Supported Protocols
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SNMP
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55