Reference Guide

Systems Management Product Overview
This section provides an overview for the Dell EMC Systems Management suite of products.
Topics:
• Dell EMC Consoles
• Automation Enablers
• Chassis and server managers
• Dell EMC Update Utilities
• Integration With Third-Party Consoles
• Connections For Third-Party Systems Management Consoles
Dell EMC Consoles
The following consoles help in monitoring, managing the infrastructure, and the Lifecycle management of the PowerEdge
servers:
OpenManage Enterprise
OpenManage Enterprise is the next generation of OpenManage Essentials. It simplifies, centralizes, and automates the full span
of server lifecycle management activities. It helps in discovery, configuration, deployment, updates, and remediation. These
tasks are performed within a single console that unifies management of tower, rack, and modular platforms. OpenManage
Enterprise helps in standardizing and supporting IT management policies and practices.
The OpenManage Enterprise console simplifies and strengthens the current capability of OpenManage Essentials in the following
areas:
● Reduced time and effort that is required to manage small and large-scale IT environments using HTML5 user interface.
● Simplified GUI workflow to provide a single management layer that unifies the management of PowerEdge tower, rack, and
modular platforms.
● Packaged and delivered as virtual appliance and supports ESXi, Hyper-V, and KVM.
● Redesigned architecture on CentOS with the PostgreSQL database. Operating system and database license are no longer
required..
● Centralized user management with role-based access control.
● Enabled with customer automation and solution integration using Northbound API.
● Enhanced policy-driven management.
Table 1. OpenManage Enterprise feature and benefits
Feature Description Benefits
Server initiated discovery The new servers in a data center can notify
OpenManage Enterprise and can get automatically
discovered. Servers should have a iDRAC version of
4.00.00.00 or later.
Decrease deployment time and prevent
costly human errors by automating and
securely discovering and onboarding
PowerEdge servers.
In-band Windows driver
compliance and update
Check for Windows 64-bit drivers compliance from
OpenManage Enterprise, and update them if needed.
Simplify system maintenance by tracking/
updating firmware and Windows 64-bit
drivers.
Configuration
management with profiles
This feature enables precreating profiles with device-
specific settings (including virtual identities) for
deployment to devices later.
Profile management allows for easy
migration of settings from one device to
another.
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