Dell OpenManage

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Dell OpenManage

• Server Management

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Agenda

• Dells System Management Strategy
• The 3 Key Areas of the Management Lifecycle
• Dells Area of Focus Hardware Management
• Dells Integration into the Management Lifecycle

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Systems Management Strategy
Dells systems management products deliver full
functionality and customer choice
STANDARD INTERFACE
Insight Manager
Director
IBM
HP

• Dell Scalable Management Choice
• Simplified, Flexible, Maximum Choice
• Comprehensive core hardware management
• Enhanced functionality through partnerships

• Other Vendors Proprietary Lock-In
• Complex, Inflexible, Minimal choice
• Proprietary applications
• Limited external applications support

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Dell Systems Management Implementation

• Integrate hardware management with best of breed
  system management tools
• Enable better systems management
• Increase customer choice and flexibility
• Decrease costs
• Increase the footprint add more partners
• Simplify customer operations

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Future Systems Management Strategy
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3 Key Areas of the Management Lifecycle
Change Management
Deployment
Monitoring

• Reduce install time by automating deployment

Simplify by integrating hardware software
updates
Realize maximum availability by effectively
monitoring hardware health
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Dells Focus OpenManage Hardware Management
A complete suite of core Applications for
hardware management
OpenManage
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Customer ChoiceExtended Capabilities
OpenManage
Dell integrates with industry best of breed
deployment, server monitoring and change
management software allowing customers to use the
management console they prefer
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Dell Server Deployment Offerings
DeploymentMonitoring Change Management

• 1Many
• Deployment Toolkit
• Multiple server deployment
• Operating System

• 11
• Local Installation
• Single server deployment
• Operating System

• 3rd PartyIntegration
• Multiple server deployment
• Operating System
• Applications

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Dell Monitoring Offerings
DeploymentMonitoring Change Management

• 11 Server Management
• Single server management
• Agent installed on each server

• Remote Management
• Anywhere, anytime management of remote servers
• Standards based tools

• 1Many Server Management
• Central console for monitoring Dell hardware
• Receive alerts from Server Administrator

• 3rd Party Integration
• Integrate with enterprise consoles
• Consolidate hardware and software alerts into a
  single console

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OpenManage Integration Dell Management Pack for
Microsoft MOM 2005
Server Assistant automates 1 to 1 server
installations

• Manages and monitors events from OpenManage
  Server Administrator
• Groups Dell servers that have OpenManage Server
  Administrator installed
• Launches OpenManage Server Administrator from
  within the alert description field for effective
  11 management
• Knowledge base information on all the events
  supported through the Dell Management Pack

MOM Console with Dell Management Pack
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Using MOM to manage cluster failover
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Dell Change Management Offerings
DeploymentMonitoring Change Management

• Altiris Management Suite For Dell Servers
• Microsoft SMS 2003
• ZENworks Dell Edition

• 11 Server Update
• Single server
• Automated updates

• 1 Many Updates
• Group updates
• Comprehensive reporting

• 3rd Party Integration
• HW SW Updates
• Single console
• One process

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OpenManage Integration With Microsoft SMS 2003
Single Console for software and hardware updates
via the web.
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OpenManage Integration With Microsoft SMS 2003
SMS maintains accurate catalogue downloads for
all server updates
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Summary
Designed to deliver the most flexible systems
management suite in the industry!

• Dell management tools are built for ease-of-use
  and modular scalability
• Dell will continue to champion standards-based
  solutions to further drive down complexity
• Dell hardware will be the easiest to manage in
  the industry
• Dell is dedicated to choice enabling customers
  to manage the way that works best for your
  infrastructure

Enterprise
Connections
Microsoft
Novell
Altiris
SMB
Windows
Linux
"The bottom line Dells approach is unique. It
provides Dell customers with a highly-integrated
management environment tuned for Dell servers,
while providing Dell with time-to-market and
support advantages."
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Links
OpenManage web site www.dell.com/openmanage
PowerSolutions Reference Articles www.dell.com/
powersolutions Partner web sites www.microsoft.c
om/sms www.altiris.com/dell Openmanage/MOM
Integration http//www.dell.com/downloads/global
/power/ps3q06-20060360-Muirhead.pdf Dell
IT/SMS http//www.dell.com/downloads/global/solut
ions/dell_on_microsoft_1.pdf?ctwlensbsd Dell
IT/ALTIRIS http//www.dell.com/downloads/global/
casestudies/2005_altiris.pdf