Dell Systems Management Foundations

In today's business world, greater reliance is placed on network infrastructures than ever before. With the emergence of E-commerce and business-to-business models, technology is revolutionizing the business industry. These new business practices allow for zero tolerance in server downtime. When a mission-critical server becomes unavailable to end-users and customers, the results can be catastrophic. Some companies' "burn rate" during server downtime is in the range of millions of dollars per hour of downtime. Server downtime puts enormous strain on IT professionals, adding to their never-ending lists of responsibilities.

Dell OpenManage tools are designed to automate the process of system management, thus allowing for a more proactive management approach.

Given the information from this course and other available online resources, students will be able to:

• Define basic systems management concepts.
• Define Dell systems management concepts.
• Identify basic industry-standard systems management and its deployment methods.
• Identify, by name and function, the Dell software modules that make up the OpenManage systems management toolset.
• Identify Dell hardware that supports the configuration of Dell systems management functions.
• Describe deployment and usage of the following Dell OpenManage products:
• Array Manager
• IT Assistant
• Server Agent (OpenManage Applications CD 2.x)
• DRAC (Dell Remote Access Card)
• Server Diagnostics (OpenManage Applications CD 2.x)
• Server Administrator (OpenManage Systems Management CD 3.x)
• Identify the features and benefits of the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant