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11 Dell OpenManage systems management

Whether your IT environment consists of a few servers or a few thousand servers,

Dell OpenManage systems management solutions provide comprehensive management for

evolving IT environments. OpenManage is based on open standards and provides agent-based and

agent-free server lifecycle management functionality for Dell PowerEdge servers. OpenManage

solutions help you automate and streamline essential hardware management tasks.

Start with a firm foundation for efficient hardware management using OpenManage tools, utilities

and management consoles. OpenManage systems management solutions consist of a combination

of embedded management features and software products that help you automate and simplify the

entire server lifecycle: deploy, update, monitor and maintain as shown in Figure 15. OpenManage

solutions are innovatively designed for simplicity and ease of use to help you reduce complexity,

save time, achieve efficiency, control costs and empower productivity. As shown in Figure 15,

OpenManage centers around efficient management of server lifecycle.

The Dell OpenManage systems management portfolio includes powerful hardware and software

management tools and consoles. OpenManage simplifies the lifecycle of deploying, updating,

monitoring and maintaining your Dell PowerEdge servers.

iDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller

The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 8 (iDRAC8) with Lifecycle Controller, the embedded

intelligence of every Dell PowerEdge 13th generation server, helps you manage Dell servers agent-

free or with a systems management agent, within physical, virtual, local and remote environments.

iDRAC8 alerts server issues, enables remote server management and reduces the need to physically

visit the server. iDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller is part of Dell's comprehensive OpenManage

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