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Automate and simplify IT infrastructure operationsDoug IleriDRAC Product Manager Server Platform ManagementMain Session MT15
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Evolving the role of IT
A cost center
A process center
A value center
Helping IT become an engine of efficiency to make your organization successful
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Dell’s systems management strategy
Contentstyleguidelines
Simplicity• Easy to use• Intuitive navigation and management processes• Fewer tools with more functionality
Efficiency• Automation of tasks• Faster time to production• Comprehensive remote management
Availability• Reduced service cycle down time• Rapid identification and remediation of problems • Extended use of encryption
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Embedded server
management
iDRAC with Lifecycle
Controller
Dell systems management solutions
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Deploy
Maintain
Update
Monitor
• Operating system deployment
• Configuration• Discovery and inventory
• BIOS• Firmware• Drivers
• Alerts and system health
• Performance• Power usage
Lifecycle management for Dell servers
• Reprovisioning• Remediation• Parts replacement
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Comprehensive real-time monitoring and reporting without the use of agents
• No certification testing• More OpEx savings
Dell’s embedded lifecycle management
Improved productivity with automatic service features• Automation with controls
• No user errors
Simple and replicable server deployment• Less administrator time• Fewer manual steps• Faster deployment 1
Change management on your schedule
• Less time managing updates
• No additional tools needed for multi-OS/hypervisor environments2
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The industry’s only completely agent-free systems management solutionContentstyleguidelines
Large data centers can save
$2.5 million in maintenance costs by eliminating software agents
• Embedded server management
• Millions of servers deployed• Tier 1 console integration
• Manage from your existing hypervisor console
• Minimize errors and increase uptime
• Automate tasks
iDRAC7 with
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Rapid deployment thru configuration XML
Capture Clone or Replace
Apply
SVCTAG1.XMLSVCTAG2.XML
SVCTAG3.XMLSVCTAG4.XML
Remote share
<Model>.XML
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Mobile access via your iDRAC
Internet
iDRAC7 with embedded VNC server-access to OS/hypervisor
• Launch the app and access the OS or hypervisor running on the server via your iDRAC
• Download and install a virtual network connection app, like the one from VNC
• Enable VNC server and user settings for iDRAC via the GUI or Racadm
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Slide 18Simplicity and consistency in IT management
Manage with Chassis Management
Controller • Embedded management in servers - available
immediately at “power on”• Converged management of server nodes, storage,
networking and power within a unified tool
Manage with OpenManage Essentials • Global discovery, inventory, monitoring and
management of Dell servers, storage and networking devices
• Geographic View maps distributed VRTX systems
Manage with 3rd party consoles • Benefits of OpenManage integrated within Microsoft,
VMware and BMC systems management frameworks • Agent-free operations utilizing your existing systems
management tools
Dell
Microsoft
VMware
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Reduced complexity of IT management
Simple and effective• Easy to install • Low-touch maintenance
Perform essential hardware management tasks • Monitor Dell servers, storage and networking switches
• Update and manage Dell Servers
Agent-free management • No software agent required• OS independent hardware management
Dell OpenManage Essentials
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OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center
Deploy
Maintain Update
Monitor
Dell Server and Client Deployment Packs
Dell Server and Client Update Catalogs
Dell Hardware Management Pack Suites
Dell Server PRO Management Pack
Dell Lifecycle Controller
Integration
Now with Dell ProSupport SupportAssist Service
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Dell SupportAssist integration with OpenManage
Dell ProSupport Remote Services
• Auto-case creation• Data analysis
Customer site
Dell Support
Dell SupportAssistDiagnostics and logs
StorageNetwor
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Remote remediation and
parts dispatch
Hardware discovery
Hardware health status
Hardware monitoring
Hardware inventory
OpenManage Essentials & Dell Management Packs with Microsoft System Center Operations Manager
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Monitoring and alerting
• Deep detail for inventory, monitoring and alerting
• Recommended vCenter actions based on Dell hardware alerts
OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenterStreamline tools and tasks for
management and deployment
• Ability to deploy BIOS and firmware updates from vCenter
Firmware updates
Deployment and provisioning
• Online access and renewal of hardware warranty
Hardware management
• “Zero Touch” bare-metal hypervisor deployment without PXE, leveraging Dell iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller
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Dell KACE Appliances
Integration with endpoint management
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5.5 hoursSaved by not having to test, install, or maintain an agent
3X Faster OS deployment of Microsoft Windows Server
6X
85%Less admin time to complete essential management tasks
$250
Faster parts replacement using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller
Per server savings by removing agents
86%Fewer manual steps
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Worldnow Media and Communications Worldnow’s content management system is the top choice of U.S. broadcasters because it can get the news out in 2½ minutes — even during emergencies
ChallengeWorldnow needed to boost the agility and reliability of its infrastructure so that 450 clients can use it to design and deliver digital news to 57 million people every month.
Results • Staff speeds time-to-live by 75 percent• Worldnow supports 35 percent more
traffic without increasing IT footprint“We can maintain high availability levels with less effort because Dell OpenManage Essentials gives us an incredibly clear picture of our infrastructure through a single pane of glass, without adding a capital expenditure.”Clinton Henry , Sr. Director of Data Center Infrastructure & Security
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Q & A With guests
Patrick Hyndman
and
Kevin Garner
from National Instruments
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Schedule a post-event discussion with the systems management “Tiger Team”. Contact your account team for details.
Visit a Dell Solution Center near you: Austin • New York City • Washington D.C. Chicago • Santa Clara • Mexico City • Sao Paolo
Gain hands on experience today at the OpenManage systems management Hands-on-Lab HOL6
Let’s get started
Meet with Dell systems management subject matter experts at the Solution Center in the Expo hall.
Visit www.Dell.com/openmanage
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