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DELL MANAGEMENT CONSOLE

powered by Altiris from Symantec
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DELLS SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

SIMPLE
Dell is driving simplicity to help you protect your IT investment Reduce the number of management consoles Embedded manageability

SIMPLE, COMPLETE, CONNECTED & HETEROGENEOUS

COMPLETE

Dell is providing complete solutions so you can manage what matters to your business.
Virtualization, Power, etc. Modular architecture use only what you need

CONNECTED
Dell helps you protect your investment by working with systems management partners and ISVs Out-of-the-box integration with over many of the top systems management vendors We dont compete, we collaborate with leading systems management vendors

HETEROGENEOUS
Dell management is heterogeneous and is supporting 3rd party hardware instrumentation and tools. Dell Management Console discovers and manages 3rd party HW

INNOVATION WITH PURPOSE

DELL ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS

OPEN, FLEXIBLE AND INTEGRATED FOR CUSTOMER CHOICE AND INVESTMENT PROTECTION

Integrated Management Solutions (e.g., DMC)

Reduce Complexity Focus on managing what is most important to your business Simplified architecture for heterogeneous environments Designed to compliment and integrate Optimized for critical IT operational efficiency

Embedded Management (e.g., iDRAC)

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DELL MANAGEMENT CONSOLE

Grows with you
Functionality from basic hardware management (for free) up to more sophisticated functionality (modular plug-ins)

Simplified Experience
Single console management vs. multiple complex and proprietary consoles

Flexible & Open

Built on an open architecture that you can plug and compliment your customers existing investments

Heterogenous
Support Dell and non-Dell hardware including server, client, storage, networking, etc.

DELL MANAGEMENT CONSOLE

STANDARD FEATURES
Feature
Discovery, Inventory, Reporting

Details
Holistic view of the IT environment . User can choose from device tree view, graphical reports, or exportable tables, and drill into any device to see in-depth hardware inventory data.

Hardware Monitoring

Pro-active heartbeat monitoring on user defined scheduled as well as asynchronous event reception for Dell systems. Ability to import SNMP MIBs to receive event from non-Dell devices.
Ability to monitor utilization of Memory, CPU, Free Space, and I/O. View historical reports or live graphs for monitored devices. Generate alerts based on user defined thresholds. Ability to push agent, bios, driver, and firmware updates to Dell servers. Console can be configured to download latest updates from Dell.com on a scheduled basis. Ability to push configuration changes to many devices simultaneously

OS Monitoring

Hardware Updates

Hardware Configuration

Discovery & Inventory

Easy to use discovery wizards give you a holistic picture of your environment.

DELL CONFIDENTIAL

Reporting

Choose from a wealth of pre-defined or use the report builder to develop custom reports
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Hardware and O/S Monitoring

On-going, configurable monitoring for Dell and non-Dell hardware.

DELL CONFIDENTIAL

Hardware Firmware Updates

Central point to receive and distribute updates reduces change management risk.
DELL CONFIDENTIAL
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Hardware Configuration
User-friendly, central control of configuration changes saves time and ensures consistency.

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DEVICE SUPPORT
Discovery, Inventory, Monitoring, Configuration, and Patching
Dell PowerEdge Servers (not SC)

Optiplex, Precision, Latitude Clients

Discovery, Inventory, Monitoring

Dell PowerVault and Dell | EMC Storage Arrays Dell PowerVault Tape Libraries

Dell Fiber Channel Switches Dell PowerConnect Switches Dell Printers

Ability to import MIBs to receive traps from non-Dell devices

If you are looking to create new monitors or extend inventory to leverage new MIBs you will need Server Management Suite

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MODULAR ARCHITECTURE:
Grows with you
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Symantec Management Platform (formerly Altiris Notification Server)

Platform Application
Manages Solutions, Agents, Database, Task & Reporting Engine No charge
Dell Mgt Console
Symantec Server Management Symantec Clint Management Plug-in from other partners

Dell Management Console

Plugs into Symantec Management Platform Provides Dell hardware management No charge

Dell CMDB

Plug-ins for Advanced Functionality:

Solutions from Symantec & other partners

Additional charge

add functionality - not complexity

Managed Devices
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FEATURES OVERVIEW
Feature
Bare Metal Deployment Inventory Scans

SYMANTEC SERVER MANAGEMENT SUITE (VALUE PLUGIN) Details

Standardized, automated server builds including BIOS, RAID, DRAC and BMC configuration, OMSA deployment, application installation, system imaging, etc Customizable Hardware, Operating System and Application inventory scanning and reporting

Server Patching Hardware (BIOS, Firmware, and Driver) and Operating System (Windows and Linux) patching Monitoring and Remediation Storage Integration Availability and performance monitoring, with real-time diagnostics and remediation capabilities Out of the box integration with Symantec BESR and Veritas Configuration Manager

Virtualization Management
Heterogeneous Hardware Support

Hypervisor and guest O/S discovery, Automated deployment of VMWare ESX and guest operating systems, and configuration inventory and monitoring of ESX hosts.
Provides the above for IBM and HP hardware in addition to Dell

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FEATURES OVERVIEW

SYMANTEC CLIENT MANAGEMENT SUITE (VALUE PLUGIN)

Feature
Inventory Scans Client Patching Diagnostics and Remediation

Details
Customizable Hardware, Operating System and Application inventory scanning and reporting Hardware (BIOS) and Operating System (Windows and Linux) patching Availability and performance monitoring, with real-time diagnostics and remediation capabilities

License Tracking
Heterogeneous Hardware Support

Correlate application installation information with application usage and contract administration data
Provides the above for Lenovo, Mac and HP hardware in addition to Dell Supports remote and mobile users, as well as remote, out-ofband management technologies such as Intel vPro

Remote Management

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MANAGE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT YOUR MANAGEMENT CONSOLES

1 single console 9 separate consoles

Dell Management Console

HP Service Desk HPOV Client Configuration Manager

VS.
HP SIM HPOV AssetCenter

POWERED BY

HPOV Data Protector HP Server Migration Pack

1 console 3 servers 1 CMDB

9 consoles 9 servers 6 databases

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ISV PARTNER PROGRAM TWO LEVELS OF PARTICIPATION (CURRENT PARTNERS)

Sample of current Partners

Learn more at http://www.dell.com/partner/ISV

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DELL | MICROSOFT

STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS

CERTIFIED PRODUCTS
System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) System Center Essentials (SCE)

System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2008

DELL UTILIZES SYSTEM CENTER TECHNOLOGY DELL RESELLS SYSTEM CENTER APPLICATIONS DELL CERTIFIES SYSTEM CENTER PRODUCTS

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DEPLOY
System Center Configuration Manger

MONITOR UPDATE
System Center Operations Manager & System Center Essentials System Center Configuration Manager & System Center Essentials

Dell Server Deployment Kit

Server configuration GUI-based RAID configuration Driver provisioning Deploy Windows software on Dell Servers and Blades & across enterprise networks

Dell Management Packs

Health status & HW events Monitor Dell Servers, Blades, MD Storage Arrays, Business Clients, and Printers

Dell Hardware Update Catalogs

Bios and Firmware updates Driver updates System bundles Update Dell Servers, Blades, Business Clients

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ISV ADVANCED
Certified Functionality:

CERTIFED PARTNER PRODUCTS: BMC

Deploy Dell PowerEdge Blades and Servers. Monitor Dell PowerEdge Blades and Servers. Update Dell PowerEdge Blades and Servers.

Certified Products:
BMC BladeLogic Operations Manager BMC Performance Manager BMC Configuration Manager

Customer Benefit: Monitor the health of diverse operating systems, multiple business applications, and multi-vendor server environments through a single console to hasten detection, isolation, and resolution of IT issues that affect business performance. Automate change management, release management, and configuration management into a closed-loop process encompassing all phases of the change life cycle.
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