Dell Server Monitoring

Optimize the performance of your IT investment.

Server monitoring with Dell OpenManage offers hardware and software components to optimize performance and maximize your IT investment.

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Dell Management Console Baseboard Management Controller Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller Dell ISV Basic and ISV Advanced Certified Partner Products from BMC Software, Microsoft, Platform, ScienceLogic, Symantec and Veeam. Dell OpenManage Connections for CA NSM, HP OpenView, and IBM Tivoli

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator

A security-rich Web tool, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator can help you to manage individual servers and their internal storage arrays from virtually anywhere, at anytime. OpenManage Server Administrator is available at no additional charge.
Download this tool for Windows or Linux.

Helps simplify single server monitoring with a secure command line or Web-based management graphical user interface Provides views of system configuration, health and performance Provides online diagnostics to help isolate problems or shutdown and restart the server

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Dell Management Console

Dell Management Console powered by Altiris from Symantec delivers a single view into the deployment, inventory, monitoring, and update of your IT infrastructure as well as a foundation for more advanced management functionality. Click here for more information about Dell Management Console.

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Baseboard Management Controller

Dell PowerEdge^TM  servers are equipped with a Baseboard Management Controller that implements the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) standard. Connected to server sensors, the Baseboard Management Controller delivers a complete set of tools that are designed to help you maximize ongoing server performance.

Proactively monitor server hardware Log server fault events Alert administrators when server faults occur Enable basic remote operations, independent of server state, with server text console redirection, power control and reset control

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Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller

Integrated Dell Remote Access Controllers (iDRAC) allows anywhere, anytime remote management, monitoring, troubleshooting, remediation and server upgrade independent of the operating system status.

Uses remote access functions based on industry standards Delivers early notification of system failures Minimizes recovery time when failures occur Provides secure, remote access to servers regardless of software or operating system state Enables extensive power management features, including power budgeting Lowers total cost of ownership by extending the reach of your IT staff

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ISV Certified Partner Products to Monitor Servers and Software

Dell continues to drive standardization, choice and flexibility into server management by certifying a number of Dell ISV Partner systems management solutions. Customers can monitor the health of Dell PowerEdge servers, diverse operating systems, business applications, and IT Services in multi-vendor server environments through a single console.

BMC Performance Manager Dell Server Management Pack Suite 4.0 for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager and Microsoft System Center Essentials Dell Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 Platform Open Cluster Stack - Dell Edition ScienceLogic EM7 Meta-Appliances Symantec Monitor Solution for Dell Servers Veeam/nworks Management Pack for VMware for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager

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Dell OpenManage Connections for CANSM, HP OpenView, and IBM Tivoli

Dell also provides a variety of connections to other popular management tools:

Dell OpenManage Connection for CA NSM 3.3 Dell OpenManage Connection for HP OpenView Network Node Manager Dell OpenManage Connection for IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console®

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