Server Hands-on-Lab #2

Dell PowerEdge Embedded Systems Management

Doug Iler - iDRAC Product Manager, Dell OpenManage

Jeff Mullaney - Enterprise Technologist, Office of the CTO

Kelly Lisai – iDRAC User Experience

Session Outline

• Welcome and introduction of presenters

• Overview of Dell Systems Management and PowerEdge embedded management – iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller

• Server management challenges and opportunities

• Dell Innovation (Demo)

– Quick Sync Bezel with OpenManage Mobile

– iDRAC Direct – A/A cable laptop to server

– iDRAC GUI

o Real time storage configuration

o Firmware Update and Rollback (SAS now, SATA in Q1)

o Detailed drive status and detailed inventory

o SupportAssist (Tech Support Report)

o OOB performance monitoring & alerting

o Parts replacement (LC) & discuss Easy Restore

o Discuss Server Config Profiles (and iDRAC Direct option) – Server Hands On Lab 4

• Resources for further exploration

• Q&A ; Wrap-up

A differentiated approach to IT management

Continuous uptime and reliability

Available

Automated and replicable processes

Efficient

Agent-free embedded

server management

Simple

Automated server lifecycle management

• Operating system deployment

• Configuration• Discovery and

inventory

• BIOS• Firmware• Drivers

• Alerts and system health

• Performance• Power usage

• Reprovisioning• Remediation• Parts replacement

iDRAC with

Lifecycle Controller

New for 13G: Enhanced Local Management

We frequently do some management locally at the server

We manage primarily from a central console*

We manage primarily using scripts

USC(F10)

IDRAC Direct (USB key/

cable)

OMEOMI for MSFT SC

OMI for VMware

DTKtool

WS-MANAPI

RACADMCLI

SCCM,SCVMM

Easy to use GUI (crash cart or

KVM required)

Plug and play operation, no

crash cart needed

Manage quickly, easily via a

smartphone or tablet

Single Pane of Glass

Mgmt, free

Sophisticated Systems

Mgmt (OS, HW & Apps)

Manage HW from vCenter

In-bandExecutable for

PXE users

OOB, Agent-free

Simple CLI, IB or OOB

operation

Customer Use Cases

(Most customers use a mix)

*Connectors are also available for CA, IBM ITNM, and HPOM; support coming for Oracle EM and Nagios. BMC has integration for monitoring, configuration and deployment

NEW for 13G!IDRAC Quick

Sync (NFC)

via PXE boot

Pre-OS only

HW Configuration & Deployment

Monitoring& Troubleshooting

ChangeManagement

Benefits

Crash cart or KVM USB Key Basic Settings

USB to Laptop

USB to Laptop

OpenManage Features

*Whitepaper – Simplifying Systems Management with Dell OpenManage on 13G PowerEdge Servers

What’s new in 13G systems management?

More connect-at-the-box features for at the box management

iDRAC Quick SynciDRAC Direct

(cable and key)

Faster, easier deployment options so you can add nodes to your datacenter faster than ever before

Zero Touch AutoDeployment

OME One-to-ManyTemplates

Better troubleshooting to maintain reliability and minimize downtime

Tech Support Report (SupportAssist)

More Agent-free features so your IT admins can focus on grow the business and innovate the business activities

Zero-Touch Repository Manager

Automatic updates

OMEConfiguration Drift

55% Lesstime to configure

Eliminate manual tasks, and effort of using traditional connections (i.e., KVM) to

configure a server.

97% Lesstime to configure

Dell found that many customers still do at-the-box management. Our OpenManage team responded with more options for at-the-box management that save time and can take the place of bulky KVM’s. Customers now have more flexibility to manage the way they want so they can keep their datacenter up and running at all times.

More connect-at-the-box features for at the box management

Faster, easier deployment options so you can add nodes to your datacenter faster than ever before

Better troubleshooting to maintain reliability and minimize downtime

More Agent-free features so your IT admins can focus on grow the business and innovate the business activities

Connect wherever you want, whenever you want

Eliminate manual tasks, and effort of using traditional connections (i.e., KVM) to

configure a server.

iDRAC Direct(cable and key)

iDrac Quick Sync

84% Fasterdata collection

Multiple usage models

Eliminate manual tasks, and effort of using traditional connections (i.e., KVM) to

configure a server.

More connect-at-the-box features for at the box management

Faster, easier deployment options so you can add nodes to your datacenter faster than ever before

Better troubleshooting to maintain reliability and minimize downtime

More Agent-free features so your IT admins can focus on grow the business and innovate the business activities

Template-based automated server configuration

Use OpenManage Essentials v2.0 to capture, configure and detect

configuration drift for 1:M

Apply during network setup

Apply profiles“at the server”

Integrate with existing processes

BIOS

NIC/HBA

PERC

iDRAC/LC

Server Configuration Profile

1. Configure 2. Capture 3. Clone 4. Re-provision

5. Maintain Baseline

99% Lessadministrative time

73% Fastertroubleshooting

To keep your datacenter up and running, Dell has added features that make it easy to troubleshoot when you have to, and maintainconfiguration consistency among the servers in your datacenter.

More connect-at-the-box features for at the box management

Faster, easier deployment options so you can add nodes to your datacenter faster than ever before

Better troubleshooting to maintain reliability and minimize downtime

More Agent-free features so your IT admins can focus on grow the business and innovate the business activities

Maintain availability and reliability in your data center

iDRAC offers Tech Support Report – a continuously

updated health & status report

iDRAC Service Module (iSM) included gathers and maintains

OS logs

Embedded SupportTools

OME Configuration Drift

Increase reliability and security by eliminating configuration drift

Reduce administrative time spent managing configuration

drift by 99%

Troubleshoot when OS is

down

Eliminate manual search for updates

92% Lesstime to update

Part of maintaining reliability and availability is making sure all of your drivers and firmware are up to date. Dell offers a way to do this completely agent-free, so your customer can spend time on more grow the business and innovate the business activities.

More connect-at-the-box features for at the box management

Faster, easier deployment options so you can add nodes to your datacenter faster than ever before

Better troubleshooting to maintain reliability and minimize downtime

More Agent-free features so your IT admins can focus on grow the business and innovate the business activities

Simpler, easier, agent free updates

Automatically populates a designated share folder with

updates from Dell.com

Zero-Touch Repository Manager

Automatic updates

Take the guess work out of firmware updates and apply

them at your schedule.

Thanks!