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Telecommunications providers can improve scalability, flexibility, security, and agility through infrastructure automation. The ability to automate vRAN configurations, balance workloads (in and out of the cloud), and quickly spin up/down new services delivers a clear competitive advantage in the new world of 5G. Dell PowerEdge XR11/12 servers combine ease of management with automation to reduce operational complexity and cost while accelerating time-to-market for new services.
Dell OpenManage provides a single systems management platform across all Dell components instead of splitting systems management tools between different products. This makes it easier for telecommunications providers to manage their hardware components remotely, from configuration to security patches. In addition, Dell delivers powerful analytics capabilities to help manage server data and cloud storage. iDRAC can analyze telemetry data on vRAN servers. At the same time, Dell CloudIQ uses artificial intelligence and advanced machine learning to troubleshoot and resolve hardware issues, improve server performance and assist with predictive capacity planning.
With Dell automation tools, telecommunications providers can eliminate costly manual provisioning and configuration errors while reducing the time spent on operational tasks. The result is a zero-touch, error-free environment that can support the rapid deployment, update, and management of thousands of servers. iDRAC’s agent-less server monitoring also allows telecommunications providers to proactively detect and mitigate potential server issues before impacting production traffic. By analyzing telemetry data, iDRAC can detect the root cause for poor server performance and identify cluster events that can predict hardware failure in the future.