The management software components run on VMs that reside in the management cluster. The following table lists the management components in the cluster and the recommended VM sizing of the components for vSphere and Hyper-V environments:
Table 3. Ready Stack management components
For vSphere environments: |
VMware vCenter Server Appliance |
1 |
4 |
1 |
Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter |
1 |
2 |
1 |
Dell EMC VSI |
1 |
2 |
1 |
Dell EMC IDPA System Manager (part of IDPA DP4400 appliance) |
— |
— |
— |
For Hyper-V environments: |
Microsoft SCVMM These values are for the SCVMM server only. For information about the other SCVMM and SQL Server component requirements, see System requirements for System Center Virtual Machine Manager on the Microsoft website. |
1 |
16 |
1 |
Microsoft SCOM These values are for the SCOM server only. For information about the other SCOM and SQL Server component requirements, see System requirements for System Center Operations Manager on the Microsoft website. |
1 |
4 |
1 |
Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center |
1 |
4 |
1 |
Dell ESI for Windows Suite |
1 |
2 |
1 |
Dell EMC IDPA System Manager (part of IDPA DP4400 appliance) |
— |
— |
— |
Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials console
For administrators looking to reduce the complexity of hardware management, Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials provides an easy-to-use, customizable console for managing Dell Technologies’ hardware, including servers, storage, and switches.
Note: For information about the latest generation of the OpenManage Essentials console, see Support for OpenManage Enterprise in the Dell Technologies Knowledge Base.
Basic, repetitive hardware management—updating enterprise servers and discovering and monitoring servers, storage, and networking—is a reality of life for IT organizations. Often, such tasks are time-consuming and require cumbersome tools and a wide range of skill sets.
The Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials systems management console helps simplify hardware management and streamline IT operations. It enables administrators to perform basic hardware management tasks from a single interface that is easy to install and use. Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials supports a range of management functions for Dell Technologies’ servers, storage, and switches. Supported management functions include:
- Discovering and inventorying Dell Technologies’ hardware assets
- Monitoring the health and status of discovered assets
- Sending email alerts for unattended monitoring
- Performing tasks such as remotely powering a server on and off
- Managing and automating server updates
Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter
Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter streamlines the management processes in data center environments by enabling the use of vCenter to manage the entire server infrastructure, both physical and virtual. Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter functionality includes:
- Monitoring system-level information
- Generating system alerts for action in vCenter
- Rolling out cluster-level BIOS and firmware updates for a VMware ESXi cluster
- Deploying a bare metal infrastructure
Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center provides agent-free, operating-system-agnostic, and hypervisor-agnostic configuration and deployment as well as uniform BIOS, driver, and firmware updates for PowerEdge servers. Automated processes reduce the steps, time, and costs that are required to configure the PowerEdge servers from a bare-metal state. Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center also automates the preparation of remote one-to-many operating system deployments within multivendor operating system and hypervisor environments.
