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Sometimes, your administrator’s day is full of tasks that are relatively simple but time-consuming. These tasks can distract from other initiatives that are less urgent but more important in the long run. Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise enables administrators to consolidate their workflows and cut down on hands-on time and effort. We tested four tasks, measured the time and effort required to complete each via OpenManage Enterprise, and compared these results to completing tasks with a manual method that involved using integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC).
Figure 1 highlights the findings of our tests on just a single server. (For full test results and a detailed testing methodology, see the science behind this report.) Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise saved time on each task, and saved steps on three of five of the tasks—though, as we’ll show in the next section, the number of steps remains constant for each task, no matter how many servers you have.
Figure 1: Time and effort our administrator saved by using OpenManage Enterprise 3.4 vs. a manual method for managing a single server.
Source: Principled Technologies.
iDRAC is a remote server management processor that Dell EMC embeds within every PowerEdge server. According to Dell EMC, iDRAC “is designed for secure local and remote server management and helps IT administrators deploy, update, and monitor Dell EMC PowerEdge servers anywhere, anytime.”1 To learn more, visit delltechnologies.com/idrac.
1 “Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC),” accessed April 2, 2020, https:// www.delltechnologies.com/en-us/solutions/ openmanage/idrac.htm.