14 reasons to fall in love with Dell OpenManage Enterprise 4.0 this Valentine’s Day
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 15:44:39 -0000
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It’s Valentine’s Day, and love is in the air. Dell OpenManage Enterprise is ready to sweep you off your feet with its 14 swoon-worthy features. Imagine a romantic dinner, but instead of music, there are servers humming in perfect harmony, and instead of roses, there is a management tool that makes your heart flutter. OpenManage Enterprise is like the perfect date: attentive, reliable, and always there to make sure the bond between administrators and PowerEdge servers is as smooth as silk. So, grab a box of chocolates, cuddle up with your server rack, and let's dive into the 14 features of Dell OpenManage Enterprise (also known as OME) that will make you believe in love at first sight!
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1. OME offers lifecycle management for Dell PowerEdge servers
This includes orchestrated discovery of servers, health monitoring, firmware updating, warranty status information, and alert response automation such as SNMP Trap Forwarding and Forwarding to Syslog servers, as well as more than 30 reports as standard with the ability to create custom reports, all delivered in a virtual appliance.
2. Apply VMware cluster-aware firmware updates.
A feature offered by the OME plugin for VMware OMEVV. This leverages VMWare’s vCenter, DRS, and maintenance mode to sequentially update each member server in a cluster with zero down time for your virtual machines during firmware updates.
3. Chart and analyze telemetry information from multiple servers
Visualise multivariate metrics on one graph in OME Power Manager for review. This data includes key performance / power / thermal & IO data. Develop and review a baseline of server performance over time to spot trends and problems before they become an issue.
4. Automatically create Service Requests with Dell Technical Support.
When a hardware failure is detected, OME Service plugin creates a case with Dell , reducing the time to fix. Note : Dell pro support contract required.
5. Enable OME iDRAC credential management (password rotation),
keep OME iDRAC usage compliant with organisations password rotation policy
6. Monitor servers’ power consumption, respond to thermal events, report carbon emissions, and cap the power if required
With OME Power Manager managing server power, customers can report energy usage and build a strategy to lower energy bills, even selected HPE and Lenovo servers are supported.
7. Streamline installation of new servers.
Remove manual steps by systematically deploy server configuration profiles templates and operating systems, reducing time to production for newly delivered servers
8. Build a single view of your entire Dell infrastructure including server, storage, networking, and data protection
Plug OME data into Dell’s cloud-based proactive monitoring and predictive analytic tool, CloudIQ, to better collaborate and simplify operations.
9. Put server management into your pocket
Extend OME to your mobile device with OpenManage Mobile and get secure control where ever you are.
10. Make drift Detection Proactive
Drift management of firmware & settings gives visibility of issues while simultaneously reducing time and effort to resolve.
Drift Management improves operational efficiency and enhances server security posture.
11. Integrate ServiceNow n with OME
Deliver both population of the ServiceNow CMDB with OME data and automatic incident creation for critical events, combining data to enhance service delivery.
12. Integrate Microsoft System Center with OME
Bring Dell server monitoring, deployment, and configuration management into MECM and SCVMM, so customers can leverage skills and investment in system centre
13. Create an infrastructure as code environment
Use Dell’s packs for Terraform from HashiCorp or Redhat’s Ansible support. Watch this video of OME template deployment via Ansible to see just how simple it is.
14. Build custom automation and bespoke integrations
OME Restful API offers DevOps teams deep software-defined infrastructure
Show your PowerEdge servers some love and deploy OpenManage Enterprise 4.0 today.
Resources
OpenManage Enterprise white papers / videos: Support page
Dell System Management Info Hub: Tech notes, videos, infographics
OpenManage Enterprise hands on lab environment: Dell Software Demo Center
Authors: Mark Maclean OpenManage Technical Marketing Engineering
Linkedin : uk.linkedin.com/in/markmacleandell
Steve Daborn, Senior Global Product Marketing Manager
Linkedin : linkedin.com/in/stephendaborn