Dell's Systems Management is built around the Dell OpenManage brand, which builds solutions based on industry standards–based protocols and practices. Learn about the products; deploy the solution; and use them to deploy servers and manage and update your environment.

Several resources exist for learning how to use the OpenManage systems management tools. Please add to this list as you find relevant resources.

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Dell OpenManage Systems Management Overview
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OpenManage Tools

Dell OpenManage Systems Build and Update Utility (SBUU)
Deploy Systems with the Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK)
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA)
Dell Client Manager
Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation (OMCI)
Power Monitoring of Dell PowerEdge Servers
Hyper-V Systems Management
Dell OpenManage IT Assistant (ITA)
Dell OpenManage Server Update Utility (SUU)
Dell Content Manager
Dell Update Packages (DUPs)

Dell OpenManage Product Information

Server deployment

Dell OpenManage System Build and Update Utility (SBUU)

Server management

Dell Open Manage Server Administrator (OMSA)
Dell OpenManage IT Assistant (ITA)
Baseboard Management Controller
Dell Remote Access Controller

Network management

Dell OpenManage Network Manager
Dell OpenManage IT Assistant (ITA)
Network Manager product portfolio

Client management

Dell Client Manager Standard, Plus, and Altiris Management Suite for Dell Clients (MSDC)
Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation (OMCI)

Printer management

Dell OpenManage Printer Manager

OpenManage Certified partner products

Altiris:
Altiris Deployment Solution for Dell Servers
Altiris Patch Management Solution for Dell Servers
Monitor Solution for Dell Servers

BMC Software:
BMC Performance Manager

CA UniCenter:
Dell OpenManage Connection for CA UniCenter®

Hewlett-Packard:
Dell OpenManage Connection for HP OpenView Network Node Manager

IBM:
Dell OpenManage Connection for IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console

LANDesk Software:
LANDesk Server Manager

Microsoft:
Dell Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007
Dell Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM)
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
Microsoft System Center Essentials
Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Inventory Tool for Dell Update

Novell:
Novell ZENworks Linux Management - Dell Edition