OpenManage Essentials Feature Improvements vs IT Assistant

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OpenManage Essentials is the direct replacement of Dell IT Assistant. If you wondering what features changed between ITA 8.9 and OpenManage Essentials 1.0 and why you should upgrade, the following is a list of all of the new features introduced in OME.

Feature	What's New in OpenManage Essentials (OME) 1.0?
Monitoring (Health and Alerts)	• Out-Of-Band SNMP Monitoring & Alerting for 12G Server/iDRAC7. • Simplified alert action definition and activation • Support EqualLogic and Power Connect Switches • Link and Launch element manager.
GUI and DB	• Modern look and feel • Quick GUI responsiveness • Support remote DB and simplify upgrade for remote DB
Discovery & Inventory	• Discovery of Dell Servers and iDRAC (without OMSA) • Discover ESXi and VM’s • Discover Blade Chassis (Chassis Management Controller) • Correlation (w/o OMSA) for Server/IDRAC and Blade/Chassis • Import list of servers for discovery. • Improved reporting. (more detail and scale better) • No Dell Client Support
Update HW	• Simplified HW patch process • Multi-site HW patch (Repository Manager integration) • Compliance Driven/Detect deviation
Tasks Management and remote control	• Simplified task definition, scheduling and activation
Power Monitoring & Management	• Link & launch OM Power Center for power monitoring and Management.

OpenManage Essentials Feature Improvements vs IT Assistant

Systems Management

OpenManage Essentials - Discover, Monitor, Inventory and Update Dell Servers, Storage, and Networking

OpenManage Essentials Feature Improvements vs IT Assistant

Systems Management - Wiki

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