Manage easier, deliver faster, innovate moreThe top 10 facts you should know about Dell Enterprise Systems Management

Kevin Noreen, Director, OpenManage Product Management Session MT6

What impacts management of your IT environment?

Inefficiency? Need to do more

in less time

Budgets? Headcount and project constraints

Complexity?Too many tools

and processes

Expectations?Demand for always on, instant access

OpenManage Essentials, Mobile & Power Center

Chassis Management Controller &

Active System Manager

Microsoft, VMware, &BMC Software

Nagios, CA, Oracle, etc.

SupportAssist & ProSupport Plus

Repository Manager, Scripting & OpenManage

Server Administrator

Consoles

Integrations & connections

Converged & cloud management

Tools and utilities

Support services

Update

Monitor

Maintain

Deploy

Dell Enterprise Systems Management Portfolio

iDRAC with

Lifecycle Controller

Top 10 Facts we would like you to know about Dell Enterprise Systems

Management

#10 Geographic View for VRTX servers

“Our VRTX server AU29 needs a larger hard drive. The technician is ready, but where is AU29 located?”

Get a global view of systems in remote offices

#9 Automated notification of updates

“I’m planning to update our data center to Windows Server 2012 R2 but I’m not sure that I have the latest firmware available.”

Eliminate the guesswork, schedule your updates

#8 Predictive analytics and proactive customer notification

“I’d like to know if a system or part is about to fail –BEFORE it happens.”

Maintain continuous IT access and availability

Manage servers and budget simply and effectively

#7 Consolidated warranty reporting

“Is there an easier way for me to

prepare and budget for server warranty updates?”

VIDEO: Motherboard part replacement

#6 Rapid configuration of replaced parts

“Replace a part? That’s easy, but now I’ll have to reconfigure all of the settings…”

Get up and running again fast, with “Easy Restore”

#5 Powerful power management processes

“The transformer just went down! We need to reduce power on non-critical systems ASAP!”

Mitigate operational risks with a single click

VIDEO: Power Center power throttling

VIDEO: Power Center power throttling

#4 Simplified operations for multi-vendor environments

“I’m a Microsoft shop but I want to deploy a few ESXi hosts. Can I do that using my System Center console?”

Reduce IT management complexity, time & cost

VIDEO: OpenManage Integration for Microsoft

System Center Configuration Manager

VIDEOS: Use of OpenManage Essentials and Active System

Manager Templates

#3 Rapid and repeatable server and workload deployments

“I need to roll out dozens of new servers and set up an infrastructure to support VDI services.”

Rely on the speed of template-based processes

#2 Server configuration control and compliance

“I’ve lost track of the systems that need to be updated!”

Auto-maintain server baseline settings, detect drift

VIDEO: Server Quick Sync and Mobile Management

#1 At-the-server set up and on-the-go systems management

“I need to access the server right now but I’m on the road. What can I do?”

Use a mobile device to access your data center

Transform IT with efficient systems managementSpend less time maintaining and more time on innovation

40% less time to deploy

servers*

63% faster firmware updates*

93% lower cost*

Fewer tools*

Maintenance Innovation Innovation Maintenance

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IT Staff Activity Traditional IT

IT Staff Activity with OpenManage

What do our customers say?

Customer panel guests

Company: American Fidelity • Terry Lagaly

• Title

• Oklahoma City, OK

Company: Availity• Jessie Rogers

• Sr. Systems Engineer

• Jacksonville, FL

Company: Intelligent Decisions• Todd Ouimet

• VMware Engineer

• Ashburn, VA

Company: Chesapeake Energy• Kenny Yarbrough

• Systems Administrator

• College Station, TX

February 1, 2015

“Management tools save hundreds of hours a year in IT staff time and morale is so much higher since the team is now doing a lot less firefighting and able to work with some of the latest IT technologies.” - Randy McIver. Vice President of Information Technology Distributech/InvestorCOM

• Challenge

• With its SaaS offerings driving growth, Distributech/InvestorCOM sought to replace an aging IT patchwork and boost availability, reduce costs, improve disaster recovery and security

Results

The company chose an end-to-end infrastructure solution with components from Dell’s comprehensive portfolio of hardware and software:

• Microsoft System Center and OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center for managing the virtual servers

• OpenManage Essentials to manage all the Dell hardware, including servers, storage, and networking

• OpenManage Mobile also gives them remote, fully mobile access to health status information via any smart device

Let’s get started

Visit the Dell Systems Management kiosks in the Data Center area at the Expo

Hear about new Dell ProSupport Services offers in the Lifecycle Services area at the Expo

Attend OpenManage sessions at Dell User Forum

Schedule an executive briefing with your dedicatedDell account team