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Contents
1 Dell OEM Solution - Microsoft System
Center Essentials 2010 Overview . . . . . . . 7
2 Essentials 2010 High Level Features . . . . . 9
3 Installing Essentials 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installing Essentials 2010 OEM Solution on
Dell Hardware
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installing Essentials 2010 on a Single Dell System
Installing Essentials on a Dell PowerEdge
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
System
Installing Essentials 2010 on Distributed Systems
Installing Essentials User Console and
Connecting to the Management Server
Installing Essentials 2010 OEM Solution with
Essentials Database on a Remote System . . . . . 15
Upgrading to Essentials 2010
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
. . . . . . 13
Contents
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4 Dell Management Packs for
Physical Hardware Management . . . . . . 18
Dell Management Pack Version 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Features of the Dell Management Packs 4.0
Features of Dell Performance and Resource Optimization
Management Pack 2.0 (PROPack)
Importing the Dell Management Packs and
Dell PRO Management Pack
. . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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. . . . . . 19
5 Dell Update Packages and
Dell Catalogs for Servers,
Business Client Computers . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Updating Managed Systems with Dell Catalog Files . . 26
Software Deployment from Software Console of
Essentials 2010
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
6 Useful Links and Resources . . . . . . . . . 29
Important Essentials 2010 Documentation . . . . . . . 29
Microsoft Essentials 2010 Online Resources
Essentials 2010 Knowledge Base Articles
. . . . 30
. . . . . . . 30
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Useful Dell Links and other Resources
Dell Management Pack Download Links
Dell Updates for Dell Server and
Dell Client Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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7 Essentials 2010 Best Practices . . . . . . . . 32
Microsoft Scalability Guidelines for Essentials 2010. . 33
Configuring PRO Tips to Filter them
based on Severity
Configure Performance and Resource
Optimization (PRO) Tips
Enable or Disable a Host for VM Placement . . . . . . 34
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8 Supported Dell Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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Dell OEM Solution - Microsoft System Center Essentials 2010 Overview
Dell™ has partnered with Microsoft® to provide the OEM version of
Microsoft System Center Essentials (Essentials) 2010. System Center
Essentials 2010 is a management solution designed for the IT generalists in
medium-sized organizations that host up to 50 servers and 500 client systems.
The Essentials 2010 solution has enhanced features to manage your IT
ecosystem, comprising of both physical and virtual environments, from the
same management console.
The Dell OEM solution enables server consolidation, business continuity,
and dynamic provisioning thus simplifying complex management tasks. Dell
management packs facilitate manageability of Dell hardware from the
Essentials console by simplifying IT efficiency. The unified Essentials
solution and the Dell Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO)enabled management pack provide workload and application aware resource
optimization for the virtualized environment. This minimizes the downtime
and accelerates the time for resolving issues pertaining to the virtualized
environment.
Using the Essentials 2010 single console design, IT system administrators can
easily secure, update, monitor, and track their entire IT environment.
Additionally, Essentials 2010 includes many predefined reports that display
various types of information and preloaded management packs to help
monitor common operating system components, services, and applications.
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Essentials 2010 enables you to centrally manage Microsoft Windows®–based
servers and other computers and network devices in your organization. You
can perform the following tasks using Essentials 2010:
• Manage physical computers, virtual machines and devices in your
environment and examine computer hardware and software inventory.
• Monitor the health of managed computers and devices.
• Centrally manage updates, track installation progress and troubleshoot
problems by using the
Update Management
feature.
• Centrally deploy software, track progress, and troubleshoot problems by
using the
Software Deployment
feature.
The Essentials 2010 OEM Solution combined with corresponding Dell
management packs enables management of Dell hardware, such as:
• Dell PowerEdge™/PowerVault™ systems
• Dell Business Client systems such as Dell Latitude™, Dell Optiplex™ ,
and Dell Precision™ systems, and Dell Vostro™ systems that are grouped
under the Unmanaged group on the Essentials console.
NOTE: For Dell Vostro™ systems, Dell Client MP only supports classification
of Dell hardware and not monitoring.
• Dell Network Printers
• Dell PowerVault Modular Disk (MD) storage arrays that includes MD
3000, MD 3000i storage arrays and daisy-chained MD 1000 storage arrays.
• Dell Remote Access Controllers (DRAC) that includes DRAC4, DRAC5,
Integrated DRAC (iDRAC) 6 Modular, iDRAC 6 Monolithic,
DRAC/Modular Chassis, and Chassis Management Controller (CMC)
• Dell EqualLogic™ Peer Storage (PS) Series Arrays
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Essentials 2010 High Level Features
•
Essentials 2010 Console:
management console for managing your IT environment. The console runs
on the Essentials management server and provides access to all Essentials
2010 features. You can also install the Essentials 2010 console in a
distributed environment where the Essentials management server and the
Essentials console are deployed on different systems. You can also install
additional Essentials consoles for the same management server on
different systems.
•
Virtualization of your Server Environment in Essentials:
management has been introduced in System Center Essentials 2010 to
help small and mid-sized businesses maximize their technology resources.
A virtual machine emulates a complete hardware system and enables the
simultaneous operation of otherwise incompatible operating systems.
Using Essentials 2010 to monitor your virtual environment helps
maximize limited IT resources by consolidating under-utilized physical
servers and rapidly provisioning new virtual machines, which can be used
as application servers or to perform other similar tasks.
•
Update Management in Essentials:
administrators to view, download, and deploy software updates required by
operating systems and other software on managed computers. Dell has
partnered with Microsoft to distribute updates for Dell hardware through
the same update management experience.
•
Essentials 2010 OEM Experience:
and Microsoft, Essentials 2010 provides OEM experience in the Essentials
console which includes information about the OEM solution and helps
users in hardware management. The Dell logo, Dell WIKI link, Dell
Management Pack Manuals link, link for manuals for Dell OEM Essentials
solution, and Dell eSupport link are available as part of the OEM
experience.
Essentials 2010 introduces a unified
Virtualization
System Center Essentials 2010 allows
As part of partnership between Dell
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Installing Essentials 2010
System Requirements
For information on system requirements and supported platforms for System
Center Essentials, see http://technet.microsoft.com/hi-
in/systemcenter/essentials/bb422876(en-us).aspx
NOTE: For Dell Supported Platforms, see the "Supported Dell Hardware" on
page 34.
NOTE: For post installation configurations, see the “Configure System Center
Essentials 2010” section of System Center Essentials 2010 Deployment Guide.
Installing Essentials 2010 OEM Solution on Dell Hardware
You can install the Essentials 2010 OEM solution with the following
topologies:
• All components of Essentials 2010 OEM Solution installed on a Dell
system.
• Essentials 2010 OEM Solution with Essentials Console installed on a
remote Dell system.
• Essentials 2010 OEM Solution with Essentials Database installed on
remote Dell system.
For more information on deploying, configuring, troubleshooting, and
uninstalling System Center Essentials 2010, see the System Center Essentials
2010 Deployment Guide available at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/ff603599.aspx.
You can deploy Essentials 2010 using the Command Line Interface. For more
information on unattended and automated methods of installing Essentials
using command lines, see How to Use a Command Prompt to Install System
Center Essentials 2010 available at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/ff603580.aspx.
For more information on the recommendations for installing Essentials 2010,
see "Microsoft Scalability Guidelines for Essentials 2010" on page 33.
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Installing Essentials 2010 on a Single Dell System
In this setup, you install all the components of Essentials 2010 on a single
Dell system. This installation option provides a better alternative to mid-size
businesses for managing and monitoring the Dell hardware as all components
of the solution are available on a single host.
Installing Essentials on a Dell PowerEdge System
To install Essentials 2010:
1
Designate a Dell PowerEdge system as the Essentials management server.
The designated server must meet all software and hardware requirements.
For detailed information about these requirements, see the “Planning to
Deploy System Center Essentials 2010” section of the
Essentials 2010 Deployment Guide
available at
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb437287.aspx
System Center
NOTE: You can install Essentials on virtual machines running on Dell
PowerEdge systems that are hosted on supported Windows Server 2008
Hyper-v systems, which match the hardware requirements of Essentials 2010.
2
Insert the Essentials installation media into the optical drive.
3
Browse to the media directory and run the
4
When the
Release Notes
System Center Essentials 2010 Setup Wizard
to read important information that might be needed during
SetupSCE.exe
deployment.
5
Click
Install
to begin installing Essentials.
NOTE: Select the Get the latest updates to System Center Essentials 2010
option if you want to check for product updates.
6
On the
click
Product Registration
Next
.
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file.
launches, click
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On the
check box to accept the agreement, and click
8
If the server on which you are installing Essentials 2010 meets the
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License Agreement
page, read the license agreement, select the
Next
.
appropriate hardware and software requirements, the installation program
makes additional components available for installation. Select the
Essentials components that you want to install, and click
9
The Essentials 2010 installation program checks your environment for the
Next
.
hardware and software prerequisites required for installing Essentials and
selected components and prompts you to review those prerequisites that
do not meet the minimum requirements. After resolving the potential
system requirement issues, click
10
Essentials 2010 uses a database server instance to host the database that
Next
.
stores the data used by Essentials. Select the option to use a local database
instance that Essentials 2010 can use for this purpose, and click
11
If you selected the Reporting component in step 7, you are required to
specify a
Essentials reporting. Only local instances of
Services
Microsoft SQL Server® 2008 Reporting Services
SQL Server 2008 Reporting
that are supported by Essentials 2010 are available for selection.
Next
.
instance for
Select an instance and select a URL to the reporting server, if the instance
is configured with more than one URL, and click
12
Specify a path where Essentials 2010 should store program files. In the
Software Files and Update Files
section, enter a path to store software
Next
.
and update files locally, or download updates individually to each managed
computer from Microsoft Update. Click
13
Enter the file location for storing the Virtualization Management
component files, and click
14
Type the user name, password, and domain of a user with administrative
Next
.
Next
.
credentials on the managed computers and on the designated Essentials
management server to perform management tasks, such as deploying
software or updates, and click
15
Select whether to participate in the Customer Experience Improvement
Next
.
Program, Error Reporting, and Operational Data Reporting or not, and
click
Next
.
16
Review the
make changes, or click
Installation Summary
Install
to begin installing Essentials 2010.
page. Click
Previous
to go back and
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Essentials Console Installed on Remote System
NOTE: For post installation configurations, see the “Configure System Center
Essentials 2010” section of the System Center Essentials 2010 Deployment Guide
available at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff603585.aspx.
NOTE: For more information on installing Essentials on a single system, see “How
to Install System Center Essentials 2010 on a Single Server” section of the System
Center Essentials 2010 Deployment Guide available at
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb422968.aspx.
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Installing Essentials 2010 on Distributed Systems
You can install the Essentials console and the Essentials database on remote
systems and connect to the management server.
Installing Essentials User Console and Connecting to the Management Server
To install Essentials using this option:
1
Install Essentials on the management station as defined in "Installing
Essentials 2010 on a Single Dell System" on page 11.
2
Log on to the remote computer with a user account that is a member of
the
Administrators
3
Insert the System Center Essentials 2010 installation media in the optical
drive.
4
Browse to the media directory and run the
5
When the
System Center Essentials 2010 Setup Wizard
Install Essentials Console
6
On the
then click
Product Registration
Next
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group on the local computer.
.
page, enter your product key, if needed, and
.
SetupSCE.exe
file.
launches, click
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On the
check box to accept the agreement, and click
8
Essentials 2010 Setup checks your environment for the hardware and
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License Agreement
page, read the license agreement, select the
Next
.
software prerequisites and prompts you to review the prerequisites that do
not meet the minimum requirements. If necessary, exit the wizard, make
the required changes, and start the installation process again. After
resolving potential system requirement issues, click
9
Specify where Essentials 2010 should store program files, and click
10
Review the
Installation Summary
page. Click
make changes, or click Install to begin installing the
11
When the
start the
12
When you start the console, the
displayed. In the
Essentials
connect, and click
Setup Results
Essentials
page appears, select the check box if you want to
console after the Setup wizard closes, and click
Connect To Server
Server name
box, type the computer name of the
management server to which you want the
Connect
NOTE: For more information about configuring Essentials with Remote
Reporting Server see the “How to Install System Center Essentials 2010
Console on a Remote Computer” section of System Center Essentials 2010
Deployment Guide available at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/bb437322.aspx.
.
Next
Previous
Essentials
dialog box is
.
to go back and
console.
Essentials
console to
Next
Close
.
.
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SQL Server 2008 SP1
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Installing Essentials 2010 OEM Solution with Essentials Database on a Remote System
In this installation, the Essentials database is installed on a remote system
with a newly installed or an existing SQL Server database instance, which is
already available as part of the domain.
You can use this setup, if your organization has a centralized database server
that you want to re-use for Essentials 2010.
1
Begin the installation of Essentials 2010 on the management station as
defined in "Installing Essentials 2010 on a Single Dell System" on page 11,
and follow step 1 to step 8.
2
During installation of Essentials 2010 select the option to find remote
database servers in your environment that Essentials 2010 can use for this
purpose, and then click
3
Proceed from step 11 defined in the "Installing Essentials 2010 on a Single
Dell System" on page 11, and complete installation of Essentials 2010.
After the installation of Essentials on the management server is complete,
install the Essentials Reporting component on the remote SQL server.
Next
.
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To install the Reporting Server:
1
Insert the Essentials installation media into the optical drive of the
computer that contains the remote database server you chose during
installation.
2
Log in to the system as an administrator and run the
SetupSCE.exe
file
from the installation media.
3
After the System Center Essentials 2010 Setup Wizard launches, click
I
nstall Essentials Reporting
4
On the
Essentials server location
.
page, ensure that the server displayed is
the Essentials 2010 management server. If the server displayed is not the
Essentials 2010 management server, click
select the Essentials 2010 management server, and click
5
6
On the
click
On the
Product Registration
Next
.
License Agreement
page enter your product key, if needed, and
page, read the license agreement, select the
check box to accept the agreement, and click
7
Essentials 2010 Setup checks your environment for the hardware and
Select a Server
Next
.
to search for and
Next
.
software prerequisites and prompts you to review those prerequisites that
do not meet minimum requirements. After resolving potential system
requirement issues, click
8
Essentials 2010 Setup uses a database server instance to host the databases
Next
.
that store data that Essentials uses. The SQL Server Database Services
instance that Essentials uses is displayed in the
list view. Click
9
The local Reporting Services instances are displayed. Specify a URL for the
Next
.
Database Server Instance
Reporting server if the instance is configured to use more than one URL,
and click
10
Specify the location for Essentials to store program files. Click
11
Type the password of the Essentials Administration account, and click
Next
12
Select whether to participate in Operational Data Reporting or not, and
click
.
Next
Next
.
.
Next
.
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Review the
make changes, or click
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Installation Summary
Install
page. Click
to install
Previous
Essentials Reporting
to go back and
.
Essentials 2010 Setup displays the progress during installation, and Essentials
Reporting is ready to use after the wizard closes.
NOTE: For more information about configuring Essentials with Remote Reporting
Server, see “How to Install System Center Essentials 2010 Reporting on a Remote
Database Server” section of System Center Essentials 2010 Deployment Guide at
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff603577.aspx.
NOTE: For Information on configuring the SQL2008 Database for remote
connection, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/dd857537(VS.85).aspx?ppud=4.
Upgrading to Essentials 2010
You can upgrade your existing Essentials 2007 SP1 and Systems Center
Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2008 OEM bundle to the Essentials
2010 OEM Solution. The upgrade process upgrades Essentials 2007 SP1 and
installs the VMM component of Essentials 2010. It does not upgrade
SCVMM 2008. You must add the SCVMM library share to Essentials 2010 by
using Windows PowerShell. After you add the library share, uninstall
SCVMM 2008. For details about complete Essentials 2010 upgrade steps, see
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc339466.aspx
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Dell Management Packs for Physical Hardware Management
Dell Management Pack Version 4.0
The Dell Management Pack Suite version 4.0 consists of five standalone
management packs that enable you to manage your respective Dell Hardware.
The components of the Dell Management Pack Suite version 4.0 are as
follows:
•
Dell Base Management pack:
This is common to all the management packs and it creates the
Hardware Group
are grouped under the
•
Dell Server Management Pack Suite
Power Edge/ Power Vault Server systems. The Dell servers are discovered
through Microsoft Windows Active Directory
DRAC or a CMC device are discovered out-of-band using SNMP (Simple
Network Management Protocol).
•
Dell Client Management Pack
systems, such as Dell Precision, Dell Latitude, and Dell Optiplex systems.
Dell client systems are discovered through Windows Active Directorybased discovery.
on the Essentials Management Server. All Dell Hardware
This is the base management pack for 4.0.
Dell Hardware Group
is used to discover and manage Dell
is used to discover and manage Dell client
.
®
- based discovery while, a
Dell
NOTE: Dell Vostro systems are not classified as Dell Managed Client Devices
if you discover them with Dell Client Management Pack.
•
Dell PowerVault MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite
discover and manage Dell Power Vault MD storage devices such as MD
3000, MD 3000i, and daisy-chained MD 1000 storage arrays.
•
Dell Printer Management Pack
Network Printers.
•
Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite
manage Dell EqualLogic PS Series arrays that are part of your network
segment.
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is used to discover and
is used to
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Features of the Dell Management Packs 4.0
1
Dell Server Management Pack Suite v4.0:
This management pack suite consists of the following components:
a
Dell Base MP:
all the management packs under the Dell Management Pack version
4.0 suite. It is used for creating
Management Server.
NOTE: You must import the Dell Base MP before importing any other
MP. However, this is not required for Dell PRO Management Pack.
Scalable Server Management Pack:
b
the server components at a high level (up to the group level). For
example, the memory component is modeled up to the memory group
level. The memory unit instances are not modeled by this
management pack. The Scalable Server management pack:
• Provides support for discovery and monitoring of DRAC 4, &
DRAC5.
• Provides enhanced attribute support for storage controllers, their
components, and health roll-up status for servers.
• Displays hardware instrumentation alerts for events received from
Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator (OMSA) and
OpenManage Storage Systems (OMSS) running on Dell
PowerEdge/PowerVault systems.
The management pack also provides options for:
This is the base management pack and is common to
Dell Hardware Group
in the Essentials
This management pack models
• Launching Server Administrator Console
• Launching DRAC, iDRAC 6 consoles
• Advance power control tasks for Dell systems with baseboard
management controller (BMC)
• Provides reports for OpenManage Windows’s event log
• Allows you to customize and configure Dell devices for discovery
and monitoring
• Allows Performance and Power Monitoring of Dell Servers with
supported PM Bus
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Detailed Server Management Pack:
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The Detailed Server MP is an
extension of the Scalable Server management pack. This management
pack models the details of components modeled in Scalable Server
MP. For example, the memory units are modeled with this
management pack and this model is attached to the memory group
modeled in Scalable Server Management Pack.
NOTE: For Small and Medium Business customers it is recommended
that you use the Detailed Server MP with Essentials. The Detailed Server MP
shows extra hardware attributes, system inventory data, and reports when
compared to the Scalable Server MP It is recommended that you use the
Scalable Server MP when the number of Managed Systems exceeds 300
units.
For more information on Dell Server Scalable MP and Dell Server
Detailed MP, see the user guide available with Dell Server MP Suite.
d
Informational-alerts-On Override Utility:
By default, informational
alerts are disabled in the Essentials console with the Dell Server
Scalable and Detailed MPs. This override utility enables all the
informational alerts defined as part of the Scalable Server MP, using
overrides. Hence, ensure you import the Scalable Server MP before
importing this utility.
e
Dell Remote Access Controller Management Pack:
management pack
discovers and monitors DRAC 4, DRAC 5, and
This
iDRAC 6 (Modular and Monolithic) devices on the network running
supported firmware version. The DRAC 4, DRAC 5, iDRAC 6
Modular, and iDRAC 6 Monolithic instances are grouped under the
Dell Remote Access 4 Group, Dell Remote Access 5 Group, iDRAC 6
Modular Group, and iDRAC 6 Monolithic Group respectively, thus
enabling grouping of related Remote Access Controllers by providing a
better representation.
f
Dell Chassis Management Controller Management Pack:
This
management pack discovers and monitors CMC, DRAC/MC
instances on the network running supported firmware versions. CMC
and DRAC/MC instances are grouped under Dell Modular Chassis
Group.
2
Dell Client Management Pack v4.0.
This management pack supports:
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• Discovery and management of Dell client computers (Dell Latitude,
Optiplex, and Precision systems) with supported versions of
OpenManage Client Instrumentation (OMCI) installed on them.
• Displays alerts for events received from OMCI as part of the alert view
• Provides tasks for client system shutdown and reboot
• Allows you to customize and configure the Dell client system for
discovery and monitoring
3
Dell PowerVault MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite v4.0:
This management pack:
• Discovers and monitors the health of components and displays alerts
for Dell PowerVault MD 3000 and MD 3000i storage arrays. This
includes support of both out-of-band and in-band monitoring of the
Dell MD storage arrays.
• Manages and monitors Dell PowerVault MD 1000 storage arrays that
are daisy-chained to Dell PowerVault MD 3000/MD 3000i storage
arrays.
• Includes the Dell Discovery utility that discovers the PowerVault
MD3000/MD3000i devices in your network and creates an IP listing
file with the IP addresses of the storage arrays. Essentials uses this IP
listing file to discover and manage the storage arrays. The Dell
discovery utility supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
NOTE: For more information about the Dell Discovery utility, see the
online help provided with the utility.
• Provides Recovery Guru Information as a point of reference for
troubleshooting the MD Storage Array events.
NOTE: For more information see, "Accessing Recovery Guru
Information" in the Dell PowerVault MD Storage Arrays Management Pack
Suite Version 4.0. User’s Guide available on the Dell Support web site at
support.dell.com/manuals.
• Displays realistic icons for various components, modeled by the MD
Storage Array Management Pack.
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Dell Printer Management Pack v4.0:
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This management pack provides performance improvements over the
previous releases by providing a stand-alone management pack for
managing Dell Network printers. The Dell Printer MP supports Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP) v1 and SNMP v2 printers.
5
Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite v4.0:
This management pack:
• Discovers and manages EqualLogic PS Series arrays (devices) with
supported firmware versions.
• Performs inventory of the supported EqualLogic devices, health
monitoring, and roll up of member components.
• Provides the EqualLogic Web console launch task for EqualLogic
groups and EqualLogic member arrays.
• Displays the SNMP based hardware alerts generated by the
EqualLogic devices as part of the
Alerts
view.
• Displays realistic icons for the various components modeled by the
EqualLogic management pack in the
NOTE: For a list of supported Dell devices and supported instrumentation by Dell
management packs, see the readme of the respective Dell management pack.
Diagram
view.
For more information, see the following User's Guides for the management
packs available on the Dell support website at support.dell.com/manuals:
• Dell Server Management Pack Suite v4.0 UG
• Dell PowerVault MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite v4.0 UG
• Dell Client Management Pack v4.0 UG
• Dell Printer Management Pack v4.0 UG
• Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite v4.0 UG
• Dell PRO Management Pack for Virtualized Dell Servers UG
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Features of Dell Performance and Resource Optimization Management Pack 2.0 (PROPack)
The Dell OEM Essentials 2010 solution enables administrators to use a single
console to help centralized management of physical resources and virtualized
business services.
Essentials 2010 Server integrates with the Dell OpenManage suite to simplify
the management of Microsoft Hyper-V virtualized environments based on
Dell servers. This integration is based on Dell PRO Pack capabilities that
allow Dell OpenManage health alerts passed to Essentials as PRO Tips and
recovery actions to be driven from Essentials 2010. Dell PRO Pack recovery
actions minimize downtime of critical services hosted on virtualized Dell
server infrastructures. PRO Pack recommends remedial actions, such as
migration of virtual machines to a healthy host or placing the host in
maintenance mode, depending on the health state of the server host.
Dell Server PRO Pack version 2.0 supports systems running Windows Server
2008 x64 based hypervisors by continuously monitoring the health of the
virtual environment. Dell Server PRO Pack version 2.0 provides option for
live migration of virtual machines (VMs) on Windows 2008 R2 based hosts.
For non R2 hosts, the Quick Migration option is available.
With the unified console of Essentials 2010, the following PRO features are
not directly available.
• If user disables PRO Tips for a host in SCE console, the host status will
change from "monitored" to "not monitored".
• No option to exclude VMs from host level PRO actions, in case of a host
having multiple VMs and the user decides to ignore PRO Tips for selective
Virtual Machines.
• No option for bulk implementation/dismissal of PRO Tips.
• Dell logo may not be displayed as part of the individual events in the PRO
Tips Window.
NOTE: For more information, see the PRO Pack 2.0 User Guide available on the Dell
Support website at support.dell.com/manuals.
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Importing the Dell Management Packs and Dell PRO Management Pack
To import Dell management packs and Dell PRO Pack, use the Essentials
Import Management Pack wizard:
1
Download the management packs from the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com
• Download Dell Management Packs version 4.0 for managing
respective Dell Devices.
• Download Dell PRO Management Pack Version 2.0 for Dell Servers.
NOTE: Use links from "Useful Dell Links and other Resources" on page 31 to
download Dell Management Packs and Dell PRO Management Pack.
NOTE: The management packs are self-extracting .exe and or .msi files.
2
Copy the downloaded files to a destination directory on the hard drive of
your local system.
3
Open the self-extracting .exe or .msi files to extract all of the management
packs.
4
Click
Start Programs System Center Essentials 2010
System Center Essentials Console
5
In the
Operations Console
6
Expand the
select
Import Management Packs
7
Type or browse to the location of the management pack files, which is
usually the same location to which you downloaded and extracted the
contents of the self-extracting
8
Select the management pack/utility you want to import and click
9
The
Import Management Packs
management packs/utilities in the
10
Click
Install
.
, click
Administration
tree, right-click
.exe
to complete the task.
and select
.
Administration
on the navigation pane.
Management Packs
, and
.
file.
Open
screen is displayed with the selected
Import List
.
.
NOTE: Before importing a Dell Management Pack (except Dell PRO Management
Pack) or any utility, ensure that you import the Base Management Pack utility. In the
case of the Dell Server MP, import the Scalable Server MP before importing the
Detailed Server MP or Informational-alerts-On override utility.
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Dell Update Packages and Dell Catalogs for Servers, Business Client Computers
Dell OEM System Center Essentials 2010 allows administrators to view,
download, and deploy Dell Update Packages (DUPs) required by managed
computers.
Dell Updates using Essentials 2010 can be performed using the Dell Catalog
file as well as standalone DUP.
• DUP contains feature enhancements or changes that will help keep your
system software current and compatible for the corresponding system
modules (firmware, BIOS, drivers, and software).
To execute a software deploy task on Dell hardware you should have the
corresponding DUP. DUPs are available on the Support for Small
Businesses
support.dell.com
NOTE: Download and install any prerequisites identified in the dialog window
• Dell Server Update Catalog is a
supported Dell systems, which contain feature enhancements or changes
that help keep your system and software current and compatible for the
corresponding system modules (firmware, BIOS, drivers and software).
To execute and update tasks on Dell hardware you should have Dell Server
Update catalog. These catalogs are available at
or
ftp://ftp.dell.com/catalog
Drivers & Downloads page on the Dell Support website at
.
before proceeding.
.cab
file containing DUPs applicable for all
http://ftp.dell.com/catalog
NOTE: Download and install any prerequisites identified in the dialog window
before proceeding.
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Updating Managed Systems with Dell Catalog Files
To manage updates in Essentials 2010, access the Updates Overview pane by
clicking the Updates button in the Essentials console. The overview pane
allows you to easily view updates, determine which updates are needed by
managed computers, centrally deploy updates to those computers, and view
deployment and other related reports.
In Essentials 2010, you can import catalogs and distribute software and
updates from Dell to your IT environment. Essentials 2010 can detect
available pre-verified partner catalogs based on scans of your environment, or
you can import a catalog from a specified URL. The catalog content provided
by hardware and software vendors is compressed into a .cab file, and usually
signed by a certificate corresponding to that vendor. Use the following
procedures to acquire content from a catalog.
Perform the following steps to import updates from partner catalogs (Dell
Catalogs):
1
In the
Essentials
from partner catalogs in the
2
When the
console, click
Update Catalog Import Wizard
Updates
Updates Overview
and then click
Import updates
pane.
is displayed, click
Next
.
NOTE: A dialog box is displayed that warns you that files downloaded from
the Internet can potentially harm your computer and you must confirm if you
want to continue. Click Yes to proceed.
3
On the
catalog to import a partner updates catalog, select the Dell catalog from
the drop-down list, and click
4
On the
Essentials locates the catalog. A dialog box is displayed with details about
the update source, warning you that content from catalogs can potentially
harm computers. If you trust the source, click
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NOTE: If you choose to import a catalog from a specific URL or file location,
click No. Type the Dell ftp URL (ftp://ftp.dell.com or http://ftp.dell.com) into the
text box provided - and click Next.
Review the Catalog
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.
page, a progress bar is displayed while
Yes
. Import the specified
Yes
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When the catalog has loaded, you can review the list of all importable and
non-importable packages and see details about what each package
contains. When you have finished reviewing the update details, click
Import
6
On the
Essentials imports the updates. When all the updates are imported, click
Finish
The new view you created in the wizard is displayed. The view you create
for software and updates from third-party catalogs provides the same level
of detail as displayed for Microsoft updates, including deployment status
reports.
NOTE: For more information about Update Management with Essentials 2010,
see the “Update Management in Essentials” section in System Center Essentials
2010 Operation Guide available at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/ff603598.aspx.
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.
Import the Catalog
.
page, a progress bar is displayed while
Software Deployment from Software Console of Essentials 2010
Essentials 2010 allows you to centrally deploy software to your managed
computers. Using Essentials 2010, you package the software for deployment,
use computer groups to specify on which computers you want to install the
software, and then run reports to monitor the deployment status. You can
download Software packages from the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com.
Essentials 2010 supports software deployment with .msi and .exe file
extensions.
To deploy software, you need to open Software pane by clicking the Software
button in the Essentials console.
Deploying software to managed computers consists of the following phases:
1
Create a software deployment package
source files that are needed for the deployment, the command line that
installs the software, and other general information required for the
software deployment.
: You must specify the software
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In case you choose not to store updates locally, Essentials 2010 stores the
source files and other package-related files in the default directories which
are
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\SCE\UpdateServicesPackages\<package>
directory, or
Services\UpdateServicesPackages\
2
Select an existing computer group or create a new group that contains the
%PROGRAMFILES%\Update
directory.
computers that you want to deploy the software on.
3
Approve the deployment for the appropriate computer group.
4
View reports and alerts to monitor the progress of the deployment and to
identify and understand problems that caused the software installation to
fail on certain computers.
NOTE: For more information about Software Deployment with Essentials 2010,
see the "Software Deployment in Essentials" section in the System Center
Essentials 2010 Operations Guide available at
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb422945.aspx.
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Useful Links and Resources
Important Essentials 2010 Documentation
•For
• For Essentials supported configuration, see
•For
Release Notes
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=180737
http://technet.microsoft.com/sce
http://www.microsoft.com/sce
System Center Essentials 2010 Operations Guide
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=180739
This guide contains a description of the different operations available in
Essentials 2010. It includes the following:
• Getting Started with Essentials
• Understanding the Essentials Console
• Managing computers and devices in Essentials
• Virtualizing your server environment
• Monitoring in Essentials
• Update managed systems in Essentials
• Software deployment in Essentials
• Reporting in Essentials
• Administration in Essentials
• Authoring in Essentials
• Backup and restore of System Center Essentials
• About Logo Certification for Windows Server 2008 R2
for System Center Essentials 2010, see
, see
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• For System Center Essentials 2010 Deployment Guide, navigate to the
following link:
This guide describes the deployment process for System Center Essentials
2010. It provides step by step instructions for the following:
• System requirements and supported platforms
• Environmental prerequisites and considerations
• Supported deployment topologies
• Troubleshooting your initial Essentials setup and configuration
• Step-by-step instructions for installing Essentials
• Step-by-step instructions for configuring Essentials
• Troubleshooting Issues After Deployment
• Log File Locations for Troubleshooting Essentials 2010
• Step-by-step instructions for uninstalling Essentials
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http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=180738
Microsoft Essentials 2010 Online Resources
• TechNet:
• TechNet Blog:
• TechNet Forums:
US/systemcenteressentials/threads
http://technet.microsoft.com/sce
http://blogs.technet.com/systemcenteressentials/
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-
Essentials 2010 Knowledge Base Articles
To resolve the non-availability of check box for “Download the latest updates
to System Center Essentials 2010" in the installation screen, use
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981950
Host servers running Windows Server 2008 with the Hyper-V role enabled
must have the following updates installed:
• Microsoft KB update 950050
160367
• Microsoft KB update 956589
160370
• Microsoft KB update 956774
160372
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http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=
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Useful Dell Links and other Resources
Dell Management Pack Download Links
• Dell Server Management Pack Suite 4.0:
http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?releaseid=
R237719
• Dell Client Management Pack 4.0:
http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?releaseid=
R245492
• Dell Printer Management Pack 4.0:
http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?releaseid=
R247998
• Dell PowerVault MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite 4.0:
http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?releaseid=
R255600
• Dell EqualLogic Management Pack Suite 4.0:
http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?releaseid=
R266477
• Dell Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO) Management Pack
Version 2.0 from
http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?releaseid=
R252410
• Dell Management Pack documentation containing the User guide and
readme can be found at:
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smconect/msscom/index.
htm
Dell Updates for Dell Server and Dell Client Computers
Dell Update Packages (DUP) are available at http://support.dell.com
Dell Server and Client catalogs are available at
http://ftp.dell.com/catalog (or) ftp://ftp.dell.com/catalog
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Essentials 2010 Best Practices
• To configure Execution Policy implementation on remote cluster
environment, run
command window on all VM hosts on which you run the PRO scripts.
•In the
• If imported updates are declined, then those will be removed from the
• If you have installed the Operating System using the
Windows Computer Tasks in Essentials
Software and Updates Now
available for that particular system.
current view. Also you will not be able to import these updates again from
catalog file. To see declined updates:
a
Right-click
displayed.
b
Select
c
On the dialog box, select
displaying all declined updates.
New Guest Machine
the Essentials Library Server.
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
. This will detect the software and updates
Updates
With Specific Updates
. The
Create New Updates View
and click
Declined Updates
wizard, store the
in the PowerShell
console, run
Any
.
. This creates a
.iso
image of Operating System in
Detect
wizard is
Essentials Create
New View
NOTE: For more information about the best practice for SCE 2010 OEM
Solution, see the System Center Essentials 2010 Operations Guide at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=180739
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Microsoft Scalability Guidelines for Essentials 2010
• Single Server Management Station with minimum recommended
hardware configuration can manage up to 150 computers with SQL
Express database.
• Single Server Management Station with minimum recommended
hardware configuration can manage up to 300 computers with SQL
Standard database.
• Distributed Management Station with minimum recommended hardware
configuration can manage up to 550 computers with SQL Standard
database.
NOTE: For information on minimum hardware requirements for System Center
Essentials, see http://technet.microsoft.com/hiin/systemcenter/essentials/bb422876(en-us).aspx
Configuring PRO Tips to Filter them based on Severity
You can set the severity level of the PRO Tips that you want to monitor and
implement to:
• Warning and Critical or
• Critical only
For more information about filtering PRO tips, see
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff678231.aspx
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Configure Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO) Tips
To use Essentials 2010 for PRO Manageability features, you must configure
Performance Resource Optimization (PRO) Tips using Windows Power
Shell. You can configure PRO to allow monitoring and automatic or manual
implementation for critical and warning PRO Tips. Also, you can turn off
monitoring and implementation of PRO tips. For instructions on how to
enable this functionality of PRO Tips, see
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=190539
Enable or Disable a Host for VM Placement
In Essentials 2010, you can enable or disable a computer for placement as a
virtual machine host by using Windows Power Shell scripts.
Supported Dell Hardware
• All x8xx to xx1x PowerEdge and PowerVault systems as managed devices
• All x9xx to xx1x PowerEdge systems as management station
• Dell Remote Access Controllers—DRAC 4, DRAC 5, DRAC/MC, iDRAC
6 Modular, iDRAC 6 Monolithic and Chassis Management Controllers
(CMC)—part of the Dell PowerEdge/PowerVault Server systems
• All currently shipping client systems—Latitude, Optiplex, and Precision
systems
• Dell Network Printers mentioned as supported in the Dell Printer
Management Pack Readme
• Dell PowerVault Modular Storage Devices, such as MD 3000, MD 3000i
and daisy-chained MD 1000
• All currently shipping Dell EqualLogic PS Series Arrays mentioned as
supported in the Dell EqualLogic Management Pack Suite Readme
NOTE: For the list of Supported Dell Systems and Devices, Dell OpenManage
versions and device firmware related information, see the Readme of the
respective Dell Management Pack available on the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com/manuals.
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