POWER SOLUTIONS

POWERSOLUTIONSTHE MAGAZINE FOR DIRECT ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONSAUGUST 2005EDITOR’S COMMENTS6 Relational BlissBy Tom Kolnowski52 Using the DRAC 4 and Dell OpenManage DTKin Remote Deployments Without a PXE ServerBy Alan Brumley and Anusha RagunathanSYSTEMS MANAGEMENT14 Introducing Dell OpenManage IT AssistantBy Sudhir Shetty56 Updating the Dell PowerEdge 1855 Blade ServerChassis and Server BladesBy Narayan Devireddy and Ruoting Huang19 Guidelines for Deploying and TroubleshootingRemote Software Updates withDell OpenManage IT AssistantBy Bradley Bransom and Tobin Rysenga24 Software Change Management UsingDell OpenManage IT AssistantBy Sudhir Shetty, Steve Heracleous, and Rohit Sharma29 Best Practices for Migratingto Dell OpenManage IT AssistantBy Krishna Mohan and Scott Thomas33 Deploying Dell OpenManage Server Administratorwith Altiris Deployment SolutionBy Bernard Briggs and Kit Lou38 Advancing the Update Process for Dell ServerComponents Using Altiris Patch Managementand Deployment ToolsBy Todd Mitchell, Hector Valenzuela, Kevin Winert, and Landon HaleCOVER STORY | PAGE 8Take Control withDell Systems ManagementBy Paul Rubin and Terry MyersThe Dell OpenManage suite, a comprehensive set ofindustry standards–based tools included with DellPowerEdge systems, is designed to automate server andclient management functions—thereby helping to simplifyIT operations throughout the complete system life cycle.In addition, this Dell tool set works with a wide variety ofintegrated, standards-based management solutions fromkey Dell partners such as Altiris and Microsoft. Workingtogether, these solutions can enable administratorsto respond quickly and flexibly to fast-changing ITrequirements, freeing valuable resources to focus onstrategic business initiatives.42 Time-Savings Validation for Dell Server Deploymentwith Altiris Deployment SolutionBy Todd Mitchell and Landon Hale46 LANDesk Server Manager: EnhancingStandards-Based Manageability for Dell ServersBy Roger Foreman, Landon Hale, and Kimber H. Barton49 Quick and Easy Hardware Diagnostics forDell PowerEdge and PowerEdge SC ServersBy Harish Jayakumar and Karthik RajagopalanSimplifying data center operations with Dell’s flexible,industry-standard systems management suiteReprinted from Dell Power Solutions, August 2005. Copyright © 2005 Dell Inc. All rights reserved.