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SYSTEMS MANAGEMENTSingle sign-on. The Sign-On option on Windows systems enablesall logged-in users to bypass the login page and access ITA by clickingon the IT Assistant icon on their desktop. To allow single sign-on forITA, administrators should perform the following steps:1. In Microsoft Internet Explorer, go to Tools>Internet Optionson the menu bar.2. In the Internet Options pop-up window, select the Security tab.3. Select the “Trusted sites” security zone (the ITA system fallswithin this category).4. Click the Custom Level button.5. Under “User Authentication,” select the “Automatic logonwith current username and password” radio button.Changes from previous versions of IT AssistantThis section explains the feature sets in ITA 7 that differ fromprevious versions of ITA. It also explains best practices for migratingprevious versions of ITA to ITA 7 for the changed feature sets, includinginstallation, database migration, custom groups and event filters,device view, application launch, management of discovered devices,browser setup, paging configuration, and group configuration.Installation. The ITA installation program will no longer, bydefault, install the Microsoft database engine required by ITA if theengine is absent from the system. Rather, the prerequisite complianceprogram for the installer will report the absence of a default instanceof SQL Server or MSDE and will provide a link, which will install adefault instance of MSDE. ITA 7 is designed to install quickly, oftenin a fraction of the time required by previous versions of ITA.Database migration. The database schema in ITA 7 is completelyredesigned, which makes the database schema betweenprevious ITA versions and ITA 7 incompatible. Hence, an upgradeto ITA 7 from previous versions will not preserve all the databasesettings. However, a few settings can be preserved during theupgrade to ITA 7:• Global configuration settings• Discovery range settings• Configured event action settings from the Event Managementsystemprevious ITA versions. The Logs tab in previous versions of ITA isnow replaced with the Alerts Logs and ESM Logs tabs. The Detailstab is available by going to Tools>User Preferences on the menubar, selecting the View Preferences tab, and clicking the check boxadjacent to “Enable Details tab in the Device Tree View.”Application launch. In earlier ITA versions, the application launchpoint existed on the status page of the device view under each of theelement managers. ITA 7 provides a consolidated launch point for varioussystems management applications: Server Administrator for servers;Client Connector for clients; the PowerConnect console for switches;the console for digital KVM switches; the Array Manager console; andthe RAC console for devices such as the Dell Remote Assistant Card II(DRAC II), Dell Remote Access Card III (DRAC III), Dell Remote AccessController 4 (DRAC 4), Embedded Remote Access (ERA) controller,and the ERA/MC controller. It also provides a launch point for RemoteDesktop Connection, SOL Proxy, and Telnet. These applications can belaunched from within ITA using one of the following methods:• Select a device in the device tree view and right-click to viewthe action menu. The action menu can also be accessed byselecting Actions>Application Launch on the menu bar.• Select a device icon in the topology view and right-click toview the action menu. The action menu can also be accessedby selecting Actions>Application Launch on the menu bar.Management of discovered devices. Because the status pageis not available in ITA 7 for any discovered devices, administratorscannot reset configurable thresholds on temperature probes, fanprobes, or voltage probes—nor can they change asset tags on thediscovered devices in ITA via the status page. However, administratorscan configure these thresholds using the following methods:• To configure a single device, right-click on the device iconin the device tree view and select “Application Launch.”The device tree view can also be accessed by selectingActions>Application Launch on the menu bar. Select theCustom groups and event filters. Custom groups and event filterswill not be preserved during an upgrade from a previous versionof ITA. The discovered individual devices will not be visible via ITA7 the first time; a discovery will need to be initiated to rediscoverthese devices. Custom groups will need to be reconfigured. TheEvent Management system will preserve only the configured eventactions, while the event filters will need to be reconfigured.Device view. The device view includes the Summary, Alert Logs,and ESM Logs (when applicable) tabs by default (see Figure 2).The Status, Asset Info, and Users tab are not included, unlike inFigure 2. Default ITA device view pagewww.dell.com/powersolutions Reprinted from Dell Power Solutions, August 2005. Copyright © 2005 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. DELL POWER SOLUTIONS 31