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BMC's IPMI over LAN interface for limited network discovery and health

monitoring. Its event console can also receive and act upon SNMP Platform

Event Traps (PETs) that are generated by the BMC.

Figure 1-1. Systems Management Overview With VMware ESXi

The following table lists the common use cases in systems management and

the tools used to perform the task:

Use Case

Deployment and

Configuration

Tools Needed

VMware ESXi comes pre-installed on Dell PowerEdge servers.

There is no need to utilize the System Build and Update Utility

(SBUU) to install ESXi. Note that the SBUU does not create or

install Virtual Machine (VM) images.

The Dell Deployment Toolkit (DTK) and SBUU may be used to

configure the BIOS, storage, and DRAC prior to booting into

ESXi. The server can also be configured at boot time by pressing

<F2> to enter BIOS setup, <Ctrl><M> to configure the RAID

controller, and <Ctrl><E> to configure the BMC/DRAC

features.

Systems Management Guide