Today Dell announced the new 1.1 release of OpenManage Essentials, our free monitoring solution that allows for full discovery, inventory, health monitoring, alerting and system updates without having to install additional agents. This release is available now and delivers dozens of new improvements over v1.0.1 including the following
- Agent-free hardware inventory for Dell 11G and 12G servers
- Agent-free system updates (e.g., BIOS, firmware) for Dell 11G and 12G servers
- Dell SupportAssist extension for proactive “phone home” hardware issue resolution
- Discover, Inventory, monitor health, and view logs of Dell clients (i.e., desktops, portables)
- Discover, Inventory, and monitor health of Dell Force 10 Switches, Dell PDU and UPS devices
- Discover and collect limited inventory Linux servers via SSH
To learn more about these new features and to talk directly to the team that develops OpenManage Essentials, join our chat at 3PM Central US time on October 30th, 2012 @
For more information about OpenManage Essentials, visit
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