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DELL OPENMANAGE(TM) IT ASSISTANT VERSION 6.5.3 README

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NOTE: This readme provides information for Dell OpenManage 
      IT Assistant version 6.5.3.

IT Assistant is the premier Dell OpenManage systems management 
application for managing and monitoring Simple Network Management 
Protocol (SNMP), Desktop Management Interface (DMI), and Common 
Information Model (CIM)-instrumented systems. IT Assistant is 
designed for system administrators to remotely manage networked 
Dell systems equipped with SNMP, CIM, and DMI instrumentation.

This document contains the latest update information for Dell
OpenManage IT Assistant version 6.5.3. IT Assistant 6.5.3 is a 
Service Pack Update for IT Assistant 6.5. IT Assistant 6.5.3 also 
contains all of the changes and fixes added to previous IT Assistant 
Service Packs. 

For the latest version of this readme documentation, see the Dell
Support website at "support.dell.com".

NOTE: Some procedures described in this document require you to
      specify file locations (paths) according to an example. All
      example paths specified in this document refer to the default
      file location. If you specify paths other than the defaults
      during installation, use those paths instead of the examples
      specified in this document.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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* Criticality

* Minimum Requirements

* Release Highlights

* Installation

* User Notes 

* Known Issues

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CRITICALITY
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2 - Recommended

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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
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The following subsections list operating systems that are compatible 
with the IT Assistant interface and the IT Assistant services.

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IT Assistant User Interface
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* Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 2000 SP3 or SP4 
  (Professional and Server Editions)

* Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1

* Microsoft Windows Server 2003

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IT Assistant Services
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* Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3 or SP4 (Professional and Server Editions)

* Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1

* Microsoft Windows Server 2003


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RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS
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Dell OpenManage(TM) Service Pack for IT Assistant

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Changes in IT Assistant 6.5.3 that were included in previous IT 
Assistant Service Packs
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* Added discrete sensor support and events for the latest hardware
  platforms.

* Added support for the Server Administrator enhanced
  Storage Management Service.

* Added support for the user configurable launch port for 
  Remote Access Cards.


NOTE: The IT Assistant 6.5.1, 6.5.2, or 6.5.3 Service Pack is mandatory
      to manage Dell PowerEdge(TM) 7250 systems. 

NOTE: The IT Assistant 6.5.2 or greater Service Pack is mandatory to 
      manage Dell PowerEdge "x8xx" systems.

NOTE: IT Assistant 6.5.3 is a Service Pack and can only be applied to 
      systems that have IT Assistant 6.5 or an IT Assistant 
      Service Pack installed.

NOTE: You do not need to have previous IT Assistant Service Packs
      installed before installing the IT Assistant 6.5.3 Service Pack.

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The following issues are corrected in IT Assistant 6.5.3:
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* An issue that resulted in (2) Array Manager traps incorrectly 
  represented as "Informational" rather than "Warning" was fixed.

* An issue where an IT Assistant User Interface only installation 
  was incorrectly blocking an OpenManage Network Node Manager 
  installation was fixed.


NOTE: The fixes listed below were included in previous IT Assistant
      Service Packs.

* A memory leak was fixed in the IT Assistant User Interface. 
  This issue occurred when a large number of alerts were received 
  by the management station.

* A Network Address Translation (NAT) issue that resulted in managed 
  systems not being discovered was corrected.

* An exception that resulted after the "IT Assistant Refresh" button 
  was selected after a console refresh (right mouse click – refresh) 
  was fixed.

* An IT Assistant connection service crash that was caused by a 
  complex IT Assistant event filter (resulting in a large filter 
  query string) was fixed.

* The default values in the event filter time range selection were 
  changed to select the whole day.

* IT Assistant can now launch the DRAC II console, which is generated
  from a web server and is accessible via a web browser.

* IT Assistant now supports discovery of Class B networks.

* An issue where extra characters were displayed in the Alert/Event 
  log was fixed.

* A Java.lang error seen during the "get inventory" process was fixed 
  in this release.

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INSTALLATION
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The IT Assistant 6.5.3 Service Pack can only be applied to a system 
with IT Assistant 6.5 or a previous IT Assistant Service Pack already
installed. If you have downloaded the service pack from the 
Dell Support website at "support.dell.com", click "setup.exe" and 
follow the installation 
instructions.

* See the IT Assistant version 6.5 readme for additional 
  IT Assistant 6.5 installation and uninstallation issues.

NOTE: You do not need to have a previous IT Assistant Service Pack 
      installed before installing IT Assistant 6.5.3. 
      IT Assistant 6.5.3 is a cumulative Service Pack that includes 
      all of the changes included in previous IT Assistant Service 
      Packs.

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USER NOTES
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This section provides information to help you use IT Assistant:

NOTE: The total physical memory size of a managed system that is
      discovered using the CIM protocol will reflect only the amount 
      of memory available to the Microsoft operating system.  For 
      example, if you have six DIMMs in a spare bank configuration on 
      a Dell PowerEdge 2800, Windows only reports the size of four
      DIMMs instead of the size of the entire six DIMMs.

NOTE: When creating a BIOS header file (*.hdr) for a remote BIOS
      flash, if the system you want to flash is a PowerEdge "x8xx"
      system, you must increase the extended memory available to
      the DOS program. 

      To increase the available memory perform the following steps:

      1. Close all DOS command prompts

      2. Right click on the _DEFAULT file in the WINNT or WINDOWS 
         directory and select Properties

      3. From the Properties window, select the Memory tab
      
      4. Increase amount of Extended (XMS) memory to a minimum of
         3072 kilobytes

NOTE: When configuring networks for discovery, IT Assistant supports 
      the entry of an "*" or "0-255" range for the last two octets of 
      an IP address range. However, you should exclude the network and
      broadcast addresses of the network address range as IT Assistant
      will not automatically detect a broadcast or an invalid address
      when performing discovery. 

      For example, for Class C networks, the last valid IP octet range
      is 1-254 (example: x.y.z.1-254); the end points 0 and 255 are 
      not valid IP addresses and should be excluded.

      If using an "*" as your range for the last octet, the invalid 
      end point IP addresses can be excluded by entering IP exclusion 
      range(s) into IT Assistant; if entering the range explicitly, 
      you must make sure not to include the invalid end point IP 
      addresses as part of the range.

* For more information, see the readme for IT Assistant 6.5.

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KNOWN ISSUES
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* See the readme for IT Assistant 6.5.

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Information in this document is subject to change without notice.
(C) 2003-2004 Dell Inc. All rights reserved.

Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission 
of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden.

Trademarks used in this text: "Dell", "PowerEdge", and 
"Dell OpenManage" are trademarks of Dell Inc.; "Microsoft", "Windows", 
"Windows 2000","Windows XP", and "Windows Server" are registered 
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer 
to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products.  
Dell Inc. disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade 
names other than its own.

August 2004