Announcing ASM 8.0
ASM 8.0 and All That Jazz
Jazzisaboutcreativityandinnovation,inspiredimprovisationcombinedwithskillfultechnique.ThespiritofjazzhasalsobeenoneoftheinspirationsforActiveSystemManager (TemporarypageASM),whichhasusedthenamesofjazziconsforitsprojectcodenames.InJuneofthisyearwereleasedBrubeck,betterknownasASM7.6.TodaywearepleasedtoannounceColtrane,akaASM8.0.
ThisreleaseisdesignedtoacceleratetheonboardinganddeploymentofITinfrastructureandtoenableamorecomprehensivelifecyclemanagementapproachforITadministrators.
ASM8.0isthelatestreleaseofDell’sunifiedsystemmanagementandautomationplatform,whichenablesITadministratorstoaccelerateservicedeliveryandimproveefficiencyinanumberofways,includingtheabilityto:
- Getupandrunningquickly,withenhanceddiscoveryandinitialconfiguration,andwizard-drivenautomationofserver,chassis,andIOnetworkcomponentonboarding.
- Efficientlymanageinfrastructurelifecycle,withcomprehensivefirmwaremanagement,compliancemonitoring,andupdates.
- Easilydeploy,manage,andscaleITservices,withautomatedprovisioning,scalingofresourcesupanddown,anddecommissioningofservicestorecoverresources.
- Defineandmanageuseraccesslevelsandpermissions,withrolebasedaccesscontrolforusersandadministrators.
- Supportthenew13thgenerationPowerEdgeservers,aswellasothercompatibilitylistadditions
ASM8.0featuresawizard-drivenautomationprocessforthediscoveryandinitialconfiguration
ofchassis,bladeservers,andIOnetworkingmodulesthatsavesadministratorshundredsof
stepsandhoursordaysoftimewhenonboardingnewinfrastructure.
ActiveSystemManager8.0FeaturesandBenefits
ThenewcapabilitiesofASM8.0allowyouto:
Getupandrunningquickly:
- StreamlineinstallationoftheASMvirtualappliancewithfastandreliableinstallationproceduresandcustomerself-installationinmanycases
- LeveragenewcapabilitiesbuiltintotheASMappliance,includingDHCPandPXEservers
- UsethenewUI-basedrepositorymanagementforOSandfirmwarefilesandautomatedimagepreparationforOSimages
Deploynewresourceswithspeedandconfidence:
- Accelerateonboardingofbladeservers,chassis,andchassisIOnetworkingdeviceswithaguidedworkflowandwizard-driveninterface
- Simplifythediscoveryandinventoryprocessandautomatetheinitialsystemconfiguration
- Defineandapply:
- Commonglobalanduniquechassisconfigurationsettings
- Uniquebladeserverconfigurationsettings,includingiDRACusers
- DefaultconfigurationforchassisIOmodules(IOAandMXLswitches)
- UplinkportconfigurationsforIOAandMXLswitches
Defineandmanagefirmwareefficientlyfromasinglepointofcontrol:
- Definefirmwarebaselinesandlineupsforservers,networking,andstorageresources
- UseDellfirmwarecompatibilitylineupsandleverageDellRepositoryManagerorFTP.dell.comrepositories
- Applyfirmwareforserversandnetworkingresourcesatinitialonboarding,frominventory,whendeployingnewservices,orinliveservices
- Monitorfordriftandcomplianceandprovidenotificationandremediation
EasilyscaleandmanageITservicesthroughouttheirlifecycle:
- Effortlesslydeprovisionorteardownservicesandtheirinfrastructurecomponents,includingservers,VMs,clusters,networkconnections,andstorageallocations.
- Releaseunusedcomponentsbackintoresourcepools
- Scaleindividualresourceswithinadeployedserviceupordown,orremoveandreleaseresources,tooptimizecapacityandutilization
- Monitorreal-timehealthstatusofresourcesinboththeresourceinventoryandsystemdashboardviews
Defineandmanageuseraccesslevelstobroadensystemadoption:
- Securelyrestrictaccountaccesstoauthorizeduserswithrole-basedaccesscontrol
- Easilycreateusersandassignthemtobuilt-inrolesforstandardusersandadministrators
- Experienceastreamlinedandsimplifiedinterfaceforstandardusers
- Publishtemplatesanddeployservicesforallorspecificusers
ExpandedcompatibilityincludingPowerEdge13thgenerationservers
ASM8.0deliversanexpandedcompatibilitylistthatincludes,mostimportantly,supportforthenewDellPowerEdge13thgenerationserverportfolio,includingthePowerEdgeR730,R730xd,andR630servers.Inaddition,ASM8.0includessupportforDellSC4020storagearrays,plusFCoEsupportforCiscoNexusswitches,addingtoitsalreadydiverseandheterogeneouscompatibilitylist.
ASM8.0notonlysupportstheDellPowerEdge13thgenerationserverportfolio,itenhancesandaugmentsthecoreprinciplesofthenewserverfamily,includingapplicationdeliveryandperformance,empoweringworkloadsinanyenvironment,andsimplifyingITsystemsmanagement.
ASMdeliverstop-down,service-centricautomationtotheDellenterprisesystemsmanagementportfolio,andcomplementsDell’selementmanagerproducts,includingtheOpenManageportfolio,byenablingtheend-to-endautomationofworkloadsandphysicalandvirtualinfrastructureacrossserver,networking,andstorageresources.Withitssimpleyetpowerfultemplate-basedprovisioningapproach,DellActiveSystemManagerprovidesanintuitiveuserexperiencethatdeliversagility,efficiency,andqualitytoITorganizationsworldwide.
Andthat’snojive.