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Announcements

01/10/2013 - Well it's been a heck of a year. We have grown from almost no visitors to nearly 600 page loads /month. I have herd from a few of you on things to add but I would like to hear more. Please use the submit button if you are not finding what you are looking for and let me know.
01/25/2013 - InfoWorld “Technology of the Year Award” goes to . .DELL! Wait - make that THREE awards! Dell PowerEdge M1000e Blade Chassis, Dell PowerEdge C6220 Cloud Server and Dell EqualLogic PS6110XS iSCSI SAN systems have all been honored: InfoWorld 1, InfoWorld 2, InfoWorld 3

General

  1. General Information
  2. Dell Worldwide Home page - Launching point for any Dell information.
  3. Dell Enterprise Technology Center - A Community of IT Professionals
  4. Dell Power Calculator - Calculate the power profile for rack and blade servers
  5. Dell 12G Intel Memory Configurator - Web based gui to help configure memory for Intel's Sandybridge CPU's
  6. Dell PowerEdge ROI Calculator - Calculate ROI for a single server or a whole datacenter powered by Alinean
  7. Dell Warranty lookup - Check the status of your Dell Warranty via the service tag number
  8. Dell Driver Downloads - Download Drivers with Service Tag, Model Number or Support login.
  9. Dell Service Contracts - Description of Dell warranty, service and support contracts
  10. iDRAC Information - Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) selection matrix
  11. Dell Power Solutions Magazine - Read the latest Dell Online Power Solutions Magazine
  12. OS Support Matrix - Operating System Support Matrix for Dell PowerEdge Systems
  13. VMware Documents - VMware documents for Dell PowerEdge Servers
  14. Memory Upgrade Document - Document for upgrading Intel 5500 and 5600 series memory
  15. 4k Tansition whitepaper - 4k Harddrive Transition Whitepaper from Seagate
  16. Dell FTP Worldwide Home Site - Launching point for any Dell FTP Downloads.
  17. Visio Stencils - Visio Cafe Stencils for Dell
  18. Visio Stencils - Visio Stencils on Dell.com
  19. Dell DPACK Download - Get the latest Dell data collector packaged for Windows/VMware/Linux
  20. Basic Dell Driver & Firmware download - Basic Dell Driver & Firmware download without having to enter TAG number
  21. Dell Tech Direct - One portal for parts dispatching and support case management
  22. Enterprise System Management Information
  23. Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager (AIM) - Scalent Infrastructure Solutions and Management
  24. Dell Virtual Integrated System (VIS) Architecture - Virtual Integrated System (VIS).
  25. Dell KACE Family Overview - Launching point for any KACE information
  26. Dell OpenManage Products - Dell OpenManage Downloads Explained
  27. Dell Power Center Download page - Dell Power Center Node Manager for 12G servers
  28. Dell iDRAC Manual Download page - Download Page for downloading different versions of the iDRAC manuals
  29. Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 6.5 - Command Line Interface Guide
  30. VMWare Vcenter Plugin - Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter
  31. Dell OME Download - Dell OpenManage™ Essentials v1.0 is now available globally for Open Evaluation to all Dell customers
  32. Delltech Center OME Link - For additional OME information and updates (including FAQ, Readme, Whitepapers and Installation Guidelines)

Dell OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center downloads

  1. Microsoft SCCM Plugin - Dell OpenManage Deployment Tools for Microsoft System Center
  2. Microsoft SCCM Plugin - Dell Server Management Pack Suite 5.0.1
  3. Microsoft SCCM Plugin - Dell Client Management Pack 4.1
  4. Microsoft SCCM Plugin - Dell Printer Management Pack 4.1
  5. Microsoft SCCM Plugin - Dell PowerVault MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite 4.1
  6. Microsoft SCCM Plugin - Dell EqualLogic Management Pack Suite 4.1
  7. Microsoft SCCM Plugin - Dell Server Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO) Management Pack Version 2.1
  8. Microsoft SCCM Management Documentation - Dell Management Pack Documentation containing User Guides and Readme files
  9. Microsoft SCCM Plugin - Dell Server Deployment Pack Suite 2.0
  10. Microsoft SCCM Plugin - Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for ConfigMgr 2.0.1
  11. Dell Server Deployment Pack - DELL Client Integration Pack (DCIP) for Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
  12. Dell Client Integration - Dell Client Integration Pack 2.0

HP Systems Insight Manager Documentation

  1. How to manage non-HP x86 Windows servers with HP SIM - HP whitepaper on managing non-HP servers with HP SIM
  2. HP Systems Insight Manager Glossary - Glossary of Systems Insight Manager terms and calls
  3. Linux Trap ID and SNMP Traps - Linux Trap ID and SNMP Trap – Reference Guide
  4. HP SIM release notes and various guides - A link to a list of other HP Guides
  5. PowerEdge Rack Server Information
  6. Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers Home page - PowerEdge 1U, 2U & 4U Server Launch page
  7. Dell Rack Server Manuals - Rack server documentation, manuals, specifications, and installation guides
  8. PERC Information - The DellTM PERC (PowerEdgeTM RAID Controller) family of enterprise-class controllers
  9. Poweredge C firmware - Poweredge C Latest firmware
  10. Dell PowerEdge C Server System Management - TOOLS Dell PowerEdge C Server System Management
  11. Rack Best Practices Guide - DELL Best Practices guide for PE2420 and PE4220
  12. PowerEdge Blade Server Information
  13. Dell PowerEdge Blade Servers - PowerEdge Blade Servers Home page
  14. Blade Server Chassis Switches - Dell PowerConnect™, Brocade and Cisco® switches
  15. Dell Blade Server Manuals - Blade server documentation, manuals, specifications, and installation guides
  16. Blades Made Simple - Independent Blade Server Review
  17. YouTube - Dell PowerEdge m1000e Chassis Management Controller 3.0 Demo
  18. Quadport Capable Hardware for the M1000e Modular Chassis - Bladechassis Port Map Whitepaper
  19. EqualLogic Storage Information
  20. Dell EqualLogic Family Overview - Launching point for any EqualLogic information
  21. EqualLogic Documents - EqualLogic Manuals and Documents
  22. Compellent Storage Information
  23. Compellent Overview - Launching point for any Compellent information
  24. Compellent Architecture - Fluid Data architecture enables Compellent network storage
  25. Compellent Product solution - Storage Center 5.4: Enterprise Storage That Scales
  26. Networking Solutions
  27. All PowerConnect "How To" - Collection of How To documents for Dell Networking
  28. Networking Overview - Launching point for Networking Technologies
  29. Dell Network Core Switches - Core Networking switches overview
  30. Dell Aggregration Switches - Aggregration switches
  31. Dell Access Switches - Dell Access/Edge Switches
  32. OMNM Download Page - Open Managed Network Manager Download Page
  33. Dell HPC Solutions
  34. PowerEdge C1100 - Dell PowerEdge C1100 Homepage
  35. PowerEdge C2100 - Dell PowerEdge C2100 Homepage
  36. PowerEdge C6100 - Dell PowerEdge C6100 Homepage
  37. PowerEdge C6145 - Dell PowerEdge C6145 Homepage
  38. PowerEdge C6145 server testimonial - Savtia Press release on Dell PowerEdge C6145 server with Tesla M2070
  39. PowerEdge C410 - PowerEdge C410 3U External PCIe expansion chassis
  40. PowerEdge C5125 - Dell PowerEdge C5125 Microservers Homepage

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