Announce: OME 2.0 now available

Folks,

I'm a bit tardy getting this post up.  Be sure to head over to delltechcenter.com/ome to get the details on OME 2.0 and the new server / chassis configuration feature set.  

The OME Core features are still free like they are today.  We've added a new upsell feature to help in configuring your Chassis and Servers in a one to many fashion.  This feature is enabled with a new type of iDRAC license.

There is a whitepaper out there today and soon, a few videos that will help show how this feature can benefit you.  Those videos should be up in a week or two.  The whitepaper is called: Deployment and Managing Configurations with Dell OpenManage Essentials, so check it out.

Thanks for using and supporting OME,

Rob

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Key new features available with Dell OpenManage Essentials v2.0: 

• Support for the new 13^th generation PowerEdge servers
• Guided discovery wizard that simplifies and speeds server discovery and setup operations
• Deployment and update of iDRAC Service Modules (ISM)
• Removal of OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) dependencies when updating pre-11^th generation PowerEdge servers and windows drivers
• Enhanced scalability to support 4,000 devices and 40,000 alerts in the console
• Launch the virtual console of an IDRAC configured for Single Sign-On (SSO)
• Additional inventory and reporting data
• Displayof Warranty pop-up notification for devices
• Deploy 64-bit Dell Update Packages (DUPs)
• Server Configuration Management - available as a fee-based license for use with 12G/13G iDRAC Enterprise or iDRAC Express

• • Template-based server/chassis configuration and OS deployment for bare-metal 12G/13G PowerEdge servers
  • Automated detection and notification of PowerEdge server(s)/chassis’ drift from a customer-defined  baseline configuration during server operation
  • Boot a system from a network-mounted ISO using iDRAC
  • Licenses are available at server point of sale (POS) as well as after point of sale (APOS)   
  • Feature/functionality is activated by entering the Server Configuration Management license key on iDRAC Enterprise or iDRAC Express