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Systems Management Guide 9
Management Station Setup
The Management Station is the system from which one or more systems
running ESXi will be managed. The management station can also be used to
manage systems not running ESXi. The management station is required to
support some but not all of the identified use cases, and typically contains the
following set of management tools:
• IT Assistant
• Baseboard Management Utilities
• VMware Infrastructure Remote Command Line Interface (RCLI)
•
VMware Infrastructure Client
• VMware VirtualCenter Server (optional)
Based on number of systems and devices to be managed and the hardware
configuration of the management station, it may be desirable to install IT
Assistant and VirtualCenter Server on separate systems. Figure 1-2 shows the
various components required to manage ESXi on PowerEdge Servers.
Figure 1-2. Systems Management Components in VMware ESXi
Refer to the following documents to install and configure the management
tools:
• IT Assistant User's Guide: support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/
smitasst