Install Guide

Introduction to Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in
Version 3.1 for Nagios Core
This guide provides information about the software requirements, and the steps to install, upgrade, and uninstall the Dell EMC
OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.1 for Nagios Core.
This plug-in provides capabilities to monitor Dell EMC devices in environments managed by Nagios Core. Also providing you complete
hardware-level visibility of Dell EMC devices, including overall and component-level health monitoring. The Nagios plug-in provides basic
inventory information and event monitoring of Dell EMC devices. Supporting one-to-one web console launch of the supported Dell EMC
devices for further troubleshooting, configuration, and management activities.
The Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.1 for Nagios Core supports the following Dell EMC devices:
• iDRAC9 based PowerEdge Servers
• 12th Generation and 13th Generation PowerEdge Servers through the agent-free method by using Integrated Dell Remote Access
Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller (LC)
• OEM Servers
• Datacenter Scalable Solutions (DSS)
• Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) Platforms - Dell EMC VxRail, Dell EMC VxFlex, Dell EMC XC Series
• PowerEdge FX2/FX2s chassis, PowerEdge VRTX chassis, and PowerEdge M1000e and MX7000 chassis
• EqualLogic PS-Series Storage Arrays, PowerVault MD 34/38 , ME4 Storage Arrays and Dell Compellent SC-Series Storage Arrays
• Dell EMC Network Switches
For more details on device support, see Support matrix in the “Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.1 for Nagios Core User’s Guide.”
Table 1. Key features
Feature Functionality
Device Discovery
Discovers Dell EMC devices and oxnce the discovery is complete, host, and service
definitions are created for each device
Discovering Dell EMC servers through iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller is done either
using SNMP, WSMan protocol, Redfish protocols.
Dell EMC storage and Dell EMC Network Switch discovery is supported using SNMP
protocol.
Dell EMC chassis discovery is supported using WSMan protocol.
Dell EMC MX7000 modular chassis and ME4 Storage Arrays are supported by REST.
Security Enhancement
Enhanced security with AES 256-bit based password encryption in host definition files
Device Information
Displays information about the discovered device such as Service Tag, Firmware
Version, Device Name, Device Model, and so on, after a device discovery is successful,
you can view this information in the Hosts or the Services view in the Nagios Core
console.
For more information about device services and their description, see Device
Information in the Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.1 for Nagios Core User’s
Guide.
Monitor overall health of Dell EMC devices.
Monitors the overall health of Dell EMC devices
Component level health of Dell EMC devices
Monitors health of the Dell EMC device components such as Physical Disks, Power
Supply, Temperature Probe and Voltage Probe and displays the information about the
respective components.
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