Setup Guide

Introduction to the Dell OpenManage Plug-in
Version 1.0 for Nagios Core
This guide provides information about the software requirements, system requirements, and the steps to install and uninstall the
Dell OpenManage Plug-in Version 1.0 for Nagios Core.
This plug-in provides capabilities to monitor 12th and later generations of Dell PowerEdge servers in the data center through the
agent-free method by using Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller (LC).
This plug-in provides features as mentioned in Table 1.
Table 1. Key features
Feature Functionality
Device Discovery
Discovers 12th and later generations of Dell PowerEdge servers through iDRAC
with LC using the agent-free method of monitoring. Once the discovery is
complete, host and service definitions are created for each device.
You can opt for either SNMP or WS-MAN protocol for device discovery based on
your requirement.
Device Information
Displays information about the discovered device (service tag, server model,
iDRAC firmware version, hostname, operating system name or version, and so
on) and its components (Fully Qualified Device Descriptor, 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 the device information provided by the plug-in, see
Device Information in the Dell OpenManage Plug-in Version 1.0 for Nagios Core
User’s Guide.
Monitor overall health of Dell devices
Monitors the overall health of Dell devices in a scheduled or periodic manner.
Component level health of Dell devices
Monitors health of the server components (physical drives, virtual drives, fans,
battery, server intrusion status, server network device status, and so on) and
displays the information about the Dell device components at scheduled time
intervals.
Monitor SNMP alerts
Monitors SNMP alerts for Dell devices. This feature displays only the last received
SNMP alert.
Launching iDRAC console
Launches the respective iDRAC console to further troubleshoot and manage the
supported Dell devices.
This plug-in supports Nagios Core versions 3.5.0 and later.
Before installing Dell OpenManage Plug-in Version 1.0 for Nagios Core, download the latest documents from dell.com/
omconnectionsEnterpriseSystemsManagement or dell.com/openmanagemanuals for the latest information about this
product.
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