Users Guide

Options Description
--force
--force rewrites the config file.
--warranty.criticalDays
Warranty critical days Allowed value is [1-365]. Default value is 10.
NOTE: The value of Warranty critical days should be less
than Warranty warning days.
--warranty.warningDays
Warranty warning days Allowed value is [1-365]. Default value is
30.
--nagios.type
Decides the output format of the host file Allowed options are 0
for .cfg format and 1 for .xml format.
Default values are 0.
--addservices
Adding services for monitoring at host or host group level.
--removeservices
Removing services from monitoring at host or host group level.
--hostgroup
Adding or removing services at host group level
--excludeinstance
To exclude instance of a component during monitoring
--service
Used along with excludeinstance while providing component name
--listservices
To list services of host or multiple hosts(using -File,--subnet) or
hostgroup
Table 15. Dell EMC Device Helper Utility Mandatory Parameters
--host
These parameters define the value of the Dell EMC device to be
discovered.
--filename
--subnet
--snmp.version
This parameter is mandatory for a Dell EMC device that is
discovered through SNMP.
--http.user
This parameter is mandatory for a Dell EMC device that is
discovered through WSMan/Redfish.
--http.password
This parameter is mandatory for a Dell EMC device that is
discovered through WSMan/Redfish.
--output.file
This displays the location where the host file is created in .cfg
format.
Based on the options you selected during discovery, the following services are associated with that host:
• If you run the Python command python dellemc_nagios_discovery_service_utility.py without the --all option,
then only the basic services are created by default and displayed in the user interface under Services.
NOTE: SNMPTT must be configured for you to be able to receive traps.
• If you run python dellemc_nagios_discovery_service_utility.py with the --all option, detailed services are
created as listed in the table below, and are displayed in the Nagios Core console under Services:
Table 16. Default services created for Dell EMC Servers based on the selected protocol
Services SNMP WSMan Protocol Redfish Protocol
Basic Services
Dell EMC Server Overall Health
Status
√ √ √
Dell EMC Server Information √ √ √
Dell EMC Server Traps √ √ √
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