Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.
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Contents 1 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 4 2 System requirements................................................................................................................... 6 System requirements for management systems...............................................................................................................6 System requirements for managed systems........................
1 Introduction The Dell EMC Open Manage Plug-in for Nagios XI guide provides information about software and system requirements, installation steps, upgrading and uninstalling the plug-in for Nagios XI. Also provides capabilities to monitor the supported Dell EMC devices and gives you complete hardware-level visibility of Dell EMC devices including overall and component-level health monitoring. Enabling you to view the basic inventory information and conduct event monitoring of Dell EMC devices.
Feature Functionality Monitor SNMP alerts. Monitors SNMP alerts for Dell EMC devices This feature displays only the last received SNMP alert. To view all received SNMP alerts, browse Reports > Alerts > History in the Nagios XI console. You can also view the Alert Knowledge Base (KB) information for the supported Dell EMC devices corresponding to an SNMP alert for faster troubleshooting of the respective alert.
2 System requirements Before you install the plug-in, ensure that you meet the following requirements: Common prerequisites: • • • • • • • Nagios XI versions between 5.6.6 to 5.6.13 are installed and all the components are functional. OpenManage Python Software Development Kit (OMSDK) is installed. Python version 2.7.5 and above or 3.6.3 and above is installed. Python Argparse module is installed. Python Netaddr module is installed. (Optional) Java version 1.
Dell EMC PowerEdge Chassis CMC version PowerEdge MX7000 modular chassis 1.1 and later versions PowerEdge VRTX chassis 3.2 and later versions PowerEdge FX2/FX2s chassis 2.2 and later versions Table 4. Supported firmware versions for Storage Dell EMC Storage Arrays Supported Firmware version Dell Compellent SC-Series Storage Arrays 7.2.1 and later versions EqualLogic PS-Series Storage Arrays 9.1.4 and later versions PowerVault MD 34/38 Series Storage Arrays 08.25.11.
3 Downloading and Installing 1. To install the Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.1 for Nagios XI, extract the component-specific files on the systems. The installer is packaged as a .tar.gz file named Dell_EMC_OpenManage_Plugin_v3.1_Nagios_XI_A00.tar.gz. Before you begin deploying the files, follow the instructions below to download Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.1 for Nagios XI. • • • • • Open the browser, and enter the URL www.dell.com/support.
• • It is recommended to change the passphrase at regular interval of time. Passphrase Resource file should have a read permission for the Nagios user.
4 Post installation requirements This section lists the optional steps that you must perform based on your monitoring requirements. Once you have successfully installed the Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios XI version 3.1, perform the following steps: • • Configuring alerts or events to monitor traps. Configuring Knowledge Base (KB) articles to be able to view more information about the alerts or events (traps) received.
./postinstall.sh nagiosinstallpath 2. Provide the path where the submit_check_result.sh script file is installed and then press ENTER. 3. Restart the SNMPTT services by running the following command: service snmptt restart The Nagios XI installed path is now configured.
5 Upgrading to Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.1 for Nagios XI You can upgrade to latest Dell EMC OpenMAnage Plug-in for Nagios XI by performing the following steps: NOTE: To upgrade from OpenManage Plug-in v2.0 to v3.1., user has to first upgrade to v3.0 and then to v3.1 1. Download the latest Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.1 for Nagios XI installer from the Dell EMC support website at Dell.com/support or from Nagios exchange at exchange.nagios.org/. The installer is packaged as a .tar.
6 Uninstalling the Dell EMC OpenManage Plugin Version 3.1 for Nagios XI 1. Log in to Nagios XI console with your credentials. The Nagios XI home page is displayed. 2. Click the Admin tab. 3. In the left pane, under System Extensions, click Manage Config Wizards. The Manage Configuration Wizards page is displayed. 4. Locate the Dell EMC Plug-in under Wizard Information and click the (Delete) button under Actions , to uninstall the Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios XI wizard.
7 Accessing documents from the Dell EMC support site You can access the required documents in one of the following ways: • Using the following links: • • • • • • For Dell EMC Enterprise Systems Management, Dell EMC Remote Enterprise Systems Management, and Dell EMC Virtualization Solutions documents — www.dell.com/esmmanuals For Dell EMC OpenManage documents — www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals For iDRAC documents — www.dell.
8 Related Documentation In addition to this guide, you can access the following guides available on the Dell EMC Support website at Dell.com/support/manuals. On the Manuals page, click Software & Security and click the appropriate product link to access the documents: • • • • • • • • • • • • Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 (iDRAC9) Version 3.00.00.
9 OMSDK Installation OMSDK is available as a standard python package in pypi.org Installing and uninstalling OMSDK package using pip To install OMSDK package using pip, run the following commands: pip install omsdk pip install omdrivers To uninstall OMSDK package using pip, run the following commands: pip uninstall omsdk pip uninstall omdrivers Installing and uninstalling OMSDK package without pip NOTE: Setup.py does not install omsdk dependent python libraries.
NOTE: Do not alter the setup_file.txt generated during installation of omsdk using setup.py cd omsdk-devel/ python uninstall.py NOTE: Set an environment to ensure python as a command is working. Upgrading OMSDK package using pip NOTE: To upgrade OMSDK without using pip, uninstall the current version and install the supported version of OMSDK.
