Install Guide

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.

If you have installed Nagios XI in a non-default location, then perform the steps that are listed in the section Configuring Nagios XI installed

in non-default path.

Topics:

• Configuring alerts or event traps

• Configuring Knowledge Base articles

• Configuring Nagios XI installed in non-default path

Configuring alerts or event traps

Monitoring SNMP traps is an optional prerequisite. To configure SNMPTT to receive SNMP alerts, perform the following steps:

1. Navigate to cd <NagiosXI installed path>/html/includes/configwizards/

Dell_EMC_OM_NagiosXI_monitoring_wizard/plugins and run the following command:

./postinstall.sh trap

The default location for Nagios XI is /usr/local/nagiosxi.

2. Provide the path where the snmptt.ini file is installed and then press ENTER.

Alternatively, you can press Enter to continue with the default file path, /etc/snmp/snmptt.ini.

3. Provide the path where trap configuration files are installed and then press ENTER to continue. Alternatively, you can press Enter to

continue with the default file path, '/usr/local/nagios/libexec'.

4. Restart the SNMPTT services by running the following command:

service snmptt restart

You will now be able to receive SNMP alerts or events (traps).

Configuring Knowledge Base articles

Knowledge base articles are associated with alerts or events generated by the discovered Dell EMC devices. To be able to view KB articles

in the Nagios XI console, you must configure it.

Navigate to cd <Nagios XI installed path>/html/includes/configwizards/

Dell_EMC_OM_NagiosXI_monitoring_wizard/plugins and run the following command:

./postinstall.sh dellkb

The default location for Nagios XI is /usr/local/nagiosxi.

The KB articles are now configured. You will now be able to view the KB articles.

Configuring Nagios XI installed in non-default path

By default, Nagios is installed in the following path:

"/usr/local/nagios

If you have installed Nagios XI in a non-default path, then, perform the following steps to integrate this path:

1. Browse cd <Nagios XI installed path>/html/includes/configwizards/

Dell_EMC_OM_NagiosXI_monitoring_wizard/plugins and run the following command:

10 Post installation requirements