Dell OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.0 For Nagios XI Installation Guide April 2020 Rev.
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Contents Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 4 Chapter 2: System requirements................................................................................................... 6 System requirements for management systems..........................................................................................................6 System requirements for managed systems...........................................
1 Introduction This guide provides information about the software requirements, system requirements and the steps to install, upgrade and uninstall the Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.0 for Nagios XI. This plug-in provides capabilities to monitor the supported Dell EMC devices in environments managed by Nagios XI. This plug-in gives you complete hardware-level visibility of Dell EMC devices, including overall and component-level health monitoring.
Table 1. Key features (continued) Feature Functionality To view all received SNMP alerts navigate to Reports > Alerts > History in the Nagios Core 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. For more information, see Knowledge Base (KB) messages for the generated alerts in the Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.0 for Nagios XI User’s Guide.
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.
Table 2. Supported firmware versions for Dell EMC devices (continued) Dell EMC devices Firmware Supported Firmware Versions PowerEdge M1000e Chassis CMC 6.0 and 5.22 PowerEdge VRTX Chassis CMC 3.0 and 2.23 PowerEdge FX2/FX2s Chassis CMC 2.0 and 1.42 Compellent SC-Series Storage Arrays NA 7.2.10 and 7.2.1 EqualLogic PS-Series Storage Arrays NA 9.1.5 and 9.1.4 PowerVault MD 34/38 Series Storage Arrays NA 08.25.13.60 and 08.25.11.
3 Downloading and Installing the Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.0 for Nagios XI 1. To install the Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.0 for Nagios XI, you must extract the component-specific files on the systems. The installer is packaged as a .tar.gz file named Dell_EMC_OpenManage_Plugin_v3.0_Nagios_XI_A00.tar.gz. Before you beging deploying the files, follow the instructions below to download Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.0 for Nagios XI. ● Open the browser and enter the URL www.dell.
Downloading and Installing the Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.
4 Post installation requirements This section lists the optional steps that you need to perform based on your monitoring requirements. Once you have successfully installed the Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios XI version 3.0, you must perform the steps listed in the sections below based on your monitoring requirement. ● Configuring alerts or events if you want to monitor traps. ● Configuring Knowledge Base (KB) articles to be able to view more information about the alerts or events (traps) received.
/usr/local/nagios/ If you have installed Nagios XI in a non default path, then, perform the following steps to integrate this path: 1. Navigate to cd /html/includes/configwizards/ Dell_EMC_OM_NagiosXI_monitoring_wizard/plugins and run the following command: ./postinstall.sh nagiosinstallpath 2. Provide the path where the submit_check_result.sh script file is installed and then press ENTER. 3.
5 Upgrading to Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.0 for Nagios XI You can upgrade from Dell OpenManage Plug-in Version 1.0 to Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.0 for Nagios XI by performing the following steps: 1. Download the latest Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.0 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.gz file named Dell_EMC_OpenManage_Plugin_v3.0_Nagios_XI_A00.tar.gz.
7. Rediscover the devices. NOTE: Dell EMC OpenManage plug-in Version 3.0 is the latest upgrade version of Dell OpenManage plug-in Version 1.0. No intermediate versions available. Upgrading to Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.
6 Uninstalling the Dell EMC OpenManage Plugin Version 3.0 for Nagios XI 1. Login 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 support content from the Dell EMC support site Access supporting content related to an array of systems management tools using direct links, going to the Dell EMC support site, or using a search engine. ● Direct links: ○ For Dell EMC Enterprise Systems Management and Dell EMC Remote Enterprise Systems Management—https:// www.dell.com/esmmanuals ○ For Dell EMC Virtualization Solutions—https://www.dell.com/SoftwareManuals ○ For Dell EMC OpenManage—https://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.
A OMSDK Installation OMSDK is available as a standard python package in pypi.org. You can install OMSDK using pip. Installing OMSDK package: Run the below command to Install OMSDK: pip install omsdk==1.1.268 pip install omdrivers==1.1.
