Setup Guide

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.
If you have installed Nagios XI in a non default location, then perform the steps listed in the section Configuring Nagios XI
installed (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:
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