Users Guide

NOTE: For more information about monitoring the health of the Compellent controllers, see the specific Compellent
Controllers User’s Guide at Dell.com/support. The Dell EMC Chassis enclosure status displays the Primary Status of the
Enclosure only. For more information, see PowerEdge VRTX Chassis console or the PowerEdge VRTX Chassis User’s
Guide at Dell.com/support.
Monitoring Health Instances
Be default the unhealthy instances are displayed for the discovered devices in the Nagios XI Console. You can change the value of --
excludeinstance in the check_command script to view the required instance. You can perform the below steps to change the value of
--excludeinstance:
1. Click on the service for which you want to change the value of --excludeinstance.
2. Click on Configure tab.
3. Choose Re-configure this service option.
4. You can delete or change the value of --excludeinstance parameter in the check script command under Monitor the service with
this command section. For example,
--excludeinstance="FQDD IN (fan_0.0,fan_0.1)"!
Above condition excludes the instances for given values of attribute 'FQDD'
NOTE: To exclude single instances, use "==" operator.
NOTE: To exclude multiple instances, use "IN" operator with "()"
5. Click on Update and then click on Continue.
6. Status Information for the Service will be changed in the next check.
Monitoring alerts and event Traps
You can asynchronously receive the alerts and events (traps) generated by the discovered Dell EMC devices. Once an alert is received,
the respective device’s service displays the alert summary message and alert severity of the last received alert in the Nagios XI console.
The following table lists the traps supported by the various Dell EMC devices:
Table 36. Dell EMC trap information
Service Status Description
Dell EMC Server Traps The following states are possible:
• OK
• Warning
• Critical
• Unknown
Provides trap Information of the Dell EMC
Server raised through agent-free method.
Dell EMC Chassis Traps The following states are possible:
• OK
• Warning
• Critical
• Unknown
Provides trap Information of the MX7000,
M1000e, VRTX, and FX2/FX2s Chassis.
Dell EMC Storage PS-Series Member
Traps
The following states are possible:
• OK
• Warning
• Critical
• Unknown
Provides trap Information of the EqualLogic
PS-Series storage Arrays.
Dell EMC Storage PS-Series Group
Traps
The following states are possible:
• OK
• Warning
Provides trap Information of the EqualLogic
PS-Series storage Arrays.
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