Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.0 for Nagios Core Installation Guide January 2019 Rev.
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Contents Chapter 1: Introduction to Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.0 for Nagios Core......................... 4 Chapter 2: System requirements......................................................................................................6 System requirements for management systems...............................................................................................................6 System requirements for managed systems.................................................................
1 Introduction to Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.0 for Nagios Core 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 Core. This plug-in provides capabilities to monitor Dell EMC devices in environments managed by Nagios Core. 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 Core User’s Guide.
2 System requirements Before you install the plug-in, ensure that you meet the following requirements based on the protocol you are using: Common prerequisites: • • • • • • • Nagios Core version 3.5.0 or later is installed and all the Nagios Core components are functional. Perl version 5.8.8 or later is installed. The Net-IP Perl module version 1.26 or later is installed. (Optional) Java version 1.6 or later is installed to view Dell EMC warranty information. (Optional) Socket6 Perl module version 0.
Table 2. Supported firmware versions for Dell EMC devices (continued) Dell EMC Device Firmware Supported Firmware Versions 13th generation of PowerEdge servers iDRAC8 2.50.50.50 and 2.41.40.40 12th generation of PowerEdge servers iDRAC7 2.50.50.50 and 2.41.40.40 Datacenter Scalable Solutions iDRAC8 2.50.50.50 and 2.41.40.40 Nutanix XC iDRAC8 2.50.50.50 and 2.41.40.40 iDRAC9 3.15.15.15 and 3.11.11.11 iDRAC8 2.50.50.50 and 2.41.40.40 iDRAC9 3.15.15.15 and 3.11.11.
3 Downloading and Installing Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.0 for Nagios Core 1. To install the latest Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.0 for Nagios Core, 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_Core_A00.tar.gz. Before you begin deploying the files, follow the instruction below to download Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.0 for Nagios Core.
• Install SNMPTT. • Navigate to /dell/install, and then run the following command: ./install.sh trap is the installed location of Nagios Core and by default, the location of is /usr/ local/nagios/. • Restart SNMPTT. • Restart Nagios service. 9. If you have installed Java, provide the path where Java is installed, and then press Y to continue with the installation. Alternatively, you can press Enter to continue with the default file path, /usr/bin/java.
4 Upgrading to Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.0 for Nagios Core You can upgrade from Dell OpenManage Plug-in Version 2.0 or Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core version 2.1 to Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.0 for Nagios Core by performing the following steps: 1. Download the latest Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in Version 3.0 for Nagios Core 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.
• Restart Nagios service. 9. If you have installed Java, provide the path where Java is installed, and then press Y to continue with the installation. Alternatively, you can press Enter to continue with the default file path, /usr/bin/java. NOTE: If Java was not installed while installing this plug-in, but you later want to install or upgrade the Java version, perform the following actions: • Install Java. • Navigate to /dell/install, and then run the following command: ./install.
5 Uninstalling Dell EMC Openmanage Plug-in Version 3.0 for Nagios Core 1. Navigate to the /dell/Install folder, and run the following command: ./uninstall.sh 2. When prompted for confirmation of uninstallation, press Y to uninstall or N to quit the uninstallation process. Alternatively, you can press Enter to exit the uninstallation. 3. When prompted to continue with the uninstallation process, press Y to continue or N to quit the uninstallation process.
6 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.
7 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 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.
