Setup Guide

DRAC Monitoring Feature
DRAC monitoring feature supports discovery, and monitoring for the various generations of iDRAC—iDRAC6, iDRAC7, and
iDRAC8 systems using SNMP.
Topics:
• Management Packs
• Configuration prerequisite
• Management Server (MS) requirements (Optional)
• Feature Management tasks
Management Packs
After the Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite management packs are successfully imported, the required management
packs listed should appear in the Administration pane of the OpsMgr console. For more information, see Importing
Management Packs into OpsMgr.
Table 13. DRAC monitoring feature and required Management Packs
Feature Default Location of Management
Packs
Required Management Packs
DRAC Monitoring
Library
C:\Program Files\Dell
Management Packs\Server Mgmt
Suite\7.0\Library
Management Packs
C:\Program Files\Dell
Management Packs\Server
Mgmt Suite\7.0\Remote Access
Monitoring
Library
● Dell.Connections.HardwareLibrary.mp
● Dell.OperationsLibrary.Common.mp
Management Packs
● Dell.DRAC.OM07.mp—OpsMgr 2007 R2
● Dell.DRAC.OM12.mp—OpsMgr 2012 or later
● Dell.Model.DRAC.mp
● Dell.OperationsLibrary.DRAC.mp
● Dell.View.DRAC.mp
Configuration prerequisite
Enable SNMP ports on firewall for SNMP functionality.
Management Server (MS) requirements (Optional)
Table 14. Optional software requirements
Software Purpose
Dell License Manager (for iDRAC7 systems only) To deploy licenses and collect reports from the management
server. To launch Dell License Manager console, install
Dell License Manager on the management server. For more
information, see Dell License Manager User’s Guide at
dell.com/support/home.
Dell OpenManage Power Center To launch Power Center console, install Dell OpenManage
Power Center on the management server. For more
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