Users Guide

Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring feature
Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring feature supports the discovery and monitoring of the following devices that are installed with the
supported Windows OS, using the OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA):
• PowerEdge Modular and Monolithic servers
• PowerVault storage servers
• Dell OEM Ready servers
• Dell Precision Racks
Inventory and monitoring of these devices could be done through the server's OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) which is a
license-free monitoring feature.
For information about the supported OMSA versions, see Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite Version 7.0 for Microsoft System
Center Operations Manager Release Notes.
The Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite installer automatically imports the Server and Rack Workstation monitoring scalable feature
into OpsMgr.
Topics:
• Comparison of Scalable and Detailed Edition features
• Discovery and grouping
• Monitoring
• Tasks
• Reports
Comparison of Scalable and Detailed Edition features
The following table helps you understand the environment in which you can use the Scalable and Detailed Edition features:
Table 3. Scalable management pack versus the Detailed management pack
Features Scalable Edition Detailed Edition
Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring
Feature
• Inventory and monitoring of component
groups. Also, display the presence of
iDRAC.
• Reports—Only OpenManage Windows
Event log report is available.
• Detailed inventory and health monitoring
of individual components
• View metrics of memory, processors,
network interfaces, sensors, storage
controllers, disks, and virtual disks. Also,
displays BIOS information.
• Reports—Availability of BIOS
conguration, rmware and driver version,
and RAID conguration reports
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