Users Guide

Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring

(Licensed) Feature

Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring (Licensed) feature provides detailed or scalable inventory, based on your method of discovery, and

monitoring of the following devices:

• 12th, 13th, and 14th generation of PowerEdge servers

• PowerVault systems

• Dell Precision Racks

• Dell branded OEM servers

• Dell OEM Ready servers

Inventory and monitoring of these devices could be done through iDRAC or iDRAC Service Module (iSM) installed on the managed Server

or Rack Workstation through one of the following methods based on your monitoring preference:

• iDRAC using WS-MAN

• iDRAC access via Host OS

• iSM using WMI

This is a licensed feature.

For more information about monitoring servers through iDRAC using WS-MAN or Host OS, see the section Server and Rack Workstation

Monitoring (Licensed) Feature in the Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite Version 7.0 for Microsoft System Center Operations

Manager User's Guide.

For the list of Supported Platforms for iSM, see the iDRAC Service Module Installation Guide at Dell.com/manuals.

Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite installer automatically imports the Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring (Licensed) feature if

the prerequisites are met.

Topics:

• iDRAC using WS-MAN or iDRAC access via Host OS

• iSM using WMI

iDRAC using WS-MAN or iDRAC access via Host OS

This section describes how you can monitor Dell devices through the servers’s iDRAC using WS-MAN (iDRAC IP) or iDRAC access via

Host OS (Host IP). The latter is an experimental feature.

This option provides detailed inventory and monitoring of the following Dell devices:

• 12th, 13th, and 14th generation of PowerEdge servers

• PowerVault systems

• Dell Precision Racks

• Dell branded OEM servers

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