Users Guide
iSM using WMI
This section describes how you can monitor Dell devices with iSM using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to retrieve details
from the supported Dell devices.
This option provides scalable inventory and monitoring of the 12th, 13th, and 14th generation of PowerEdge servers, and supported Dell
Precision Rack Workstations. For more information about the supported platforms, see the iDRAC Service Module Installation Guide at
Dell.com/manuals. This is a licensed feature.
Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite installer automatically imports the Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring (Licensed) feature if
the prerequisites are met.
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 for devices
discovered through iSM. These devices are classied as Servers (iSM) in the OpsMgr console.
Table 16. Scalable Management Pack versus Detailed Management Pack
Features Scalable Edition Detailed Edition
Servers (iSM)
• Inventory up to individual components.
• Health monitoring at server, Rack
Workstation, and component group level.
• Inventory and health monitoring of
individual components.
• View metrics for power, temperature,
energy, network interface cards,
processor, memory, Compute Usage per
Second (CUPS), the PCIe SSD wear
percentage, and IO performance metrics.
Discovery and grouping
The Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite enables you to discover and classify Dell servers.
The following table lists the details of the hardware discovery and grouping by the Server and Rack Monitoring (Licensed) feature through
iSM using WMI.
Table 17. Dell Hardware discovery and grouping
Group Diagram View Hardware Type
Dell Servers Dell Monolithic Servers
Dell Modular Servers
Dell Sled Group
PowerEdge servers.
Dell Rack Workstation Rack Workstation Diagram Dell Precision Rack Workstations.
Discovering Dell Server in OpsMgr
Ensure that the following prerequisites are met before you discover the Dell devices through iSM using WMI:
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Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring (Licensed) Feature