Users Guide

Discover and classify Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers by using
DSMPS version 7.1.1 for Operations Manager
The Dell EMC Server Management Pack 7.1.1 for Microsoft System center Operations Manager enables you to discover and
classify Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers—Monolithic, Modular, Sleds, and supported Dell Precision Racks. The following table lists
the details of the hardware discovery and grouping:
Table 7. Dell hardware discovery and grouping
Group Diagram View Hardware Type
Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers
Dell EMC Monolithic Servers
Dell EMC Modular Servers
Dell EMC Sled Servers
PowerEdge systems
PowerVault servers
Dell EMC Rack Workstations Dell EMC Rack Workstation Diagram Dell Precision Racks
Discovering Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers by using Dell EMC OMIMSSC
Operations Manager
You can discover the Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers in OMIMSSC for Operations Manager by using an IP address or an IP
range. To discover servers, provide the iDRAC IP address and the device type credentials of a server. When you are discovering
servers by using an IP range, specify an IP (IPv4) range within a subnet by including the start and end range.
To discover servers:
1. In Dell EMC OMIMSSC, click Monitoring > Server View, and then click Discover.
2. In the Discover page, select the required option:
● Discover Using an IP Address—to discover a server using an IP address.
● Discover Using an IP Range—to discover all server within an IP range.
3. In Discover Using an IP Address or IP Address Range, do any of the following:
● In IP Address Start Range, and IP Address End Range, provide the IP address range you want to include, which is the
starting and ending range.
● Select Enable Exclude Range if you want to exclude an IP address range and in IP Address Start Range and IP
Address End Range, provide the range that you want to exclude.
4. In Apply this Credential Profile, select the device type credential profile.
The selected profile is applied to all the servers.
5. To Create a new credential profile, Select Create New to create a device type credential profile
Credential profile page is displayed.
6. Select the Device Credential Profile in the credential type.
The Credentials fields get enabled.
7. Provide the Credential details and click Finish.
8. In iDRAC IP Address, provide the IP address of the server that you want to discover.
9. Provide a unique job name, and click Finish.
10. (Optional) To track this job, select Go to the Job List option.
The Jobs and Logs Center page is displayed. Expand the discovery job to view the progress of the job in the Running tab.
Discovering Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers in Operations Manager
Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers are discovered by using the Operations Manager Agent Management infrastructure.
NOTE:
Discover a Dell server in the Agent Managed view under the Administration section of the Operations Manager
console.
1. Log in to the Management Server as an Operations Manager administrator.
2. On the Operations Manager console, click Administration.
3. At the bottom of the navigation pane, click Discovery Wizard.
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Dell EMC Server Management pack suite version 7.1.1 supported Monitoring features