Users Guide

iSM–WMI using Dell EMC Server Management Pack suite
version 7.1.1 Operations Manager
This section describes how you can monitor Dell EMC devices through iSM–Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to retrieve
details from the supported Dell EMC devices.
This option provides scalable inventory and monitoring of the 12th, 13th, and 14th generation of PowerEdge servers, and supported Dell
EMC 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 and OMIMSSC automatically imports the Dell EMC Server and Rack Workstation
Monitoring (Licensed) feature if the prerequisites are met.
Compare Scalable and Detailed Edition Features—iSM-WMI
The following table helps you understand the environment in which you can use the Scalable and Detailed edition features for devices
discovered through iSM-WMI. These devices are classified as Servers (iSM-WMI) in the Operations Manager console.
Table 13. Scalable Management Pack versus Detailed Management Pack
Features Scalable Edition Detailed Edition
Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers (iSM)
• Inventory up to individual components.
• Health monitoring at server, Dell EMC
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.
Discover and classify Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers by using DSMPS
version 7.1.1 through iSM–WMI
The Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite enables you to discover and classify Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers.
The following table lists the details of the hardware discovery and grouping by the Dell EMC Server and Rack Monitoring (Licensed)
feature through iSM–WMI.
Table 14. 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 Group
PowerEdge servers.
Dell EMC Rack Workstation Dell EMC Rack Workstation Diagram Dell Precision Rack Workstations.
Discovering Dell EMC Power Edge Servers through iSM–WMI
Ensure that the following prerequisites are met before you discover the Dell devices through iSM–WMI:
• Required version of iSM is installed on the managed node.
NOTE:
If you are monitoring devices through iSM–WMI feature on systems running Microsoft Nano server, see the
section Installing iDRAC Service Module on Nano operating system in the iDRAC Service Module Installation Guide at
Dell.com/support.
• Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) feature is enabled on the host.
For more information, see the section Windows Management Instrumentation providers in the Integrated Dell Remote Access
Controller7/8/9 with Lifecycle Controller User’s Guide at Dell.com/idracmanuals.
Dell EMC Server Management pack suite version 7.1.1 supported Monitoring features
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