Dell EMC OpenManage Integration Version 7.
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Contents 1 Introduction to Dell EMC OpenManage Intergration and Dell EMC Server Management Pack suite version 7.1 for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager...........................................................................5 Terms used in this document............................................................................................................................................5 What's new in this release................................................................................
Monitoring DRAC devices in Operations Manager................................................................................................ 65 Dell Unit Monitors for DRAC Monitoring Feature ................................................................................................. 67 Rules............................................................................................................................................................................ 68 Dell EMC PowerEdge Server Tasks.......
1 Introduction to Dell EMC OpenManage Intergration and Dell EMC Server Management Pack suite version 7.1 for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager This document describes the activities that you can perform with the Dell EMC OpenManage Integration version 7.1 for Microsoft System Center for Operations Manager (SCOM) using Dell EMC OMIMSSC and DSMPS version 7.1 for Operations Manager. The Dell EMC OMIMSSC is an appliance based solution packaged in a vhd file which can be deployed as a Virtual Machine.
Term Refers to DSMPS Dell EMC Server Management Pack version 7.1 for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) DRAC of Dell EMC PowerEdge Server, Dell branded OEM servers, and Dell OEM Ready servers, unless otherwise specified. Integrated Dell Remote Access Controllers (iDRAC) iDRAC of Dell EMC PowerEdge Server, Dell branded OEM servers, and Dell OEM Ready servers, unless otherwise specified.
Key features of Dell EMC OMIMSSC and DSMPS version 7.1 for Operations Manager The Dell EMC Server Management Pack 7.1 for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager enables you to: • Discover and classify the following Dell EMC devices: – Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers—Using license-free monitoring, and license-based monitoring using iSM. – Dell Remote Access Controllers (DRAC) – Supported Dell Precision Racks – Supported Dell EMC devices through OMSA or iSM based on your requirements.
Feature Descriptions • Discovery and Monitoring — Dell EMC Chassis Management Supports: • • • Discovery and Monitoring — Dell EMC Network Switch • Discovery and monitoring of Dell EMC Network Switches devices. SNMP traps for Dell EMC Network Switch devices. Supports: • • 8 Discovery and monitoring of Dell EMC Chassis, and Dell OEM Ready chassis devices. Discovery of server modules and chassis slot summary for CMC chassis. SNMP traps for Chassis devices.
2 Dell EMC OMIMSSC The topics in this section describes the OMIMSSC components and the Admin portal, various profiles supported in OMIMSSC, and OMIMSSC based discovery and monitoring of the Dell EMC devices. Topics: • Overview of OMIMSSC • OMIMSSC components • Using Dell EMC OMIMSSC Admin Portal • Profiles • Discovering Dell EMC devices and synchronizing with Operations Manager • Viewing information in Dell EMC OMIMSSC Overview of OMIMSSC The OMIMSSC for Operations Manager is packaged as a .
Using Dell EMC OMIMSSC Admin Portal The Admin Portal allows you to log in to Dell EMC OMIMSSC as an administrator to view all jobs started in Dell EMC OMIMSSC by various users, view license details, console details, and to upgrade Dell EMC OMIMSSC. Following are the use cases in admin portal along with licensing. Figure 1. OMIMSSC Admin Portal Modifying Operations Manager account By using this option, you can change the passwords of Operations Manager account in Dell EMC OMIMSSC.
About credential profile Credential profiles simplify the use and management of user credentials by authenticating the role-based capabilities of the user. Each credential profile contains a user name and password for a single user account. A credential profile authenticates a user’s role-based capabilities. The OMIMSSC uses credential profiles to connect to the managed systems’ iDRAC, CMC/OME-M or Network switches.
Deleting credential profile Consider the following when you are deleting a credential profile: • To delete a credential profile that is used in device discovery, delete the discovered device's information and delete the credential profile. • You cannot delete a credential profile if it is used in an update source. To delete a credential profile, perform the following: 1 Launch the OpenManage Integration Dashboard under Dell EMC OpenManage Integrations Views. 2 Log in into the Dell EMC OMIMSSC.
9 Provide the Credential details 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. 11 Provide a unique job name, and click Finish. NOTE: When you are using Proxy MSes for device discovery, perform Sync task.
1 Discover the ProxyMS virtual machine as an Agent Managed Windows computer in Operations Manager. For more information, see the Operations Manager documentation at technet.microsoft.com. 2 After enrollment in OMIMSSC admin portal, log in into the OMIMSSC console. 3 Select Authoring > Groups. Select the DellProxyMSGroup from the group list. 4 Right click DellProxyMSGroup and select Properties from the drop-down list. 5 Select Explicit Members tab and click Add/Remove Objects.
• History — displays all the jobs run in the past with its job status. • Scheduled —displays all the jobs scheduled for a future date and time. Also, you can cancel the scheduled jobs. • Generic Logs— displays OMIMSSC Appliance-specific, common log messages that are not specific to a sub task, and other activities for every user specifying the user name and console FQDN. – Appliance Logs— displays all OMIMSSC Appliance-specific log messages such as restarting OMIMSSC.
3 Dell EMC Feature Management Dashboard The Dell EMC Feature Management Dashboard provides facilities for the configuration of the Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite monitoring features to monitor the various Dell systems—Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers, Dell Precision Racks, Dell Remote Access Controllers (DRAC), PowerEdge FX2/ FX2s, PowerEdge VRTX, PowerEdge M1000E, Dell EMC Network switches, and integrated DRAC (iDRAC).
List of Dell EMC Feature Management tasks The following table lists the tasks available on the Dell EMCFeature Management Dashboard. Some tasks listed in the Feature Management Tasks table appear only after you have imported a particular monitoring feature. NOTE: • In the Event log, ignore the errors pertaining to reimporting of existing management packs.
Tasks Description On upgrading from a previous version, run this task to use the latest version for this monitoring feature. Set to Scalable Monitoring If the Detailed feature is running on the system, the Dell EMC Feature Management Dashboard switches from the Detailed feature to the Scalable feature. On upgrading from the previous version, run this task to use the latest version for this monitoring feature. DRAC Monitoring Import DRAC Monitoring Feature Imports the DRAC monitoring feature.
Tasks Description Enable Agent Proxying Enables agent proxying for Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers running the supported iSM version and also triggers discovery of these servers. Enable Event Auto-Resolution Enables the Event Auto-Resolution feature. Disable Event Auto-Resolution Disables the Event Auto-Resolution feature. Refresh Dashboard Updates the Dell EMC Feature Management Dashboard. Refresh Node Count Updates the node count.
4 Dell EMC Server Management pack suite version 7.1 supported Monitoring features The topics in this section describe the monitoring features that are supported by DSMPS version 7.1 for Operations Manager.
Features Scalable Edition • Detailed Edition Reports—Only OpenManage Windows Event log report is available. • controllers, disks, and virtual disks. Also, displays BIOS information. Reports—Availability of BIOS configuration, firmware and driver version, and RAID configuration reports Discover and classify Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers by using DSMPS version 7.1 for Operations Manager The Dell EMC Server Management Pack 7.
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.
Discovery Description Dell EMC PowerEdge Server Detailed Power Supply discovery Discovers power supply instances for the Dell EMC PowerEdge Server (Detailed edition only). Dell EMC PowerEdge Server Detailed Processor discovery Discovers processor instances for the Dell EMC PowerEdge Server (Detailed edition only). Dell EMC PowerEdge Server Detailed Storage discovery Discovers the complete storage hierarchy for the Dell EMC PowerEdge Server (Detailed edition only).
Hardware components Scalable Detailed Power Supplies Yes Yes Processors Yes Yes Storage Yes Yes Storage Controller Yes Yes Sensors Yes Yes Physical Network interface Instance No Yes BIOS Config Unit No No Battery Sensor No Yes Battery Sensor Group No Yes Current Sensor No Yes Current Sensor Group No Yes Chassis Intrusion Sensor No Yes Fan Sensor No Yes Fan Sensor Group No Yes Memory Unit No Yes Network Interfaces Physical Group No Yes Network Interfaces Tea
Hardware components Scalable Detailed Storage Enclosure Physical Disk Group No Yes Storage Enclosure Power Supply Group No Yes Storage Enclosure Sensors No Yes Teamed Network interface Unit No Yes Voltage Sensor No Yes Voltage Sensor Group No Yes Dell EMC Server Management Pack 7.
Diagram views of Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers for Dell EMC Server and Rack Monitoring feature on the Operations Manager console The Dell EMC Diagram Views offers a hierarchical and graphical representation of all Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers and supported Rack Workstations on the network.
• Storage components • BIOS (inventory only) • iDRAC Dell EMC Modular Systems Diagram View The Modular Systems Diagram View offers a graphical representation of all Dell EMC modular systems and allows you to expand and verify the status of individual devices and their components in the diagram.
• Processors • Dell OpenManage software services • Storage components • BIOS (inventory only) The memory, processors, network, sensors, storage, and power supply components are displayed in detail by the Detailed edition of the Dell EMC Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring feature.
Figure 3. Network Interfaces Diagram View Enabling Network Interfaces Group to Dell Server Health Roll Up For the status roll-up to be displayed at the server level, enable the Network Interfaces Group to Dell Server Health Roll up dependency monitor. 1 Start the Operations Manager console. 2 In the navigation pane, click Authoring. 3 In the left pane, Click Monitors. Enter Network Interfaces Group as the phrase to search for the server you want to enable the functionality on.
Dell EMC Performance and Power Monitoring Views To view the Dell EMC performance and power monitoring on the Operations Manager console: 1 Start the Operations Manager console and click Monitoring.
a Click New. b The Create a Management Pack screen is displayed. Enter a name for the management pack in the Name field and click Next. c For information about creating a management pack, see the Operations Manager documentation at technet.microsoft.com. Click Create. The management pack you created is selected in the Select destination management pack drop-down menu. 8 Click Apply. Dell EMC State Views This view is available for viewing the health of all Dell servers and Rack Workstations.
Object Unit Monitor Dell EMC Server Management (DSM) Connection Service Availability Status Periodic DSM Data Manager Availability Status Periodic DSM Event Manager Availability Status Periodic DSM Shared Service Availability Status Periodic DSM Storage Service Availability Status Periodic Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Service Availability Status Periodic Power Supplies Dell EMC Server Power Supplies Status Periodic Dell EMC Server Processors Status Periodic Dell EMC Server Batte
Object Unit Monitor Dell OM Performance Ambient Temperature Average Threshold AlertMonitor Periodic Amperage Average Threshold AlertMonitor Periodic EnergyConsumption Average Threshold AlertMonitor Periodic PowerConsumption (BTU/hr) Average Threshold Periodic PowerConsumption (Watts) Average Threshold AlertMonitor Periodic Dell OM Server Unsupported Unit Monitor Periodic Dell Unit Monitors — Detailed Edition Table 10.
Object Unit Monitor Storage Controller Physical Disk Unit Controller Physical Disk Event Monitor Periodic Controller Physical Disk Unit Monitor Periodic Enclosure Physical Disk Event Monitor Periodic Enclosure Physical Disk Unit Monitor Periodic Storage Controller Power Supply Unit Enclosure Power Supply Event Monitor Periodic Enclosure Power Supply Unit Monitor Periodic Storage Controller Sensors Controller Sensor Event Unit Monitor Periodic Controller Sensor Unit Monitor Periodic Storage
Object Unit Monitor Link Status Periodic Operational Status Periodic Teamed Network Interface Unit (Basic) Teamed Network Interface (Basic) Availability Status Periodic Teamed Network Interface Unit (Enriched) Teamed Network Interface Unit (Enriched) Administrative Status Periodic Teamed Network Interface Unit (Enriched) Connection Status Periodic Teamed Network Interface Unit (Enriched) Link Status Periodic Teamed Network Interface Unit (Enriched) Operational Status Periodic Teamed Network I
Server Administrator All informational, warning, and critical events of OMSA have corresponding event processing rule.
Enable Dell EMC PowerEdge Server performance collection rules set on Operations Manager console To enable this feature: 1 Start Operations Manager console and click Authoring. 2 Click Rules and search for Enriched in Look for. 3 Right-click the rule you want to enable.
Table 11. Dell Windows Server tasks Task Description Check Node Interfaces Checks if the selected Dell EMC PowerEdge Server and its corresponding interface WMI is reachable or non-reachable. Check Power Status Check the overall power status of the system. Clear ESM Logs Backs up the content of the Embedded System Management (ESM) log and clears the ESM log file for a selected system. Force Power Off Turns off the system power without shutting down the operating system.
Tasks performed on Dell Windows server by using Operations Manager console Check Node Interfaces The Check Node Interfaces task checks if the selected Dell server and its corresponding interface; WMI is reachable or non-reachable. To check the node interfaces: 1 In the Operations Manager console, go to aDell EMC Diagram Views, Dell EMC State Views, or Dell EMC Alerts Views. 2 Select the necessary Dell EMC PowerEdge Server in any of the Diagram Views, State Views, or alert in the Dell EMC Alerts Views.
To power off the system: 1 In the Operations Manager console, go to a Dell EMC Diagram Views, Dell EMC State Views, or Dell EMC Alert Views. 2 Select the desired Dell EMC PowerEdge server in any of the Diagram Views or State Views or an alert in the Alerts Views. 3 In the Tasks pane, select Dell Windows Server Tasks > Force Power Off. Get Warranty Information The Get Warranty Information task allows you to view the warranty status of the selected Dell EMC PowerEdge server.
NOTE: The Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite tasks launch the remote console in the Internet Explorer. Launch Remote Desktop To launch remote desktop: 1 In the Operations Manager console, navigate to a Dell EMC Diagram Views, Dell EMC State Views, or Dell EMC Alerts Views. 2 Select the desired Dell EMC PowerEdge server in any of the Diagram Views or State Views or an alert in the Alerts Views. 3 In the Tasks pane, select Dell Windows Server Tasks > Launch Remote Desktop.
NOTE: To enable Advanced Power Control, install BMU in the default path. If BMU is not installed in the default path, create a new console task. For more information on creating a new console task, see Creating Advanced Power Control And LED Identification Tasks. To reset the power of the system: 1 In the Operations Manager console, go to a Dell EMC Diagram Views, Dell EMC State Views, or Dell EMC Alerts Views.
View reports about Dell EMC PowerEdge Server on the Operations Manager To access reports: 1 Click Reporting on the Operations Manager console. 2 Click Dell Windows Server (Scalable Edition) for the OpenManage Windows Event Log and click Dell Windows Server (Detail Edition) for BIOS Configuration, Firmware and Driver Versions, and RAID Configuration reports. NOTE: You can also access Reporting from the Diagram View or State View by clicking on the server instance.
Generate firmware and driver report on the Operations Manager To create a report for firmware and driver versions: 1 On the Operations Manager console, click Reporting. 2 Click Dell Windows Server (Detail Edition). 3 Click Firmware and Driver Versions, then click Open on the Task pane. 4 Select a time period for which you want the report generated. 5 Click Add Object. 6 Search for objects of class Dell Windows Server and click Add. You will find the object in the Selected object pane.
For more information about monitoring servers through iDRAC–WS-MAN or Host OS, see the section Dell EMC Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring (Licensed) Feature in the Dell EMC OpenManage Integration Version 7.1 for Microsoft System Center for Operations Manager User's Guide. For the list of Supported Platforms for iSM, see the iDRAC Service Module Installation Guide at Dell.com/manuals. iSM–WMI using Dell EMC Server Management Pack suite version 7.
Group Diagram View Hardware Type Dell EMC Sled Group 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.
Figure 4. Dell EMC Servers (iSM) A Dell Server (iSM) informational alert is generated when a Dell EMC PowerEdge Server is discovered through iDRAC Service Module (iSM) for the first time. This informational alert is a one-time alert. Object discoveries through iSM–WMI Table 14. Objects discovered through iSM–WMI. Discovery Object Description Dell EMC PowerEdge Server Discovery Classifies the Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers and populates the key attributes and components.
Monitored Hardware components The following table provides information about the monitored hardware components supported in the Scalable and Detailed feature for Dell EMC PowerEdge servers discovered with Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite through iSM: Table 15.
Hardware components Scalable Detailed Processor Unit No Yes Power Supply Group Yes Yes Power Supply Unit No Yes SD Card Group Yes Yes SD Card No Yes Storage Group Yes Yes Storage Controller No Yes Storage Controller Battery Group No Yes Storage Controller Battery No Yes Storage Connector internal/external/direct attached Physical Disk Group No Yes Storage Controller internal/external/direct attached Physical Disk Instance No Yes Storage Controller Enclosure Fan Sensor Gro
Hardware components Scalable Detailed Temperature Sensor No Yes Voltage Sensor Group Yes Yes Voltage Sensor No Yes View options for Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers through iSM–WMI on the Operations Manager console Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite and OMIMSSC provides the following types of views for monitoring, under Monitoring > Dell EMC on the Operations Manager console: • Dell EMC Alert Views • Dell EMC Diagram Views • Dell EMC Performance and Power Monitoring Views • Dell EMC State Vi
Viewing Dell EMC Diagram Views for Dell EMC Server and Rack Workstation (Licensed) feature on the Operations Manager console—iSM–WMI To view the diagram views on the Operations Manager console: 1 Launch the Operations Manager console and click Monitoring > Dell EMC > Dell EMC Diagram Views.
• Remote Access Controllers • Dell Unmanaged systems Dell EMC Rack Workstation Diagram View The Dell EMC Rack Workstation Diagram Views offers a graphical representation of all supported Dell EMC Rack Workstations and allows you to expand and verify the status of individual devices and their components in the diagram. Select a Rack Workstation in the diagram to view its details in the Detail View pane.
• Processor Group • Storage Components Group • Host NIC Group • iDRAC License Group • PCIe/ SSD Group • SD Card Group • BIOS (inventory only) • iDRAC Dell EMC Performance and Power Monitoring Views through iSM–WMI NOTE: • System Board Usage metrics are supported only on some of the 13th generation of the PowerEdge servers. For more information on performance information collection, see View Dell EMC servers performance collection rules set on Operations Manager.
5 Select Overrides > Override the Monitor and select an option based on your requirement. For example, to override the unit monitors for all objects of class: Dell Server, select For all objects of class: Dell Server The Override Properties screen is displayed. 6 Select Enabled and set the Override Value to True. 7 Under Management Pack, either select a management pack created from the Select destination management pack: drop-down menu or create a management pack.
This feature is available for servers discovered through both, the iDRAC and iSM methods of Dell EMC Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring (Licensed) feature. iDRAC Group Manager iDRAC Group Manager feature is available for 14th generation of the PowerEdge servers to offer simplified basic management of iDRAC, and associated servers on the same local network. Group Manager feature allows one-to-many console experience without involving a separate application.
iDRAC detection of failed CMC/OME-M Using the feature; iDRAC detection of a failed Dell EMC Chassis Management Controller/OpenManage Enterprise Modular (CMC/OMEM) , the iDRAC of a Rack Style Management (RSM) enabled modular server detects a failed or an unavailable chassis controller. By using this feature, you can take immediate remedial action to bring the failed Dell EMC CMC/OME-M to a normal state. The Dell Chassis Controller Sensor indicates the presence or failure of a Dell EMC CMC/OME-M.
Object Unit Monitor Dell Server Chassis Controller Sensor Periodic Dell Storage Controller Dell Server Storage Controller Periodic Dell Server Controller Battery Dell Server Controller Battery Unit Periodic Dell Battery Sensor Dell Server Battery Sensor Health Periodic Dell Battery Sensor Group Dell Server Battery Group Sensor Health Periodic Dell Current Sensor Dell Server Current Sensor Health Periodic Dell Fan Sensor Dell Server Fan Sensor Health Periodic Dell Fan Sensor Group Dell Server
Object Unit Monitor Dell Monolithic Server Without Operating System Dell Server Run As Account Association Periodic Dell Server Unit Monitor Periodic Dell Network Interfaces Group Dell Server Network Interface Group Periodic Dell iDRAC Network Interface Dell Server iDRAC Network Interface Unit Periodic Dell Server Capacity Threshold Check Dell Server Capacity Threshold Check Periodic Dell Server Host NIC Dell Server Host NIC Periodic Dell Server License Dell Server License Periodic Dell Serv
Object Unit Monitor Dell Server SD Card Group Periodic Dell Server Connector Enclosure Dell Server Connector Enclosure Periodic Dell Storage Controller Enclosure EMM Dell Server Enclosure EMM Periodic Dell Storage Controller Enclosure Fan Sensor Dell Server Enclosure Fan Sensor Periodic Dell Storage Controller Enclosure Physical Disk Dell Server Enclosure External Physical Disk Periodic Dell Storage Controller Enclosure Power Supply Dell Server Enclosure Power Supply Periodic Dell Storage Contr
Object Unit Monitor Dell Server Voltage Sensor Health Periodic Dell Voltage Sensor Group Dell Server Sensors Voltage Group Periodic Rules The following section lists the rules specific to the Dell EMC Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring (Licensed) feature. Dell Systems Event Processing Rules The Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite processes rules from Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers.
Task Description NOTE: An active Internet connection is required to retrieve the warranty information. iDRAC Hard Reset Performs a remote iDRAC reset operation without having to shut down the server. NOTE: This task is available only for servers discovered through iSM. Launch Dell License Manager Launches the Dell License Manager on the management system. NOTE: Launching Dell License Manager is possible only if a Windows or Linux operating system is installed and Dell License Manager is also installed.
Remote iDRAC hard reset This feature allows the administrator to perform a remote iDRAC reset operation without having to shut down the server. Using iDRAC, you can monitor the supported servers for critical system hardware, firmware, or software issues. Sometimes, the iDRAC may become unresponsive due to various reasons. During such scenarios, you may have to turn off the server by unplugging it from the socket, after which the iDRAC will be reset.
To launch the OpenManage Power Center: 1 In the Operations Manager console, go to a Dell EMC Diagram Views, Dell EMC State Views, or Dell EMC Alerts Views. 2 Select the desired Dell EMC PowerEdge server in any of the Diagram Views or State Views or an alert in the Dell EMC Alerts Views. 3 In the Tasks pane, select Dell Server Tasks > Launch Dell OpenManage Power Center.
Group Diagram View Hardware Type NOTE: DRAC monitoring feature does not support the discovery of 14G PowerEdge servers. You can manage these devices using the Scalable Edition of the Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring feature. Discovering DRAC Devices The DRAC devices must be discovered as network devices under the Administration section of the Operations Manager console. To discover DRAC devices: 1 Log on to the management server as an Operations Manager administrator.
Discovery Object Description Dell Remote Access Group Discovery Discovers the Dell Remote Access group and populates iDRAC. Dell Integrated Remote Access Monolithic Group Discovery Discovers the Dell Integrated Remote Access Monolithic group and iDRAC (Monolithic). Dell Integrated Remote Access Modular Group Discovery Discovers and populates the iDRAC (Modular) group.
Diagram Views of Remote access controllers for DRAC monitoring feature on the Operations Manager console The Dell EMC Diagram Views offers a hierarchical and graphical representation of all Dell DRAC devices on the network. Viewing Dell EMC Diagrams Views for DRAC feature on the Operations Manager console To view the diagrams for DRAC monitoring feature on the Operations Manager console: 1 Launch the Operations Manager console and click Monitoring > Dell EMC > Dell EMC Diagram Views.
The health of a component is derived by reviewing the unresolved alerts associated with the component. Severity Level Indicators explains the various state components that the Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite uses with their corresponding severity levels. Dell Unit Monitors for DRAC Monitoring Feature Monitors to assess various conditions that can occur in DRAC monitored objects. Table 20.
Object Unit Monitor Controller Global Storage Status Periodic Rules The following section lists the rules specific to the Dell DRAC monitoring feature. Dell Systems Event Processing Rules The Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite processes rules from DRAC traps. DRAC Devices All informational, warning, and critical SNMP traps for the DRAC devices have a corresponding SNMP trap rule.
Task Description Launch Remote Desktop Launches the remote desktop for the selected system. NOTE: This feature is available only on systems with iDRAC7, and iDRAC8. Launch Server Administrator Launches the Server Administrator. NOTE: • Server Administrator console is launched only if the Server Administrator is configured on the default port. • This feature is available only on systems with iDRAC7, and iDRAC8.
Launch OpenManage Server Administrator NOTE: • OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) console is launched only if the Server Administrator is configured on the default port. • Server Administrator feature is available only on systems with iDRAC7, and iDRAC8. To launch Server Administrator: 1 In the Operations Manager console, navigate to Dell EMC Diagram Views, Dell EMC State Views, or Dell EMC Alerts Views.
5 Dell EMC OMIMSSC version 7.1 supported monitoring features The topics in this section describe the monitoring features that are supported by OMIMSSC version 7.1 for Operations Manager.
iDRAC–WS-MAN or iDRAC access via Host OS using OMIMSSC This section describes how you can monitor Dell EMC devices in the Dell EMC OMIMSSC console through the servers’s iDRAC–WS-MAN (iDRAC IP) or iDRAC access via Host OS (Host IP). The latter is an experimental feature.
Table 23. Dell Hardware discovery and grouping Group Diagram View Hardware Type Dell EMC PowerEdge Server Dell EMC Monolithic Servers PowerEdge systems. Dell EMC Modular Servers PowerVault servers.
14 On the Add Devices screen specify the iDRAC IP (if your preferred discovery method is iDRAC–WS-MAN) or the Host IP (if your preferred discovery method is iDRAC access via Host OS) address of the systems you want to discover, based on your monitoring preference. You can specify the preferred IP address of the systems by: • Scanning the IP Subnet that you provided. • Scanning a specified IP Range. • Importing a text file containing the list of iDRAC IP/ Host IP addresses.
NOTE: To receive SNMP alerts from devices discovered through the iDRAC access via Host OS feature, you must install SNMP services on the Managed Node and set the Management Server IP address as the trap destination in the SNMP Services. To install SNMP services on the Managed Node, perform the following steps: 1 Navigate to Server Manager > Roles and Features > Features for the managed node. 2 Install SNMP Services. 3 From the list of available services, right-click SNMP Services and select Properties.
Hardware components Scalable Detailed Intrusion Sensor Group No Yes Intrusion Sensor No Yes License Group Yes No License No Yes Memory Yes No Memory Instance Yes Yes Physical Network Interface No Yes Physical Network Interface Group Yes Yes Processors Group Yes No Processor Yes No Power Supply Group Yes Yes Power Supply No Yes PCIeSSD Extender No Yes PCIeSSD Backplane No Yes PCIeSSD Physical Disk No Yes Server Sensors No Yes Server Storage Yes Yes Storag
Hardware components Scalable Detailed Storage Controller Enclosure No Yes Storage Controller Enclosure EMM No Yes Storage Controller Enclosure Fan Sensor Group No Yes Storage Controller Enclosure Fan Sensor No Yes Storage Controller Enclosure Power Supply Group No Yes Storage Controller Enclosure Power Supply No Yes Storage Controller Enclosure Temperature Sensor No Group Yes Storage Controller Enclosure Temperature Sensor No Yes Storage Controller Enclosure Sensor No Yes SD Card
Viewing Alerts for Dell EMC Server and Rack Monitoring (Licensed) feature on the Operations Manager Console To view the Dell EMC Server and Rack Monitoring (Licensed) feature alerts on the Operations Manager console: 1 Launch the Operations Manager console and click Monitoring. 2 Click Dell EMC > Dell EMC Alerts Views. The following Dell EMC Alerts Views are displayed: • Dell EMC Network Interface Alerts View — Link-up and Link-down alerts from the discovered NICs are displayed.
• Power supply • Sensors • Processors • Storage components • BIOS (inventory only) • iDRAC NIC • Host NIC • SD Card • License Dell EMC Modular Systems Diagram View The Dell EMC Modular Systems Diagram View offers a graphical representation of all Modular systems and allows you to expand and verify the status of individual devices and their components in the diagram.
Dell EMC Performance and Power Monitoring Views through iDRAC–WS-MAN NOTE: • System Board Usage metrics are supported only on some of the 13th generation of the PowerEdge servers. For more information on performance information collection, see View Dell EMC servers performance collection rules set on Operations Manager. Also, enable the Dell EMC Server Performance rule.
a Right click Management Pack and select Create Management Pack. b The Create a Management Pack screen is displayed. Provide a name for the management pack in the Name field and click Next. c For information on creating a management pack, see the Operations Manager documentation at technet.microsoft.com. Click Create. The management pack you created is selected in the Select destination management pack: drop-down menu. 8 Click Apply.
separate application. Using iDRAC Group Manager, you can view the details of a set of servers by permitting more powerful management than by inspecting servers visually for faults and other manual methods. You can view the details of the iDRAC Group Manager; iDRAC Group Manager Status, and iDRAC Group Name under the iDRAC object in the Detail View pane of the Diagram View. For more information about this feature, see Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 Version 3.00.00.00 User's Guide.
Capacity Planning feature also provides a performance graph to show the trend for the Average SYS Usage/Day. To view the performance graph for the capacity planning feature: 1 Click Monitoring > Dell EMC > Dell EMC Performance and Power Monitoring Views > Dell EMC System Board Usage View > Overall System Usage (%). 2 Select Capacity Check System Board Average Sys Usage(last day) under the Counter column for the desired Dell EMC device and select the time range for the values required .
Server port connection information Server port connection information feature provides details of the physical mapping of switch ports to server ports, and iDRAC dedicated port connections. This feature helps you to reduce cabling error debugging by identifying which switch ports are connected to a server’s network ports, and iDRAC dedicated port. You can view the details of the Server port connection information under iDRAC NIC and NIC objects in the Detail View pane of the Dell EMC Diagram View.
Object Unit Monitor Dell Server Battery Sensor Health Periodic Dell Battery Sensor Group Dell Server Battery Group Sensor Health Periodic Dell Current Sensor Dell Server Current Sensor Health Periodic Dell Fan Sensor Dell Server Fan Sensor Health Periodic Dell Fan Sensor Group Dell Server Fan Group Sensor Health Periodic Dell Intrusion Sensor Dell Server Intrusion Sensor Health Periodic Dell Modular Blade Server With Operating System Dell Server Run As Account Association Periodic Dell Server
Object Unit Monitor Dell Server iDRAC Network Interface Unit Periodic Dell Server Capacity Threshold Check Dell Server Capacity Threshold Check Periodic Dell Server Host NIC Dell Server Host NIC Periodic Dell Server License Dell Server License Periodic Dell Server License Group Dell Server License Group Periodic Physical Network Interface Dell Server Network Interface Unit Periodic PCIe SSD Backplane Dell Server PCIeSSD Backplane Periodic PCIe SSD Extender Dell Server PCIeSSD Extender Period
Object Unit Monitor Dell Server Enclosure Fan Sensor Periodic Dell Storage Controller Enclosure Physical Disk Dell Server Enclosure External Physical Disk Periodic Dell Storage Controller Enclosure Power Supply Dell Server Enclosure Power Supply Periodic Dell Storage Controller Enclosure Temperature Sensor Dell Server Temperature Sensor Periodic Dell Storage Controller Internal Physical Disk Dell Server Internal Physical Disk Unit Periodic Dell Storage Controller Physical Disk Dell Server Control
Dell Systems Event Processing Rules The Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite and OMIMSSC processes rules from Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers. Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers through iDRAC–WS-MAN All informational, warning, and critical SNMP traps for Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers discovered using Dell EMC Server and Rack Monitoring (Licensed) feature, have a corresponding SNMP trap rule.
Task Description NOTE: Launching OpenManage Power Center is possible only if the Windows or Linux operating system, OpenManage Server Administrator, and OpenManage Power Center are installed on the managed node. Launch Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (Monolithic Server) Launches the OpenManage Server Administrator console for the selected system.
3 In the Task pane, select Dell Server Tasks > Launch Dell License Manager. Launch Dell OpenManage Power Center NOTE: Launching OpenManage Power Center is possible only if Windows or Linux operating system and OpenManage Server Administrator are installed on the managed node. The Launch Dell OpenManage Power Center task allows you to launch the OpenManage Power Center console.
Dell EMC Chassis monitoring feature also supports Detailed monitoring of individual chassis components in the supported Operations Manager. Discover and classify Dell EMC Chassis using Dell EMC OMIMSSC Operations Manager The Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager enables you to discover and classify Dell EMC Chassis Management Controller/OpenManage Enterprise Modular (CMC/OME-M): PowerEdge MX7000, PowerEdge FX2/ FX2s, PowerEdge M1000e, and PowerEdge VRTX.
7 Provide the Credential details and click Finish. 8 In Modular System IP address, provide the IP address of the chassis 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.
e f 8 In the Metrics Monitoring drop-down list, select Yes to use metrics monitoring, and No if you do not want to use metrics monitoring. NOTE: Metrics Monitoring is enabled only when you discover the Chassis devices in Detailed discovery mode. Under the Metrics Interval (Seconds), enter the metrics interval in seconds. To save your settings, click Apply, or to cancel, click Cancel.
Hardware Components PowerEdge MX7000 PowerEdge M1000e PowerEdge FX2 PowerEdge VRTX Scalable Detailed Scalable Detailed Scalable Detailed Scalable Detailed Storage Controller No No No No No No No Yes Storage Controller Virtual Disk Group No No No No No No No Yes Storage Controller Virtual Disk No No No No No No No Yes Storage Controller Physical Disk Group No No No No No No No Yes Storage Controller Physical Disk No No No No No No No Yes Storage Enclo
Diagram views of Dell EMC Chassis monitoring feature on the Operations Manager console The Dell EMC Diagram Views offers a hierarchical and graphical representation of all Dell EMC Chassis Management Controller/ OpenManage Enterprise Modular (CMC/OME-M) devices; PowerEdge MX7000, PowerEdge FX2, PowerEdge M1000e, and PowerEdge VRTX on the network.
For discovered Dell EMC CMC chassis, enable slot discovery which is disabled by default to view: • The occupied and free slot summary in the Chassis Slots Summary • The slot-inventory details modified on CMC chassis that are reflected in the Diagram View. • The correlation of discovered Dell EMC PowerEdege Servers using Licensed or license-free monitoring feature with the slots of CMC chassis that are displayed in the Dell EMC Chassis Management Controllers Group diagram.
The health of a component is derived by reviewing the unresolved alerts associated with the component. Severity Level Indicators explains the various state components that the Dell EMC OMIMSSC for Operations Manager uses with their corresponding severity levels. Dell Unit Monitors for Dell EMC Chassis Monitoring feature Monitors to assess various conditions that can occur in chassis monitored objects. Table 30. Dell Unit Monitors for Dell EMC Chassis Monitoring feature.
Object Unit Monitor Dell Chassis Storage Controller Dell Chassis Storage Controller Health Poll Based Unit Monitor Periodic Dell Chassis Storage Controller Battery Health Poll Based Unit Periodic Monitor Dell Chassis Storage Controller Virtual Disk Dell Chassis Storage Virtual Disk Health Poll Based Unit Monitor Periodic Dell Chassis Storage Controller Enclosure Internal Physical Disk Dell Chassis Storage Internal Physical Disk Primary Health Status Poll Based Unit Monitor Periodic Dell Chassis Stor
Performance Collection Rules In the Operations Manager console, click Monitoring > Dell EMC > Dell EMC Performance and Power Monitoring Views > Dell EMC Chassis Performance View to view the performance information that is collected from Dell EMC Chassis. This feature is enabled by default when you choose to use or select Metrics Monitoring while overriding the performance metrics.
3 In the Tasks pane, select Dell CMC Tasks > Launch Dell CMC Console. Dell EMC Chassis Modular Server Correlation Feature Chassis Modular Server Correlation feature supports: • Correlation of discovered Modular Servers using the licensed or license-free monitoring feature with Chassis slots. NOTE: Dell EMC Chassis Management Controller/OpenManage Enterprise Modular (CMC/OME-M) slot discovery is disabled by default. Hence, enable CMC/OME-M slot discovery for the correlation feature to work.
5 Select Network Switches > Install > Run. The Dell EMC Network Switch Management packs are imported. NOTE: In case you want to Reinstall or repair the existing Management packs, follow the above steps for importing. NOTE: To delete the imported Management packs, select Network Switches > Uninstall > Run. All the imported Management packs for the Dell network switches are deleted.
7 Provide the Credential details and click Finish. 8 In Network Switch IP address, provide the IP address of the switch that you want to discover. 9 Provide a unique job name, and click Finish. 10 (Optional) to track the 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.
Monitoring The Dell EMC Network Switch monitoring feature discovers and monitors the health of the Dell EMC Network Switches. You can use the Monitoring pane of the Operations Manager to select views that provide complete health information of the discovered Dell EMC Network switches. The Severity Level Indicators indicates the health of the Dell EMC Network Switches on the network.
Dell EMC Alerts Views This view is available for managing hardware from the Dell EMC Network switches. SNMP traps that have been send through the discovered network device or switch are displayed in the Dell EMC Network switch Alerts view. Viewing Alerts on the Operations Manager To view the network switch monitoring alerts on the Operations Manager console: 1 Launch the Operations Manager console. 2 Click Monitoring > Dell EMC > Dell EMC Alerts Views. 3 Select Dell EMC Network Switch Alerts View.
Figure 8. Dell EMC Network Switch Diagram View Dell EMC State Views To view health states of the discovered Dell EMC network switches in the Operations Manager console: 1 Launch the Operations Manager console and click Monitoring > Dell EMC > Dell EMC State Views. 2 Select Dell EMC Network Switch State View. The health states of all the discovered network switches are displayed. NOTE: The health of a component is derived by reviewing the unresolved alerts that are associated with the component.
Object Unit Monitor Dell EMC Network Switch Fan Group Dell EMC Network Switch Fan group Overall Health Unit Monitor Periodic Dell EMC Network Switch Fan units Dell EMC Network Switch Fan Health Poll Based Unit Monitor Periodic Dell EMC Network Switch User port group Dell EMC Network Switch user port group Health Poll Based Unit Monitor Periodic Dell EMC Network Switch User port units Dell EMC Network Switch user port Health Poll Based Unit Monitor Periodic Dell EMC Network Switch Power Supply units
6 Appendix A—Issues and resolutions Issues and resolutions The following table lists the known issues, resolutions, and where the issues are applicable: Table 36. Issues and resolutions Issue Resolution Applicable To Discovery through iSM–WMI fails when a managed node is running Windows Server 2008 R2 and the Management server is running Operations Manager 2012 R2. Ensure that you have installed Windows Management Framework version 4.0.
Issue Resolution b Applicable To Correlation Discovery object discovery. Disable the object discovery corresponding to the method used for discovering the modular servers. For example: If the duplicate object is discovered through OMSA, then go to Authoring > Object Discoveries and then search for Dell Server Discovery; which is targeted at the Windows Computer and disable the Discovery attribute for that object.
Issue Resolution Applicable To In the Dell EMCDiagram View for Dell network devices, the basic attributes are not displayed for the Dell DRAC and Dell EMC chassis objects. To resolve this issue, you can view the detailed set of attributes by clicking the objects in the State View. Dell EMC Chassis Monitoring Feature Server Modules and Chassis Slot Summary Information are not visible under CMC/OME-M.
Issue Resolution launched from an alternative Operations Manager console within the Management group. launched from an alternative Operations Manager console that can be used for discovery of devices. NOTE: Ensure that the device credential profile names are unique. In Operations Manager 2012 R2, the import of Dell EMC OpenManage Integration Dashboard View Management pack fails.
Issue Resolution Applicable To NOTE: Ensure that you do not select any other override parameters. Known Limitations Table 37. Known limitations. Limitation Applicable to Dell EMC MP, Power Control, and LED tasks use only the default Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite credentials. When you create a new task in the Authoring pane and view it, you can see the username and the password that you specified. The credentials are not hidden when you view the task.
7 Appendix B Create a simple authentication run-as account 1 Log in into Operations Manager as an administrator for the Operations Manager Management Group. 2 On the Operations Manager console, click Administration. 3 Click Run As Configuration > Accounts. 4 Right-click Accounts, and then click Create Run As Account. The Create Run As Account Wizard screen is displayed. 5 Click Next. 6 From the Run As account type: drop-down menu, select Simple Authentication.
7 Select the run as account used to discover the Dell server from the Run As Account: drop-down list. NOTE: If you are using multiple Run As Account to discover devices, associate each device with its associated Run As account. 8 Click. A selected class, group, or object and add the association for the server in the SMASH Monitoring Profile. • Click Select > Class option, use Dell server as the selection. • Click Select > Group option, use the group containing the Dell server objects as the selection.
8 Appendix C - Enabling External Program Tasks For tasks provided by the Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite that launch external programs have to be installed in the default location. Create new tasks to launch the application if the program is not installed in the default location.
– power off (for Force Power Off task) – power cycle (for Power Cycle task) – power reset (for Power Reset task) – identify on (for LED Identification On task) – identify off (for LED Identification Off task) Example: -I lanplus -H $Target/Property[Type="Dell.WindowsServer.
9 Accessing documents from the Dell EMC support site You can access the required documents using the following links: • For Dell EMC Enterprise Systems Management documents — www.dell.com/esmmanuals • For Dell EMC OpenManage documents — www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals • For Dell EMC Remote Enterprise Systems Management documents — www.dell.com/esmmanuals • For iDRAC and Dell Lifecycle Controller documents — www.dell.
10 Related documentation and resources This chapter gives the details of documents and references to help you work with Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite. Topics: • Microsoft guidelines for performance and scalability for Operations Manager • Other documents you may need • Contacting Dell EMC Microsoft guidelines for performance and scalability for Operations Manager For optimal performance, deploy device-specific Server Management Pack Suite on different management servers.
Contacting Dell EMC NOTE: If you do not have an active Internet connection, you can find contact information on your purchase invoice, packing slip, bill, or Dell EMC product catalog. Dell EMC provides several online and telephone-based support and service options. Availability varies by country and product, and some services may not be available in your area. To contact Dell EMC for sales, technical support, or customer service issues: 1 Visit dell.com/support. 2 Select your support category.
