Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC OpenManage Integration Version 7.2 with Microsoft System Center for System Center Operations Manager User's Guide
- Contents
- About this guide
- About Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft System Center (OMIMSSC) for System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
- Purchase and manage OMIMSSC license
- Port information and Communication Matrix for OMIMSSC appliance
- Support Matrix
- Deploy and configure the OMIMSSC appliance
- OMIMSSC and SCOM interfaces for device management
- Enroll (register) management servers to OMIMSSC
- Tasks you can perform on the OMIMSSC Admin Portal
- Manage OMIMSSC from the SCOM console
- Discovery and monitoring of PowerEdge servers by using the licensed monitoring features of OMIMSSC
- Introduction to the licensed monitoring features in OMIMSSC for PowerEdge servers and rack workstations
- Discovery and classification of PowerEdge servers and workstations by using WS-Man or iDRAC access using Host operating system
- Prerequisites to discover PowerEdge Servers using Dell EMC Server and Rack Monitoring (Licensed)
- Discover PowerEdge servers by using iDRAC WS-Man through OMIMSSC
- Discover PowerEdge servers by using the SCOM console
- Object discoveries using WS-Man
- Install SNMP services to monitor PowerEdge servers
- Monitoring PowerEdge servers and rack workstations on the SCOM console
- Discovery and monitoring of Dell EMC chassis using OMIMSSC
- Discovery and monitoring of Dell EMC Network Switches using OMIMSSC
- Discovery and classification of network switches
- Override properties to customize the network switch discovery process
- Import network switch management packs for discovery from OMIMSSC Admin Portal
- Discover Dell EMC Network Switches by using OMIMSSC
- Discover Dell EMC Network Switches by using SCOM
- Network Switches monitoring feature in OMIMSSC
- Manage Dell EMC devices using the OMIMSSC appliance
- View jobs in OMIMSSC Admin Portal and OpenManage Integration Dashboard
- Run tasks on the SCOM console for OMIMSSC monitoring features
- Run OMIMSSC monitoring feature-based tasks on SCOM
- Tasks run on Dell EMC devices by using the OMIMSSC monitoring features
- Check connection to the nodes
- View warranty information of PowerEdge servers
- Start OMSA on monolithic servers using the SCOM console
- Start iDRAC using the SCOM console
- Start Remote Desktop on monolithic servers using the SCOM console
- Perform a remote iDRAC hard reset operation
- Clear Embedded Server Management (ESM) logs
- Power management-related tasks
- Start the Dell CMC console
- Upgrading the OMIMSSC appliance
- De-enroll (Deregister) management servers enrolled to OMIMSSC
- Remove an OMIMSSC VM
- Troubleshooting
- After deploying the OMIMSSC appliance, an IP address is not assigned to the OMIMSSC appliance
- After deploying the OMIMSSC appliance, enrollment of management servers with OMIMSSC is unsuccessful or the management packs are not successfully installed.
- Unable to start the OpenManage Integration Dashboard in the SCOM console
- Unable to connect to the OMIMSSC appliance
- Issues observed when usernames of local account and domain account match but the passwords differ
- Resolve issues in synchronizing data of Dell EMC devices with OMIMSSC
- Manually clean the SCOM console that is unreachable during the de-enrollment
- Connection is unavailable between OMIMSSC and the SCOM console
- Unable to log in to the OMIMSSC Admin portal by using the Mozilla Firefox browser
- A job run on OMIMSSC to discover a device stays in the Progress state for more than five hours
- Unable to discover and monitor devices after restarting OMIMSSC
- Event ID 33333: Data Access Layer rejected retry on SqlError
- Resolve issues in the Dell EMC Feature Management Dashboard
- Reference topics
- Monitoring features supported by OMIMSSC
- Configuring the monitoring features of OMIMSSC by using the Feature Management Dashboard
- Import monitoring features using the Dell EMC Feature Management Dashboard
- Upgrade monitoring features using the Dell EMC Feature Management Dashboard
- Customizing monitoring features using the Feature Management Dashboard for scalable and detailed editions
- Remove monitoring features using the Dell EMC Feature Management Dashboard
- Severity levels of discovered devices
- Key features of licensed monitoring of PowerEdge servers in OMIMSSC
- System configuration lockdown mode in iDRAC9 PowerEdge servers
- iDRAC Group Manager in iDRAC9 PowerEdge servers
- Event auto resolution
- Capacity planning of PowerEdge servers discovered through iDRAC and iSM
- Detect and restore the status of a failed CMC or OpenManage Enterprise-Modular
- Port connection information of PowerEdge servers discovered through iDRAC and iSM
- Hardware components of servers and rack workstations monitored by OMIMSSC
- Hardware components of chassis monitored by OMIMSSC
- Hardware components of network switches monitored by OMIMSSC
- View options provided by the OMIMSSC monitoring features
- OMIMSSC Unit Monitors
- Event rules used by different monitoring features of OMIMSSC
- Additional resources
- Accessing support content from the Dell EMC support site
- Contacting Dell Technologies
- Glossary
- Additional topics
Monitored chassis views on the SCOM console
The OMIMSSC appliance provides the following types of views for monitoring Dell EMC chassis under Monitoring > Dell EMC
on the SCOM console:
● View alerts of the monitored Dell EMC Chassis on page 45
● View the Diagram Views of chassis on page 45
● View performance and power monitoring of PowerEdge chassis on the SCOM console on page 46
● View the State Views of chassis on page 46
View alerts of the monitored Dell EMC Chassis
The alerts view for the monitored chassis is available for managing hardware and storage events from Dell EMC Chassis
Management Controller/OpenManage Enterprise Modular (CMC/OME-M) devices. The SNMP traps that are sent by Chassis
devices are displayed by the Dell EMC Chassis monitoring feature.
To view the Chassis monitoring alerts:
1. In the left pane of the SCOM console, select Monitoring.
2. Expand Dell EMC > Dell EMC Alerts Views.
The following alert views are displayed:
● Dell EMC Chassis Alerts—SNMP traps from the discovered Chassis devices are displayed.
● Dell EMC Chassis Alert Views
○ Dell EMC FX2 Chassis Alert View —SNMP traps from the discovered PowerEdge FX2 chassis devices are
displayed.
○ Dell EMC M1000E Chassis Alert View —SNMP traps from the discovered PowerEdge M1000E chassis devices are
displayed.
○ Dell EMC MX7000 Chassis Alert View —SNMP traps from the discovered PowerEdge MX7000 chassis devices
are displayed.
○ Dell EMC VRTX Chassis Alert View —SNMP traps from the discovered PowerEdge VRTX chassis devices are
displayed.
3. Select the required alerts view.
The alerts that meet the criteria you specify, such as alert severity, resolution state, or alerts that are assigned to you are
displayed in the working pane.
4. Select an alert to view information about that alert in the Alert Details section.
View the Diagram Views of chassis
For the diagram view of the monitored chassis on the SCOM console:
1. In the left pane of the SCOM console, select Monitoring, and then expand Dell EMC > Dell EMC Diagram Views.
2. Select the Dell EMC Diagram Views folder for the following views:
● View the Dell EMC Chassis Management Controllers Group diagram view on page 45
● ○ Dell EMC FX2 Chassis Diagram View
○ Dell EMC M1000E Chassis Diagram View
○ Dell EMC MX7000 Chassis Diagram View
○ Dell EMC VRTX Chassis Diagram View
See Diagram views displayed by different monitoring features of OMIMSSC on page 90.
3. Select the required diagram view.
On the working pane, the hierarchical and graphical representations of the selected Dell EMC chassis are displayed.
4. Select a component in the diagram to view its details in the Detail View section.
View the Dell EMC Chassis Management Controllers Group diagram view
The Dell EMC Chassis Management Controllers Group diagram view offers a graphical representation of all Dell EMC
Chassis Management Controller/OpenManage Enterprise Modular (CMC/OME-M); PowerEdge MX7000, PowerEdge FX2,
PowerEdge M1000E, and PowerEdge VRTX, and their inventory.
Discovery and monitoring of Dell EMC chassis using OMIMSSC
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