Install Guide

Table 5. Deployment Scenario for Operations Manager 2012 R2 (continued)
Monitoring Mode Device Count Number of Management Servers
Detailed
<=120 For minimum hardware recommendation for MS,
DB, and the number of Management Servers, set
Number of Network Devices count to 2000 in
Sizing Guide.
NOTE: This configuration is required for
monitoring Dell devices that are mentioned
under Device count column.
NOTE: To Scale more than 600+ devices in scalable mode, upgrade the Operations Manager 2012 R2 to Operations
Manager 2016 and later (the Microsoft Public hotfix https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4481376/ available only for
Operations Manager 2016 and later).
NOTE: For Operations Manager 2012 SP1, OMIMSSC is not supported.
Table 6. Deployment Scenario for Operations Manager 2016 and later
Scenario1: Devices discovery using Operations Manager (SMASH/Network Switch)
Dell EMC devices are discovered as SMASH devices or Network devices in the Operations Manager console. The
inputs for SMASH devices are provided in the SMASH monitoring wizard and for network switches in the network
device discovery wizard of the Operations Manager console.
Monitoring Mode Devices Count Proxy MS
Configured
Number of
Management
Servers
Required
minimum number
of Proxy MS
Remarks
Scalable <=600 No For minimum
hardware
recommendation
for MS, DB, and
the number of
Management
Servers, set
Number of
Network Devices
count to 2000 in
Sizing Guide.
NOTE: This
configuration is
required for
monitoring Dell
devices that
are mentioned
under Device
count column.
NA NA
Yes For minimum
hardware
recommendation
for MS, DB, and
the number of
Management
Servers, set
Number of
Network Devices
count to 2000 in
Sizing Guide.
NOTE: This
configuration is
required for
3 Each Proxy MS can
monitor maximum
of 250 devices in
scalable mode and
each Management
Server can be
connected to
maximum of 4
Proxy MS. For
configuration of
Proxy MS, see
Table Proxy MS
Virtual Machine
Configuration
Proxy MS and scalability scenarios for device monitoring 21