Users Guide

Dell EMC State Views
This view is available for viewing the health of all Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers and supported Dell EMC Rack Workstations. In
the Operations Manager console, click Monitoring > Dell EMC > Dell EMC State Views, the status of each Dell EMC server
and Rack Workstation managed by Operations Manager on the network is displayed.
You can view the status for the following groups:
● Dell EMC State Views
○ Dell EMC Servers (iSM) State View
● Dell EMC Server State Views
○ Dell EMC Sled Servers (iSM) State View
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.
Key features of Dell EMC Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring (Licensed) Feature
This section lists the key features for servers discovered through Dell EMC Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring (Licensed)
feature.
● System Configuration Lockdown Mode
● iDRAC Group Manager
● Capacity Planning
● iDRAC detection of failed CMC/MM
● Server Port Connection Information
System Configuration Lockdown Mode
System Configuration Lockdown mode feature is available for iDRAC 9-based PowerEdge servers which lock the system’s
configuration including firmware updates. This feature is intended to protect the system from unintentional changes. Using
iDRAC console, you can enable or disable the System Configuration Lockdown mode. Once, the System Configuration Lockdown
Mode is enabled, you cannot change the system’s configuration.
You can view the details of the System Configuration Lockdown mode in the Detail View pane of the Dell EMC Diagram View.
For more information about this feature, see Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 Version 3.00.00.00 User's Guide.
This feature is available for servers that are 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 iDRAC 9-based 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. 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.
This feature is available for servers that are discovered through both, iDRAC and iSM methods of Dell EMC Server and Rack
Workstation Monitoring (Licensed) feature.
Capacity planning
You can monitor if the server’s utilization has exceeded the configured capacity threshold values using the unit monitor; Dell
Server Capacity Check. The unit monitor Dell Server Capacity Check monitors the average system or CUPS
usage for the last one day of each server against the configured capacity threshold value. By default, this unit monitor is set to
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Dell EMC Server Management pack suite version 7.2 supported Monitoring features