Users Guide
What's new in this release
The release highlights of Dell EMC PRO Pack are:
• Support for OpenManage Server Administrator 8.4 to 9.0.1 versions
• Support for ten new alerts from OpenManage Server Administrator
• Support for 14th generation of PowerEdge Servers
• Support for Microsoft System Center 2016 Operations Manager
• Support for Microsoft System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager
• Support for Windows Server 2016
Overview
Operations Manager uses PRO-enabled Management Pack to collect and store information on the Dell hardware along with a description of
their health status. Dell EMC Server PRO Pack works with Operations Manager; 2016 or 2012, and VMM; 2016 or 2012 to manage Dell
physical devices and their hosted virtual machines (VMs) using this available health information. Dell EMC Server PRO Pack recommends
remedial actions when monitored objects transition to an unhealthy state (for example, virtual disk failure or predictive drive error), by using
the monitoring and alerting capabilities of Operations Manager and remediation capabilities of VMM.
Also see:
Features and Functionalities
Understanding PRO Tip Management
Alerts and Recovery Actions
Related terms
• A managed system is a Dell system running the OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA), which is monitored and managed using
Operations Manager and VMM. It is managed locally or remotely using supported tools.
• A management station or managing station is a Microsoft Windows based Dell system that has the Operations Manager and VMM
installed to manage virtual workloads.
What is a PRO Tip
PRO (Performance and Resource Optimization) Tip is a feature that monitors the virtual infrastructure and provides alerts when there is an
opportunity to optimize the usage of these resources. A PRO Tip window contains the description of the event that generated the PRO Tip
and the suggested remedial action. This feature allows you to perform a load-balance of VMs between physical hosts, when specic
threshold values are reached. Alternatively, you can migrate VMs when a hardware failure is detected.
The PRO Tip window in the VMM Administrator console enables you to view active PRO Tips for the host groups. The Operations
Manager console displays the corresponding alerts as well, to ensure a consistent monitoring experience.
You can manually implement the recommended action mentioned in the PRO Tip. You can also congure the PRO tip to automatically
implement the recommended action.
Features and Functionalities
Dell EMC PRO Pack:
• Performs PRO-management of PowerEdge systems running Microsoft Hyper-V platforms, by continually monitoring the health of the
physical and virtual infrastructure.
Introduction
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