Owner's Manual

Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite Operations 29
Object Discoveries
You can customize the following EqualLogic Management Pack discovery
parameters, using overrides:
• Enabled : Allows you to enable or disable discoveries. You can choose the
Override Setting to be True or False.
• IntervalSeconds : The frequency (in seconds) with which the Dell
Management Pack discovers the component instance and attributes of
your Dell device. The default value for this attribute is 86400 seconds
(24 hours).
To specify override parameters:
1 Launch the SCOM console and click the Authoring tab.
2 Select Object Discoveries under Management Pack Object in the
Authoring pane.
3 In the Object Discoveries pane, select any object and under the object
select
Dell EqualLogic Discovery .
4 Right-click on Dell EqualLogic Discovery and from the pop-up menu
select
Overrides → Override the Object Discovery → For all objects of
class: SNMP Network Device
. The Override Properties window is
displayed.
5 Check the object, and change the override value.
6 Click Apply .
When you import the EqualLogic Management Pack suite into the SCOM
console, the management pack uses SCOM's network devices to perform
further classification into SCOM classes. The default schedule is 24 hours.
Rules
The EqualLogic Management Pack displays the SNMP based hardware traps
from the EqualLogic arrays
There are 26 SNMP alert rules which process all SNMP traps from the
EqualLogic device and display them as Dell EQL alerts in SCOM
These alerts are displayed in the EqualLogic Device Alerts under the Alerts
view by the SCOM console of the management pack.
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