Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite Version 5.
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Contents Notes, Cautions, and Warnings...................................................................................................2 1 Introduction..................................................................................................................................5 What Is New In This Version Of Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite...............................................5 Key Features And Functionalities......................................................................
1 Introduction The integration of the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite version 5.0 with Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager, System Center 2012 Operations Manager, System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, and Microsoft System Center Essentials (SCE) 2010 environment allows you to monitor, and ensure the availability of the Dell EqualLogic PS series storage arrays (EqualLogic storage arrays).
New Feature Functionality • • • • Storage Pool Borrowing Enabled (for Storage Pool) Volume Recovery Enabled (for Group) Member Chassis Flags (for Member Array) Data Center Bridging Capability (for Ethernet Interface) Key Features And Functionalities Feature Functionality Discovery and Monitoring Supports discovery and monitoring of Dell EqualLogic devices with supported firmware versions.
Monitoring Feature Component Details EqualLogic devices, but enables unit monitors only up to the following groups: • • Dell EqualLogic Detailed Monitoring Storage Pools Group — monitors the storage pools group and provides the health as the consolidated health of all the array members in the Dell EqualLogic group. Volumes Group — monitors the volumes and provides the volumes group health as the consolidated health of all the volumes in the Dell EqualLogic group.
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Using Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite 2 This chapter describes the various operations that you can perform on OpsMgr using the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite version 5.0. The Management Pack enables you to: • Discover and provide detailed inventory information on the EqualLogic groups. For more information, see Discovery. • Monitor the health of the EqualLogic groups and its constituent components. For more information, see Monitoring.
• – If you import the Dell EqualLogic Scalable feature, you can monitor the health of Storage Pools Group and Volumes Group. – If you import the Dell EqualLogic Detailed feature , you can monitor the health of EqualLogic members and their component groups. Process the SNMP alerts for the events received from the Dell EqualLogic devices.
NOTE: If you manually close an auto-resolving alert, it is cleared from the Alerts Views of the OpsMgr console and not generated again. Viewing Alerts On The OpsMgr Console To view the alerts for the Dell EqualLogic devices you are monitoring: 1. In the OpsMgr console, click Monitoring. 2. In the Monitoring pane, navigate to the Dell folder. 3. Expand Alerts Views → EqualLogic Device Alerts.
Complete Diagram View The Complete Diagram View offers a graphical representation of all Dell devices that OpsMgr manages, and allows you to expand and verify the status of individual devices and their components in the diagram. The root node for this view is the Dell Hardware group.
If you import the Dell EqualLogic Detailed Feature, all the components are displayed and monitoring is available up to the component group level.
Group Name Display Details Health Status Power Supplies Group All the power supplies in the EqualLogic member. Displays the consolidated health of the individual power supplies within the EqualLogic member. The individual power supplies are unmonitored. Sensors Group Only the Sensors group and not the individual sensors. Displays the consolidated health of the sensors within the member.
5. Select the object and change the override value(s). 6. Click Apply. NOTE: You can also change the Severity setting for the Rules option. Customizing Unit Monitors You can customize the following parameters of the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack unit monitors by the following overrides: • Enabled — Allows you to enable or disable monitors. You can set the Override Setting to either True or False.
Group Name Monitor Type Description Default Periodic Poll Setting Dell EqualLogic Ethernet Interfaces Group Unit monitor Polls the health status of Ethernet interfaces at regular intervals. 3700 seconds Unit monitor (event-based) Computes the health status of Ethernet interfaces when a link up or link down event is received. Not applicable Dell EqualLogic Power Supply Group Unit monitor Polls the health status of power supplies at regular intervals.
Table 3. Rules — Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Alert Description Severity Dell EqualLogic: Temperature Sensor High Threshold Alert High Threshold Enclosure Temperature Based on current state of temperature sensor is threshold. at °C. Temperature sensor is now in state. Dell EqualLogic: Temperature Sensor Low Threshold Alert Low Threshold Enclosure Temperature sensor is at °C.
Alert Description Severity Dell EqualLogic: Low Ambient Temperature Alert One or more sensors is below the low ambient temperature range. Critical Dell EqualLogic: Enclosure Open for The enclosure is open for a long time. Long Time Alert Critical Dell EqualLogic: Ops Panel Missing Operations panel is missing or broken. or Broken Alert Critical Dell EqualLogic: EMM Link Failure Alert Enclosure Management Services are unavailable.
Related Documentation And Resources 3 This chapter gives the details of documents and resources to help you work with the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Version 5.0. Microsoft Guidelines For Performance And Scalability For Microsoft Operations Manager 2007 R2 For optimal performance, deploy the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite version 5.0 on a dedicated management station. For information on Microsoft’s recommendations for scalability, see support.microsoft.com/kb/975057.
4 Troubleshooting The following table lists the known issues and resolutions. Table 4. Troubleshooting Issue Resolution Dell alerts are not sorted by the duration of the alerts. When importing a management pack with changes to the sorting flags, the sorting flags may not get updated in the registry. Check if the sorting flags are set to 'false' in the view definition in the registry with the problem on the management system.
Issue Resolution OpsMgr 2007 R2 cannot receive SNMP trap data when you use a Microsoft Windows Server 2008-based computer or a Microsoft Windows Vista-based computer as a proxy agent for SNMP devices. Microsoft KB958936 available at support.microsoft.com resolves this issue. The OpsMgr 2007 R2 console crashes on systems running Internet Explorer 9. Install the Cumulative Update 5 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2. For more information, see support.microsoft.com/kb/2495674.
