Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite Version 6.
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Contents 1 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 4 What is New in This Release................................................................................................................................................ 4 Key Features and Functionalities.........................................................................................................................................
1 Introduction This document describes the activities that you can perform with Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite version 6.0 for Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager, Microsoft System Center 2012 Operations Manager, and Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2. The integration of the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite version 6.
Feature Functionality Configurable Monitoring Level Monitors and displays the consolidated health status of components. For more information, see Details of Components Modelled by the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite.
Monitoring Feature Component Details Dell EqualLogic Detailed Monitoring Enables unit monitors up to the component groups level of Dell EqualLogic devices. Health status for the following component groups is displayed: • • • • • 6 Introduction Controllers Group — displays the consolidated controller health status. Disks Group — displays the consolidated disk health status. Ethernet Interfaces Group — displays the consolidated health status of Ethernet interface cards.
2 Using Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite This chapter describes the various operations that you can perform on OpsMgr using the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite version 6.0. 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.
• The health of Dell EqualLogic Group and its components. • • • 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.
1. In the OpsMgr console, click Monitoring. 2. In the Monitoring pane, navigate to the Dell folder. 3. Expand Alerts Views > EqualLogic Device Alerts. The OpsMgr console displays the alerts for all the arrays that you are monitoring in the EqualLogic Device Alerts pane. These alerts meet the criteria you specified in the Authoring pane, such as severity, resolution state, age, or alerts that are assigned to you. 4. Select an alert to view the details in the Alert Details pane.
EqualLogic Diagram View Figure 2. EqualLogic Diagram View The EqualLogic Diagram View offers a graphical representation of all Dell EqualLogic 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 EqualLogic group. If you import only the Dell EqualLogic Scalable Feature, all the components are displayed, but monitoring is available only up to the Storage Pools group and Volumes group.
Group Name Display Details Health Status Storage Pools Group Storage Pools within an EqualLogic group. Displays the consolidated health of the storage pools within an EqualLogic group. Storage Pool Members in the storage pool. Displays the consolidated health of the individual member instances within the storage pool. Controllers Group All the controllers in the EqualLogic member. Displays the consolidated health of the controllers within the EqualLogic member.
Customizing the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack You can customize the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack by using overrides. Specifying Override Parameters To specify override parameters for management pack objects: 1. Launch the OpsMgr console, click Authoring. 2. Expand Authoring > Management Pack Objects. 3. Select the management pack object you want to override — Monitors, Object Discoveries, or Rules. 4.
Group Name Monitor Type Description Default Periodic Poll Setting Unit monitor Polls the health status of the Volumes group at regular intervals. 3700 seconds Dell EqualLogic Storage Pool Group Unit monitor Polls the health status of Storage 3700 seconds Pool(s) group at regular intervals. EqualLogic Helper Utility Unit monitor Rolls up the version information of Dell EqualLogic helper utility.
The following table lists the Dell EqualLogic Alerts. Table 3. Rules — Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Alert Description Severity Dell EqualLogic: Temperature Sensor High Threshold Alert High Threshold Enclosure Temperature sensor is at °C. Temperature sensor is now in state. Based on current state of temperature threshold.
Alert Description Severity Dell EqualLogic: Incorrect Control Module Inserted Alert An incorrect control module has been inserted in the chassis. Critical Dell EqualLogic: High Battery Temperature Alert Cache battery temperature exceeds the upper limit. Critical Dell EqualLogic: Low Ambient Temperature Alert One or more sensors is below the low ambient temperature range. Critical Dell EqualLogic: Enclosure Open for Long Time Alert The enclosure is open for a long time.
3 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 The OpsMgr 2007 R2 console crashes on systems running Internet Install the Cumulative Update 5 for System Center Operations Explorer 9. Manager 2007 R2. For more information, see support.microsoft.com/kb/2495674.
4 Related Documentation and Resources This chapter gives the details of documents and resources to help you work with the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack version 6.0. Topics: • Other Documents you may Need Other Documents you may Need Besides this User’s Guide, you can find the following guide at dell.com/support/home: • The Overview of Dell EqualLogic Products and Resources gives you an overview of Dell EqualLogic products. You can also see the EqualLogic documents at equallogic.
5 Accessing documents from the Dell EMC support site You can access the required documents in one of the following ways: • Using the following links: • • • • • • For Dell EMC Enterprise Systems Management, Dell EMC Remote Enterprise Systems Management, and Dell EMC Virtualization Solutions documents — www.dell.com/esmmanuals For Dell EMC OpenManage documents — www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals For iDRAC documents — www.dell.
