Users Guide

Automatic Collection

By default, the automatic collection feature is enabled. To disable this feature, use the drop-down menu:

• Enable

• Disable

You can also specify the time for scheduled collection by selecting any of the following options from the Schedule automatic collections

drop-down menu:

• Weekly

• Monthly

• Quarterly

• Never

You can also set the automatic collection as recurring.

To view the ProSupport Plus Recommendations report, select Yes from the Send ProSupport Plus Recommendations Report drop-down

menu.

After setting the preferences, click Apply to save the changes.

Enabling the In-band SNMP Get feature—Linux

Net-snmp package should be installed and congured to accept SNMP requests from remote systems.

For installing the in-band SNMP get feature through setup.sh installer complete the following tasks:

1 Start the iSM installation using the setup.sh script by executing ./setup.sh

2 Review the license agreement and accept to proceed with the installation.

3 On the next page, the list of features are shown. Select the Access via SNMP Get sub option under the iDRAC access via Host OS

feature by entering 4.c , and press Enter.

4 After the feature is enabled, start the installation process of the selected features by entering I and press Enter.

5 After the installation is nished successfully, start the iDRAC Service Module process.

If SNMP Agent service is not enabled on iDRAC, iSM congures and enables the SNMP Agent.

6 To view the SNMP Agent properties, on the iDRAC GUI, Go to Settings.

7 Click iDRAC Service Module Setup.

8 Under Monitoring session, view that SNMP Get via Host OS option is enabled.

9 Open a new ‘PuTTY Conguration’ window, provide your Host Name IP address and click Open.

10 Click Yes, for the PuTTY Security Alert.

11 Log in to iDRAC using the proper credentials.

12 Type

racadm get iDRAC.ServiceModule.HostSNMPGet

and enter.

You can view that HostSNMPGet is enabled.

NOTE

: If the In-Band SNMP Get feature was not enabled during the Installation of iSM, it can be enabled later through

iDRAC GUI/Racadm command.

• Through iDRAC GUI — iDRAC Settings->Settings->iDRAC Service Module Setup->Enable SNMP Get via Host OS-

>Enable or Disable

• Through Racadm — racadm set idrac.servicemodule.HostSnmpGet "Enabled"or "Disabled"

NOTE: iDRAC GUI/Racadm commands for In-Band SNMP Get feature is applicable only for 14

Generation of servers. On

and 13

Generation servers, you must use the iSM installer for enabling/disabling this feature.

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