Owner's Manual

Introduction 17
Which systems management protocol(s) should I plan to install or enable?
In general, your choice of protocols is determined by the systems you want
to monitor and the respective agent protocols they support. If the systems
you want to monitor have agents that use the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP), Windows
®
Management Interface (WMI), Web Services
for Management (WS-MAN), or the Intelligent Platform Management
Interface (IPMI) protocols, then configure these protocols in Dell
Management Console.
In Dell Management Console, you can configure a Connection Profile to include
the protocols you require. Dell Management Console connects to the device on
the network using the protocols you define in the Connection Profile.
How should I organize my managed systems' IP addresses if I am using
more than one systems management protocol on a subnet?
Where possible, group systems using the same systems management
protocol into contiguous subnets. This strategy increases manageability
during the creation of Dell Management Console discovery ranges.
Is the performance of my monitoring network determined by the attributes
I want to monitor?
Yes, the devices’ attributes that you want to monitor determine the resources
required. For example, to monitor only the health of your systems, the
recommended minimum hardware configuration is sufficient. However, the
configuration depends on the number of systems that you want to monitor.
To monitor the health and performance of your systems, it is advised that you
exceed the recommended configuration. See “Recommended Minimum
Hardware Configuration.”
I have a multi-tiered network with management systems in various parts
of the world. How would that affect the way I install Dell Management
Console?
Having management stations in different parts of the world affects the way
you install Dell Management Console. For more information, see the
Symantec documentation on tiered infrastructure. Symantec documents are
available in the Help Documentation Library.
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