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Monitoring and Alerting
Dell™ Management Console communicates with managed devices on the
network to collect health and performance data. The Monitoring and Alerting
module is the primary interface for monitoring real-time health, performance,
and power consumption of systems. This feature uses various protocols such
as, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Common Information
Model (CIM), and Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
to communicate with managed devices.
NOTE: When you configure monitoring and alerting in Dell Management Console.
Tracking will not start until the new configuration is active.
Dell™ OpenManage™ Storage Management Related Notes
• When firmware of a storage attached to a server is out of date, in Dell
Management Console, the Storage Controller Component status displays
a Warning status. For more information on the status of the Storage
Controller Component, see OpenManage Server Administrator.
• Whenever a virtual disk is deleted or a physical disk is removed in
OpenManage Storage Management; the change is reflected in Dell
Management Console only when the monitor agent is restarted or the
device session is refreshed (By default, the device session is refreshed, once
an hour.)
• Management Information Base (MIB) supports component and rollup
status’. The Component status is the status of an element that is treated
independent of any rollup status of any child element. The Rollup status is
the worst case status of an element and its children. OpenManage Storage
Management and Dell Management Console have different interface and
requirements to display these status’:
• The OpenManage Storage Management user interface displays only
the rollup status. This is specifically required so that you can
determine a non-normal state without having to drill-down the
complete hierarchy to determine a possible issue.
• Dell Management Console displays the component status. Dell
Management Console monitors devices in a flat view wherein you can
see all components that have a non-normal status at once. It is
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