User's Manual

8 Introduction
Alert View - Displays the alerts/events associated with Dell Devices.
State View - Displays the state of discovered Dell device in a tabular format.
What’s New in Dell MP 3.1
Management Packs
Dell Management Pack 3.1 provides three Management Packs:
• Dell.Connections.001.mp - for Servers and Printers
• Dell.Connections.Client.mp - for Business Computers
• Dell.Connections.StorageArray.mp - for MD3000
™ and MD3000i ™
Storage Arrays
The previous release (Dell MP 3.0) provided only one management pack - the
Dell.Connections.001.mp. The 3.1 release provides two new management
packs - The Dell.Connections.Client.mp and
Dell.Connections.StorageArray.mp. The 3.1 management pack has
additional features, including support for upgrade from 3.0 to 3.1 (for the
server and printer management pack).
NOTE: Upgrade from MP 3.0 to 3.1 is supported only if Systems Center Operations
Manager is upgraded to SP1.
Features
Server and Printer Management (Dell.Connections.001.mp)
The Server and Printer Management pack provides these additional features
in MP 3.1:
• Enhanced attribute and component information for Storage Controllers
• Support for Out of band DRAC - DRAC 5 and DRAC/MC.
– Support for SNMP traps from DRAC 5 and DRAC/MC
– Tasks to launch DRAC 5 and DRAC/MC console
• Reporting functionality
– Embedded system Management (ESM) Log Report
– Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) Log Report
– Dell Related Windows event log Report
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