Install Guide

Overview
This guide provides information to install, configure, and use the Dell Modular Disk (MD) Storage Array Management Pack Suite
version 6.1 for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager.
The integration of the Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite version 6.1 with Microsoft System Center 2016
Operations Manager, 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
environment allows you to manage, monitor, and ensure the availability of your Dell devices.
CAUTION: To avoid data corruption, data loss, or both; perform the procedures in this document only if you
have proper knowledge and experience in using Microsoft Windows operating system and Microsoft System
Center 2016 Operations Manager, 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 Management Pack Suite Installer, Installation Guide, and the Release Notes files are packaged in a self-extracting
executable Dell_MD_StorageArray_Management_Pack_Suite_v6.1_Axx.exe (where xx is the Dell MD Storage Array
Management Pack Suite version 6.1 release number) file. You can download the executable file from Dell.com/support.
Read the Management Pack’s release notes, which contain the latest information about software and management server
requirements, in addition to information about known issues. The release notes is also posted to the Systems Management
documentation page at Dell.com/support/home.
Topics:
• Terms used in this document
• Prerequisites
• Contents of the Dell PowerVault MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite
Terms used in this document
The following term is used throughout this document. Make sure to substitute the actual term wherever appropriate.
● OpsMgr — This term refers to Microsoft System Center 2016 Operations Manager, 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, unless otherwise specified.
Prerequisites
To install the Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite on a management station, make sure that you have the following
available:
● OpsMgr 2016, OpsMgr 2012 R2, OpsMgr 2012 SP1, OpsMgr 2012 or OpsMgr 2007 R2.
● Administrator access on the system to:
○ Run the Dell Discovery utility
○ Run the Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager IP list extraction utility
○ Read and modify the IP configuration file
● Minimum disk space of 5 MB for OpsMgr to install the Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite.
● Microsoft .NET version 3.5 to run the installer, and the utilities installed as part of the Dell MD Storage Array Management
Pack Suite.
● (Optional) Modular Disk Storage Manager (MDSM) to diagnose and resolve recovery failure alerts of Dell PowerVault MD
Storage Array.
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