Owner's Manual

Remote Access Controllers
Remote access controllers (RACs) allow you to remotely manage and monitor your system even when the system is down. The DRAC 5, DRAC 4, DRAC/MC,
DRAC III, DRAC III/XT, ERA, ERA/O, and ERA/MC are systems management hardware and software solutions designed to provide remote management
capabilitiesforDellPowerEdge™systems.
Connection integration points:
l Discovery and status polling through DSM and Server Administrator (does not include discovery and status polling for ERA/MC)
l Trap collection and formatting through RAC EM Message Records
l Application launch of the RAC Web console through WV (does not include launching DRAC/MC and ERA/MC)
DRAC II
DRAC II Web Console supports console redirection and out-of-band status retrieval and management operations for certain PowerEdge systems through a
Web-based management application.
Connection integration points:
l Discovery and status polling of the DRAC II agent through DSM
l Trap collection and formatting of DRAC II events through DSM (in-band events)
l Trap collection and formatting of DRAC II card events through EM (out-of-band events)
l Application launch of the DRAC II Web Console through WV
Dell PowerVault NAS Manager
The Network Attached Storage (NAS) Manager allows you to configure NAS appliances from an integrated, Web browser-based application. The Connection
provides a launch point to the application for Dell-instrumented NAS systems.
Event Management
Dell instrumentation generates event traps, which update the status of a given system by changing the related systems management application icon color.
See Table 2.TheseeventsaredisplayedintheUnicenterEventConsoleandwrittentotheconsolelog,andthestatuschangeispropagatedtothesystem
icon.
For PET events, the Dell instrumentation embeds the host name into the trap, so that it is appended to the event message, enabling the user to determine
which system has generated the alert. See the Event Message Formats section for sample messages.
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Importing Adaptec CI/O Events Into the CA Unicenter Event Management Console
Although the Connection no longer supports Adaptec CI/O management software, these event messages can be imported into the CA Unicenter Event
Management console. The following section describes the process.
1. Open a command prompt.
2. Run the following command:
CAINSTALLDIR\bin\cautil.exe -f DELLINSTALLPATH\CIOEvents.txt
where CAINSTALLDIR is the location where you have installed CA Unicenter, and where DELLINSTALLPATH is the location where you have installed the
Connection.
Event Message Formats
NOTE: You must install Array Manager separately.
NOTE: TheArrayManagerintegrationdoesnotformattrapsrelatedtotheDellPowerVault™660F.
NOTE: You must install the DRAC II Web Console separately.
NOTE: Traps sent from the DRAC II out-of-band interface are formatted only by EM.
NOTE: The Connection discovers only the PowerVault NAS systems, and not the NAS systems that have been converted from the PowerEdge systems.
NOTE: Server Administrator Storage Management Service traps are logged in the System Administrator Alert log.
NOTE: Since PET alerts come directly from the hardware and not through an agent, the system icon status color will not change and no systems
management application icon is affected.
NOTE: If you are still using the Adaptec CI/O management software, the CI/O event messages are placed into the installation directory.
NOTE: DSM performs all event message formatting.