Owner's Manual

Using the Dell OpenManage Connection for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 9
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Using the Dell OpenManage
Connection for IBM Tivoli
Netcool/OMNIbus
Dell OpenManage Connection for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus allows
event monitoring, automatic event correlation, and launching device consoles
on the Netcool/OMNIbus consoles. These features are supported on the
different components of Netcool/OMNIbus such as Probe, ObjectServer Web
GUI, and Desktop appropriately. This chapter discusses the various
operations that you can perform after you install the Dell OpenManage
Connection. For more information on installing the Dell OpenManage
Connection, see Dell OpenManage Connection Version 1.0 for IBM Tivoli
Netcool/OMNIbus Installation Guide
at support.dell.com/manuals .
Event Monitoring Using SNMP Traps
The Dell OpenManage Connection monitors Dell servers and Dell
EqualLogic systems by receiving SNMP traps from the Dell devices on the
Netcool/OMNIbus console. You can use both desktop and web Graphical
User Interface (GUI) client to monitor the systems.
NOTE: To distinguish among the various devices on the Netcool/OMNIbus console,
a class value is assigned to the Dell devices. The class value of Dell servers and
Dell EqualLogic systems are 2080 and 2085 respectively.
The event monitoring process is as follows:
1
The SNMP probe receives the SNMP traps from the Dell servers or Dell
EqualLogic systems.
2 The SNMP probe converts the trap into event using the respective rules,
which filters the traps from the Dell devices and populates the event fields
with the appropriate value.
3 The SNMP probe forwards the events to the ObjectServer.
4 The desktop and web GUI consoles display the events by communicating
with the ObjectServer.