Owner's Manual

The Dell OpenManage Connection for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 7.3.1 provides SNMP traps monitoring
capability for Dell Systems and helps user to take further remedial action.
What’s New
• Out-of-Band alerts monitoring from Dell 12G Servers.
• Monitoring alerts from Dell Chassis Management Controllers (CMC).
• Enhanced monitoring of new OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) and OpenManage Storage Management (OMSS)
alerts (OM release 7.0 to 7.1) from Dell Servers.
• Enhanced monitoring of SCSI and iSCSI alerts from Dell EqualLogic systems.
• Support for integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) console launch.
• Support for Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC) console launch.
• Support for Dell OpenManage Essentials (OME) console Launch.
Installation
For more information, see the "Dell OpenManage Connection 2.0 for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Installation Guide."
Prerequisites
Before installing the Dell OpenManage Connection, ensure that your system meets the following requirements:
Software Requirements
Managing System
• IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 7.3.1 with the following components installed:
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ObjectServer
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Multi-Thread Trapd SNMP Probe
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Desktop
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Web GUI
• Proper DNS Configuration
• Default browser configured
Managed System
• Supported Windows operating systems on Dell PowerEdge and PowerVault systems.
• Supported Linux operating systems on Dell PowerEdge systems.
• Supported ESXi version on Dell PowerEdge systems.
• The supported versions of Dell OpenManage Server Administrator for Windows, Linux, and ESXi systems are 6.5 to 7.1.
• The supported iDRAC7 firmware versions for Dell 12G Servers are 1.00.00 to 1.20.20.
• SNMP service enabled with proper configuration.
• SNMP Trap destination configured to the SNMP Probe Server.