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42 Using the Dell™ Management Pack for Microsoft
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Operations Manager
Discovery
This rule group discovers Dell servers without Server Administrator and generates a warning message
stating that these servers require Server Administrator.
The server classification is based on the following criteria:
• BIOS manufacturer must contain substring Dell
• Absence of the Server Administrator registry key
Management Servers
This rule group creates the <management group name>_bmcServers.xml file. The file is generated on
the MOM 2005 Management Server at the BMC Management Utility installation directory. The file
contains a list of MOM Agents with BMC IP Address, BMC User name and BMC Password for Dell
systems with BMC configured.
NOTE: The <management group name>_bmcServers.xml file must be updated manually, if the BMC authentication
details of a system are modified during startup or using Server Administrator.
Default Rule Properties
All Dell OpenManage events generate an alert by default. The severity level of the alert is based on the
severity level of the event. See
Ta b le 4-6.
When the same event occurs more than once, only one alert is generated and duplicate alerts are
suppressed. You can set this criteria under Properties for the rule groups. An alert is considered a
duplicate alert if the following criteria are met:
• An alert must be created by the same rule and must remain in the unresolved state to be considered as
a duplicate alert.
• The following fields of the alert must remain identical for the alert to be considered a duplicate and to
be suppressed:
– Alert description
– Alert source
– Severity
– Source name
– Event number
Table 4-6. Event and Alert Severity Levels
Event Severity Level Alert Severity Level
ERROR Critical Error
WARNING Warning
INFORMATIONAL No alerts generated