User's Manual

24 Using the Dell™ Management Pack for Microsoft
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Operations Manager
• Dell Computer Views: By default, the Management Pack imports the following views specific to
Dell systems:
– Dell Computer Group Listing: Displays the Dell Computer Group and the Dell systems that are
part of the Computer Group diagrammatically along with the system attributes and status.
– Dell Computer Listing: Displays all Dell systems in the network diagrammatically with their
attributes and status.
– Dell State Views: Displays a list of Dell states to help you monitor the health of your managed
Dell systems in the network.
• Dell Agents Role: Displays the state of each Dell hardware component running on the agent
managed system.
• Dell Services Role: Displays the state of each Dell service running on the agent managed system.
– Dell OpenManage Alerts: Displays alerts for all Dell systems.
– Server Administrator Events: Displays all Server Administrator-specific events only (including the
enhanced Storage Management Service).
– Array Manager Events: Displays all Array Manager-specific events only.
– Dell Managed Systems: Lists all Dell systems in the network in which Server Administrator is
installed; displays the current status of each system.
– Dell Computer Groups: Displays the Dell-associated computer groups.
– Dell Computer Server Administrator Required Group: Displays the Dell systems without
Server Administrator.
• Dell Tasks: Displays the tasks that can be performed using Dell systems.
• Dell Knowledge Base: Provides information about each of the Dell event processing rules, which may
include a description of the event, its severity, the cause of the event, and possible actions to be taken
to resolve the issue, if any. The Dell Knowledge Base also includes information about the Management
Pack, such as the purpose of the Management Pack, its features, and its configuration settings.
Discovering Dell Systems
To discover Dell systems, the system must be included in the Agent Managed Computers view under
the Administration section of the MOM Console.
To add the system to the Managed Computers list, perform the following steps:
1 In the MOM Administrator Console tree, expand Microsoft Operations Manager → Administration →
Computers → Computer Discovery Rules .
2 Right-click Computer Discovery Rules and select Create computer discovery rule from the pop-up menu.
3 Enter the criteria to create a rule to discover all Dell systems to be managed and click OK .
The scan is performed at a scheduled time. To reschedule the managed computer scan, follow the steps
in "
Rescheduling the Managed System Scan."