Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell OpenManage Connection Version 2.1 for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus User's Guide
- Overview
- Using the Dell OpenManage Connection for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus
- Event Monitoring Using SNMP Traps
- Understanding Event Severity
- Event Auto Correlation
- Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Console
- Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) Web Server Console
- EqualLogic Group Manager Console
- Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller Console
- Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC) Console
- Dell PowerEdge VRTX Chassis Management Controller Console
- Dell Remote Access Controller Console
- Dell OpenManage Essentials (OME) Console
- Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager Console
- Dell Connections License Manager Console
- Dell 12G Server Trap Configuration Information Console
- Accessing the Desktop Event List
- Accessing the Active Event List
- Troubleshooting
- Dell Server Events not Received at the Netcool/OMNIbus Console
- Dell EqualLogic Events not Received at the Netcool/OMNIbus Console
- Dell OOB 12G Server Events not Received at the Netcool/OMNIbus Console
- Dell CMC, VRTX CMC and DRAC Events not Received at the Netcool/OMNIbus Console
- Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Array Events not Received at the Netcool/OMNIbus Console
- Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Events not Correlated
- Dell EqualLogic Events Not Correlated
- iDRAC7 Events not Correlated
- Error While Importing the Web GUI Integrations
- Issues in Launching the OMSA, iDRAC, DRAC, CMC, VRTX CMC, DCLM, OME, and OpenManage Web Server Administrator Consoles Using Web GUI
- Issues in Launching the Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Array Console Using Web GUI
- Problem in Restarting the MTTrapd Probe in Windows
- Related Documents and Resources
- Appendix
• Simplified installation of Dell OpenManage connection for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus.
• Automatic alert correlation for iDRAC7 alerts.
• Support for enhanced event message format for the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) and Dell
OpenManage Storage Management (OMSS) (OpenManage release 7.1 to 7.3) alert groups from Dell PowerEdge
and Dell PowerVault servers.
• Support for Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager (MDSM) console launch.
• Support for Dell Connections License Manager (DCLM) console launch.
• Support for Dell knowledge base console launch for 12G server trap configuration information.
• Support for Dell polled events only if Dell OpenManage Connection Version 1.0 for IBM Tivoli Network Manager
(ITNM) IP Edition 3.9 is also integrated.
• Support for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Version 7.4
Key Features
The following table lists the key features of Dell OpenManage Connection.
Table 1. Features and Functionalities
Feature Functionality
Event monitoring Monitors the events from Dell servers, OOB 12G servers,
DRAC5, iDRAC6, DRAC/MC, CMC, VRTX CMC, Dell
EqualLogic Storage Arrays, and Dell PowerVault MD
Storage Arrays on the Netcool/OMNIbus console. For
more information, see Event Monitoring Using SNMP
Traps.
Event auto correlation Correlates events for servers, Dell EqualLogic Storage
Arrays, and iDRAC7 systems automatically. For more
information, see Event Auto Correlation.
Launching Dell OpenManage Server Administrator
(OMSA) console
Launches the OMSA console for the Dell server events
you are monitoring. For more information, see Dell
OpenManage Server Administrator Console.
Launching Dell OMSA web server console Launches the OMSA web server console for the Dell
server events you are monitoring. For more information,
see Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Web Server
Console.
Launching DRAC console Launches the DRAC console for the DRAC5, iDRAC6, and
DRAC/MC events you are monitoring. For more
information, see Dell Remote Access Controller Console.
Launching Dell iDRAC console Launches the iDRAC console for the iDRAC7 events you
are monitoring. For more information, see Integrated Dell
Remote Access Controller Console.
Launching Dell CMC console Launches the CMC console for the CMC events you are
monitoring. For more information, see Dell Chassis
Management Controller Console.
Launching Dell PowerEdge VRTX CMC console Launches the VRTX CMC console for the VRTX CMC
events you are monitoring. For more information, see Dell
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