Users Guide

Overview

This guide provides the information required to monitor and troubleshoot the Dell OpenManage Connection Version 3.0 for Tivoli Netcool/

OMNIbus.

Dell OpenManage Connection for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus provides event-monitoring capabilities to monitor Original Equipment

Manufacturing (OEM) Servers, Dell Datacenter Scalable Solutions (DSS), Dell PowerEdge Servers, Dell Remote Access Controllers

(DRACs), Integrated Dell Remote Access Controllers (iDRACs), Dell Workstations, Dell Chassis, Dell Storage, and Dell Network devices. The

Dell OpenManage Connection monitors Dell devices by receiving alerts on the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus console. It also supports one-

to-one console launches following Dell device alerts and other Dell tools launches from the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus console in order to

perform troubleshooting, conguration, and management activities.

NOTE:

This guide is intended for system administrators familiar with IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 7.3.1, 7.4, or 8.1

Dell Precision Rack Workstations mentioned throughout this guide refers to Dell Precision R7910 Rack Workstations.

For more information about the supported Dell devices, see Dell OpenManage Connection support matrix.For more information on

accessing documents, see Accessing documents from the Dell support site.

Topics:

• What is new in this release

• Key features

What is new in this release

The Dell OpenManage Connection version 3.0 for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus has the following new features and support:

• Support for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus version 8.1

• Simple Network Management Protocol version 3 (SNMPv3) support for iDRAC7, iDRAC8, Dell Enterprise Switches (M-Series, C-Series,

S-Series, and Z-Series), and N-Series switches.

• Monitor alerts from the following Dell devices:

– Support for Dell Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) servers

– Support for Dell Datacenter Scalable Solutions (DSS)

– Support for the latest Dell 13th Generation of PowerEdge servers

• Trap correlation support for the following Dell devices:

– Dell OEM servers

– Dell DSS

– Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 8 (iDRAC8)

– Dell PowerEdge FX2

– Dell PowerEdge VRTX

• Support for additional traps for the following Dell devices:

– Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) and Dell OpenManage Storage Management (OMSS) for OpenManage release 8.3,

8.2, and 8.1

– Dell OEM servers

– Dell DSS

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