Users Guide

NOTE: The Dell EMC Windows Server Agent-based and iDRAC7 or iDRAC8 SNMP Management Pack for System Center
Operations Manager tasks open the remote console when using Internet Explorer.
Launch iDRAC using the SCOM console
By running the Launch Dell EMC Remote Access Console task, you can launch the Dell iDRAC application.
Launch Remote Desktop on monolithic servers using the SCOM
console
By running the Launch Dell EMC Remote Desktop task, you can launch a Remote Desktop on Dell EMC monolithic servers.
NOTE: You can start Dell EMC Remote Desktop only if Windows operating system is installed, and Remote Desktop is
manually enabled on the managed node.
Perform a remote iDRAC hard reset operation
You can remotely reset an iDRAC without shutting down the operating system of a server. This task is available only on
PowerEdge servers that are discovered through iDRAC Service Manager (iSM) by using WMI. To reset the iDRAC remotely, you
must first ensure that you have administrative privileges on the host operating system.
To remotely reset iDRAC, do the following on the SCOM console:
1. In the left pane, click Monitoring.
2. Click Dell EMC > Dell EMC State Views > Dell EMC Servers (iSM) State View.
The state information is displayed, and the servers that are discovered though iSM by using WMI are listed in the working
pane.
3. Select the server on which you want to remotely reset iDRAC.
In the Tasks section of the right pane, the tasks that you can perform on the selected server are displayed.
4. Click iDRAC Hard Reset.
The Run Task - iDRAC Hard Reset window is displayed.
5. Click Run.
The Task Status - iDRAC Hard Reset window is displayed with the status of the reset.
6. Click Close.
The iDRAC is successfully reset without shutting down the server operating system.
Clear Embedded Server Management (ESM) logs
The Server Administrator Embedded Server Management (ESM) log, also referred to as the hardware log, maintains a list of all
system events that are generated by the hardware, such as Error-Correcting Code (ECC), system reset and boot, and probe
threshold changes. You can refer to this log when hardware errors appear or when the system is not functioning properly.
To run the Clear ESM Logs task, do the following:
1. In the left pane, click Monitoring.
2. Expand Dell EMC.
3. Expand either Diagram Views, State Views, or Alerts Views.
4. Select the device on which you want to run the task.
A list of tasks you can run by using the monitoring feature that is used by the device is displayed in the Tasks pane of the
SCOM console.
5. In the Tasks pane, click Dell EMC Windows Server Tasks > Clear ESM Logs.
The Run Tasks window is displayed.
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Run tasks on the SCOM console for OMIMSSC monitoring features