Users Guide

Discover PowerEdge servers by using SCOM Agent
Management
About this task
Discover PowerEdge servers in the Agent Managed view under the Administration section of the SCOM console.
Steps
1. In the left pane of the SCOM console, select Administration.
2. In the left pane, click Discovery Wizard.
3. In the working pane, select Windows computers, and then complete the tasks that are prompted by the Computer and
Device Management Wizard.
For more information, see the Microsoft SCOM documentation.
NOTE: In a distributed environment, the discovery of devices may be not be successful. Ensure all the conditions
displayed in the error message are verified, and then discover the devices.
Results
NOTE: The installer automatically imports the Dell EMC Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring management packs into
the SCOM console. If the installer fails to install the management packs, then import the management packs using the
Import Management Packs wizard or the Dell EMC Feature Management Dashboard on the SCOM console.
NOTE: Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers that do not have Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) installed or are
running an unsupported OMSA version are grouped as Dell Unmanaged Devices.
Monitoring Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers in the SCOM
console
The Monitoring pane of the SCOM console is used to select views that provide complete health information about the
discovered Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers. The Severity Level Indicators helps you to indicate the health of the Dell EMC
PowerEdge Servers on the network.
It includes monitoring the health of monolithic and modular servers, and supported Dell Precision Racks and their components,
both at regular intervals and on occurrence of events.
View options for Dell EMC Server and Rack Workstation monitoring
feature
Dell EMC Windows Server Agent-based and iDRAC7 or iDRAC8 SNMP Management Pack provides the following types of views
for monitoring servers and rack workstations by selecting Monitoring > Dell EMC on the SCOM console:
● Alert view in the monitoring feature for PowerEdge servers and rack workstations on page 14
● Diagram views in the monitoring feature for PowerEdge servers and rack workstations on page 15
● Performance and power monitoring views in the monitoring feature for PowerEdge servers and rack workstations on page 15
● State views in the monitoring feature for PowerEdge servers and rack workstations on page 17
Alert view in the monitoring feature for PowerEdge servers and rack
workstations
The Alert View is available for managing hardware and storage events from the Dell EMC servers and rack workstations, which
are received from OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA). Link-up and Link-down alerts for events that are received from
the Broadcom and Intel Network Interface Cards (NICs) are displayed.
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Discover and monitor PowerEdge servers and rack workstations on the SCOM console