Owner's Manual

90 Configuring Dell OpenManage IT Assistant to Monitor Your Systems
NOTE: For Dell x8xx systems, you should setup the DRAC 4 and the BMC if you
want to use the functionality of both. However, for Dell x9xx and later systems,
DRAC 5 takes over the full functionality of the BMC. Therefore, you need to
setup only the DRAC 5. For Dell xx0x modular systems, you should setup iDRAC.
• In the discovery ranges, provide the SNMP/CIM IP address and credentials
(user name and password) for the device as well as the BMC/iDRAC
IP address and credentials.
Connectivity using IPMI is inherently slow due to the RMCP protocol. It is,
therefore, recommended that you create a separate discovery range for
devices that do not have a Dell agent installed on them. For this discovery
range alone you can enable the IPMI discovery feature.
NOTE: Systems discovered only through the IPMI protocol are identified on the
IT Assistant UI through the BMC/iDRAC IP address. For this reason, tasks such as
software deployment and performance and power monitoring cannot be run on
such systems.
Configuring IT Assistant to Discover
Storage Devices
Starting with IT Assistant version 8.0, you can discover and monitor
Dell|EMC storage devices or Dell PowerVault™ Modular Disks.
You can display the status of the discovered Dell|EMC storage arrays or
Modular Disks in the Dell/EMC Arrays category under Storage Devices
group. The status of Dell|EMC storage arrays and Modular Disks will be
red for failed/critical and green for normal. The Dell|EMC storage arrays
and Modular Disks recognize all SNMP traps from the device including
logging, filtering, and actions information.
NOTE: Use IT Assistant's Event Management System to associate actions, such as
e-mailing an administrator or creating a trouble ticket in a help-desk system
through an Application Launch, with the critical event sources associated with the
arrays. For more information, see the Dell OpenManage IT Assistant Online Help.