Users Guide

Introduction

OpenManage Management Pack for vRealize Operations Manager (vROPS) enables monitoring of different metrics and

hardware resources in the PowerEdge server (12th generation of PowerEdge servers and later) and chassis by using vRealize

Operations Manager and requires vROPS version 8.0, 8.1 and 8.2

Dell EMC Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter (OMIVV) is a product that manages the ESXi servers within

the VMware vCenter. OpenManage Management Pack for vRealize Operations Manager v2.1 requires OpenManage Integration

for VMware vCenter 4.3.1, 5.1 or 5.2

vROPS enables you to monitor and analyze the health, inventory, and status of the PowerEdge servers and chassis.

The OpenManage adapter retrieves the data of the managed PowerEdge servers and its associated chassis from the configured

OMIVV. The retrieved details are used to discover and monitor the PowerEdge servers and chassis. For more information about

OMIVV, see Dell.com/OMConnectionsEnterpriseSystemsManagement.

NOTE: OpenManage adapter affects only the Health Badge of the resources, and it does not have any impact on the

subbadges.

NOTE: The Project tab is not pertinent in vROPS while accessing the PowerEdge servers, chassis, and components.

NOTE: After you update the firmware versions, BIOS, Operating System, or after you change the iDRAC IP, you must run

the inventory at OMIVV to view the updated status.

Topics:

• New and enhanced features

• Use case scenarios

• Viewing dashboards

• Accessing views

• Accessing reports

• Viewing alerts

• Warranty Metrics

New and enhanced features

This release of OpenManage vRealize Operations Management Pack has the following features:

● Supports vROPS 8.0, 8.1 and 8.2 version

● Addition of Celsius widget on Dell EMC Server dashboard.

● Supports OMIVV 4.3.1, 5.1 and 5.2 version.

Use case scenarios

This section describes typical use cases and tasks that can be performed with OpenManage Management Pack for vRealize

Operations Manager.

Monitoring the servers

Server monitoring is the process of reviewing and analyzing a server for health, inventory, availability, and other operations-

related processes. You can also monitor the components of servers such as CPU, memory, PSU, fan, temperature, physical

disks, and so on.

For more information, see the Dell EMC Servers Overview Dashboard on page 6.

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