Setup Guide

Introduction to the Dell OpenManage

Plug-in Version 2.0 for Nagios Core

This guide provides information about the software requirements, system requirements, and the steps to

install, upgrade, and uninstall the Dell OpenManage Plug-in Version 2.0 for Nagios Core.

This plug-in provides capabilities to monitor Dell devices in environments managed by Nagios Core. This

plug-in gives you complete hardware-level visibility of Dell devices, including overall and component-

level health monitoring. The plug-in provides basic inventory information and event monitoring of Dell

devices. The plug-in also supports one-to-one web console launch of the supported Dell devices for

further troubleshooting, configuration, and management activities.

The Dell OpenManage Plug-in Version 2.0 for Nagios Core supports the following Dell devices:

• Dell 12th and later generations of Dell PowerEdge servers through the agent-free method by using

Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller (LC)

• Dell Datacenter Scalable Solutions (DSS)

• Dell PowerEdge FX2/FX2s chassis, Dell PowerEdge VRTX chassis, and Dell PowerEdge M1000e chassis

• Dell EqualLogic PS-Series Storage Arrays, Dell PowerVault MD 34/38 Series Storage Arrays, and Dell

Compellent Storage Arrays

For more details on device support, see Support matrix in the “Dell OpenManage Plug-in Version 2.0 for

Nagios Core User’s Guide.”

Table 1. Key features

Feature Functionality

Device Discovery

Discovers Dell devices. Once the discovery is complete, host and

service definitions are created for each device.

To discover Dell servers through iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller,

you can opt for either SNMP or WS-MAN protocol. However, Dell

storage is discovered using SNMP protocol and Dell chassis is

discovered using WS-MAN protocol.

Device Information

Displays information about the discovered device such as Service

Tag, Firmware Version, Device Name, Device Model, and so on

after a device discovery is successful. You can view this information

in the Hosts or the Services view in the Nagios Core console.

For more information about device services and their description,

see Device Information in the Dell OpenManage Plug-in Version

2.0 for Nagios Core User’s Guide

Monitor overall health of Dell

devices

Monitors the overall health of Dell devices.