Users Guide

Key features

The key features of the Dell OpenManage Plug-in Version 2.0 for Nagios Core are as described in the

following table.

Table 2. Key features

Feature Functionality

Device discovery

Discovers the supported Dell devices in the Nagios Core console.

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. Dell storage is

discovered using SNMP protocol. Dell chassis is discovered using

WS-MAN protocol.

Device information

Displays information about the discovered device (Service Tag,

Firmware Version, Device Name, Device Model, and so on) and its

components (Physical Disks, Power Supply, Temperature Probe,

Voltage Probe, and so on) after a device discovery is successful.

You can view this information in the Hosts or Services view in the

Nagios Core console.

For more information about the device information provided by the

Plug-in, see Device Information.

Monitor overall health of Dell

devices

Monitors the overall health of Dell devices in a scheduled or

periodic manner.

Component level health of Dell

devices

Monitors the health of device components (Physical Disks, Power

Supply, Temperature Probe, Voltage Probe, and so on) and displays

information about the Dell device component status at scheduled

time intervals.

Monitor SNMP alerts

Monitors SNMP alerts for Dell devices. This feature displays only the

last received SNMP alert.

To view all received SNMP alerts navigate to Reports → Alerts →

History in the Nagios Core console.

You can also view the Alert Knowledge Base (KB) information for

the supported Dell devices corresponding to an SNMP alert for

faster troubleshooting of the respective alert.

For more information, see Knowledge Base (KB) messages for the

generated alerts in the Dell OpenManage Plug-in Version 2.0 for

Nagios Core User’s Guide.