Users Guide

Protocol communication parameters Description

WSMan

wsman.username

Use to input the user macro for WSMan service account user

name.

wsman.password

Use to input the user macro for WSMan service account password.

wsman.port

Use to input the WSMan port value. Default value is 443.

wsman.timeout

Use to input WSMan timeout value in seconds. Default timeout

value is 60 seconds.

wsman.retries

Use to input the number of times a WSMan request must be sent

when a timeout occurs. Default retry value is 2.

NOTE:

You can congure the user macros, snmp.community, wsman.username, and wsman.password in the le

dell_resources.cfg available at the location: <NAGIOS_HOME>/dell/resources/

Discovering Dell EMC devices

You can discover all the supported Dell EMC devices using this plug-in.

Prerequisites:

• If you are using SNMP protocol for discovery, ensure that SNMP version 1 or SNMP version 2 are enabled, community string is set and

congured for Servers or Dell EMC Storage devices. For more information see Appendix.

• A secured network connectivity is established between Nagios Core and the device.

• It is recommended that the device must have a resolvable FQDN.

• WSMan is enabled and congured for discovering Dell EMC Chassis devices.

• If you are using WSMan protocol, it is recommended that you use non-default account credentials.

To discover Dell EMC devices:

1 Log in to Nagios Core with Nagios administrator privileges.

2 Navigate to the directory <NAGIOS_HOME>/dell/scripts

3 Run the Dell Device Discovery Utility with the option: perl dell_device_discovery.pl -h

The script syntax and information on options are displayed. For more information see About Dell Discovery Utility.

Based on your requirement do the following:

NOTE

: Before running the utility, ensure that you have updated protocol related information, for more information see

About Protocol Parameters.

To discover a device using an IP address or FQDN:

• perl dell_device_discovery.pl -H <IP address or FQDN name>

To discover using subnet with mask:

• perl dell_device_discovery.pl -S <Subnet with mask>

An example format for subnet with mask: 11.98.149.0/24

To discover using a list of IP addresses present in a le:

• perl dell_device_discovery.pl -F <IP address list file>

Device discovery and inventory