Users Guide
• For the -P option, Opt for a protocol:
NOTE: Ensure that the IP list that you provide in the le is new-line
separated.
4 When prompted to conrm the discovery of the Dell EMC device (s), press Y and then Enter to continue. To exit the discovery
process, press any other key followed by Enter or press Enter to exit.
5 Once the discovery utility script is run, verify the Nagios conguration by running the command <NAGIOS_HOME>/bin/nagios -
v /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
.
6 Ensure that no errors are present and then restart Nagios Core by running the command service nagios restart.
7 You can view the logged information in the Log le path: <NAGIOS_HOME>/var/dell/discovery_<yyyymmddhhmiss>.dbg
In the lename, <yyyymmddhhmiss> pertains to the time when the log information was gathered; yyyy is the calendar year, mm is
month, dd is date, hh is hour of the day, mi is minutes, and ss is seconds.
After completion of discovery:
• Dell EMC device Host denition and its service denitions are created in the Nagios server and this is subsequently used for monitoring
the Dell EMC devices.
The discovered Dell EMC devices and their services are displayed in the Host view and the Services view in the Nagios Core console.
Wait for the scheduled service to complete for the service details to be displayed.
• The discovered Dell EMC devices are displayed in the Map view in the Nagios Core console.
Using the -t or the -c options
The -t option can be used while discovering the Dell EMC devices if you have modied the
dell_device_services_template.cfg le, which is the template le for basic or detailed monitoring of Dell EMC devices,
according to your requirement and the le is saved in a non-default location.
Format:
perl dell_device_discovery.pl -H <IP address list file> –t <Complete path of the services
template file>
The -c option can be used while discovering the Dell EMC devices if you have modied the dell_device_comm_params.cfg le,
which is the protocol specic conguration le, according to your requirement and the le is saved in a non-default location.
Format:
perl dell_device_discovery.pl -H <IP address list file> –c <Complete path of the protocol
specific config file>
Device information
About device information
The Dell EMC device information service provides the basic information about the system. By default this service is polled once a day.
Table 17. Device Information
Service Status Description Attributes Displayed
Dell EMC Server Information The following states are possible:
• OK
• Unknown
This service provides the basic
device inventory information.
• Server Host FQDN
• Model Name
• Device Type (iDRAC7 or
iDRAC8)
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