Users Guide

Monitoring Dell devices
Once you have discovered the Dell devices, you can monitor these devices and their associated services such as device information,
overall health, and other components. The various aspects of Dell devices you can monitor are explained in the following sections.
Topics:
• Device information
• Overall health status
• Component health
• Monitoring alerts and events (Traps)
Device information
The Dell device information service provides the basic information about the device. By default, this service is polled once a day.
Table 20. Device Information
Service Status Description Attributes Displayed
Dell Server Information The following states are
possible:
• OK
• Unknown
• Critical
• Warning
This service provides the basic
device inventory information.
NOTE: Chassis Tag is
applicable only for
modular servers and
Node ID is applicable only
for PowerEdge FM120x4.
• Server Host FQDN
• Model Name
• Device Type (iDRAC7 or
iDRAC8)
• Service Tag
• Product Type (Monolithic or
Modular)
• Chassis Tag
• iDRAC Firmware Version
• OS Name
• OS Version
• iDRAC URL
• Node Id
Dell Chassis Information The following states are
possible:
• OK
• Unknown
• Critical
• Warning
This service provides the basic
device inventory information for
Dell PowerEdge M1000e,
PowerEdge VRTX, and
PowerEdge FX2/FX2s chassis.
• Chassis Name
• Model Name
• Service Tag
• CMC Firmware Version
• CMC URL
Dell Storage Compellent
Information
The following states are
possible:
• OK
• Unknown
• Critical
• Warning
This service provides the basic
device inventory information for
Dell Compellent Management IP
• Storage Name
• Firmware Version
• Primary Controller Name
• Primary Controller Model
• Primary Controller Service
Tag
• Primary Controller IP
• Secondary Controller Name
• Secondary Controller Model
• Secondary Controller Service
Tag
• Secondary Controller IP
• Compellent URL
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