Users Guide

Contents

1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 5

2 Key features........................................................................................................... 6

3 Support matrix.......................................................................................................8

Supported firmware versions for Dell devices..................................................................................... 8

Supported Dell PowerEdge servers...................................................................................................... 8

Supported Dell Datacenter Scalable Solutions.................................................................................... 9

Supported Dell chassis..........................................................................................................................9

Supported Dell Compellent Storage Arrays....................................................................................... 10

Dell EqualLogic PS-Series Storage Arrays.......................................................................................... 10

Dell PowerVault MD Storage Arrays .................................................................................................. 10

4 Dell configuration wizard................................................................................. 12

Dell configuration wizard discovery parameters................................................................................12

Discovery target.............................................................................................................................12

Communication Parameters......................................................................................................... 13

Configuration Parameters.............................................................................................................14

Creating auto-discovery jobs........................................................................................................14

Dell devices and associated services.................................................................................................. 15

Selecting the services to monitor for a Dell device..................................................................... 18

5 Device discovery using the Dell configuration wizard................................ 19

Configuration Wizard: Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios XI - Step 1.........................................19

Configuration Wizard: Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios XI - Step 2........................................ 20

Configuration Wizard: Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios XI - Step 3.........................................21

6 Viewing Dell devices.......................................................................................... 22

7 Monitoring Dell devices.................................................................................... 24

Device information............................................................................................................................. 24

Overall health status .......................................................................................................................... 26

Component health..............................................................................................................................27

Monitoring alerts and events (Traps)..................................................................................................34

Viewing SNMP alerts......................................................................................................................35

8 Launching Dell device consoles...................................................................... 36

Dell devices and their consoles..........................................................................................................36