User's Manual

5 Dell OpenManage Plug- in Version 1.0 for Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c | A00
1 About Dell OpenManage Plug- in for Oracle Enterprise
Manager
1.1 Key Features
The Dell OpenManage Plug- in for Oracle Enterprise Manager provides a proactive approach to data center
management that delivers features for monitoring Dell server, storage, and networking infrastructures in
environment managed by Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM). The Dell OpenManage plug- in protects your
existing investment in the OEM console and helps in ease of integration and monitoring of Dell devices.
The OpenManage plug- in equips the Database or IT administrators with the information necessary to
make rapid yet informed decisions impacting the availability of data center resources and thus helps
increase productivity and reduce costs.
The following are the key features of Dell OpenManage Plug- in for Oracle Enterprise Manager:
• Discovery, Inventory and Monitoring of Dell hardware – The OpenManage plug- in enables the
data center customers to discover Dell devices and then provides inventory information, and
allows customers to periodically monitor the health of the following Dell devices:
o Dell PowerEdge 12th generation (12G) servers using agent- free, out- of- band mode
through Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 (iDRAC7) with Lifecycle Controller
o Dell PowerEdge 9th Generation (9G) to 12th Generation (12G) servers using in- band mode
through OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA)
o All Dell storage, including Dell Compellent, Dell EqualLogic, and Dell PowerVault devices
o Dell PowerEdge VRTX and PowerEdge M1000e chassis
o Dell Networking switches (previously Force10 and PowerConnect devices)
• Mapping of Oracle database workload to Dell hardware – Databases and servers are linked
together automatically based on the server host name. You can also manually link other targets
such as storage and switches in Oracle Enterprise Manager.
This feature allows database administrators to quickly pinpoint outage/performance issues that
may occur in the Oracle infrastructure and thus empower the DBAs to contact the appropriate
team faster.
• Device association of Dell Modular systems – The OpenManage plug- in for OEM correlates Dell
Modular servers, EqualLogic blade arrays, and Force10 blade IO modules with PowerEdge VRTX
and PowerEdge M1000e chassis thus enabling the DBAs/IT admins to identify where the modular
systems are residing in a data center.
• Device specific one-to-one console launch from OEM console – The OpenManage plug- in
enables the DBAs/IT administrators to perform further troubleshooting and allows the
administrator to take corrective action, once the issue has been identified through link and launch
of device- specific element management tools. It also helps to perform configuration, update, and
management of Dell devices. The following are the one- to- one Dell tools supported by the
OpenManage plug- in through the OEM console:
o Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) console
o OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) console