Owner's Manual

22 Dell™ MD Storage Arrays Management Pack Suite Operations
Discovery
To discover PowerVault MD3000/MD3000i storage arrays in the network, an
important pre-requisite is the IP listing file that contains the IP addresses of
the PowerVault MD3000/MD3000i storage arrays.
The default IP listing file,
Dell_MDStorageArray_ip.cfg is available on the
management station where you extracted the Array Bridge Broker (ABB) files,
and the
Dell Discovery utility. You can create an IP listing file with a different
name and also save the file in a different folder location. However, you must
ensure that you specify the override parameters in the Authoring pane of the
SCOM console.
To specify override parameters for the IP listing file:
1
Launch the SCOM console and click the Authoring tab.
2 Select Object Discoveries under Management Pack Object in the
Authoring pane.
3 In the Object Discoveries pane, select any object and under the object
select
Dell MD Storage Array Discovery .
4 Right-click on Dell MD Storage Array Discovery and from the pop-up
menu select
Overrides → Override the Object Discovery → For all objects
of class: Management Server
. The Override Properties window is
displayed.
5 Select the IPConfigFilePath option and specify the new file name and
path under
Override Value .
6 Click Apply .
When you import the MD Storage Arrays Management Pack into the SCOM
console, the management pack scans the IP listing file at scheduled intervals
to discover and monitor the PowerVault MD3000/MD3000i storage arrays.
The default schedule is 24 hours.
For more information on configuring the IP listing file, see "Pre-Import Tasks
for the MD Storage Array Management Pack".
For more information on the Auto Discovery utility, see the online help
provided with the utility.
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