Owner's Manual

28 Dell™ MD Storage Arrays Management Pack Suite Operations
Customizing the MD Storage Array Management
Pack
Unit Monitors
You can customize the following parameters of the MD Storage Array
Management Pack unit monitors by using overrides:
• Enabled : Allows you to enable or disable monitors. You can choose the
Override Setting to be True or False. The default setting is True.
• Interval in Seconds : The frequency (in seconds) with which the
Management Pack polls the Dell device to check the health of a
component. The default setting for monitors could range between 3600 -
4300 seconds.
NOTE: All the unit monitors are triggered by a periodic poll configured as
IntervalSeconds.
Table 3-2 lists the various Dell unit monitors and the applicable parameters
for your Dell MD Storage Arrays.
Table 3-2. Dell Monitors - MD Storage Arrays
Groups Unit Monitor Name Description Default
Periodic Poll
Setting
MD Storage
Array Device
Dell MD Array Device
Status(Periodic)
Unit Monitor for all MD
Storage Arrays: Tracks the
global health status of the
storage array.
4300 seconds
(72 minutes)
MD Storage
Array
Batteries
Dell MD Array Battery
Status(Periodic)
Unit Monitor for MD
Storage Array Batteries:
Indicates the health of the
storage array’s battery unit.
3900 seconds
(65 minutes)
MD Storage
Array
Controller
Modules
Dell MD Array
Controller
Status(Periodic)
Unit Monitor for MD
Storage Array RAID
Controller Modules:
Indicates the health of the
storage array’s RAID
Controller modules.
3800 seconds
(63 minutes)
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