Owner's Manual

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Operations Manager Management Server Requirements
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* To discover Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000/ MD3000i storage arrays, and
daisy chained PowerVault MD1000 storage arrays the Array Bridge
Broker (ABB) is a prerequisite on the management server.
* Extract the contents of the Dell_MDStorageArray_ABB.exe to the
default location C:\Dell_MDStorageArray_ABB. The
Dell_MDStorageArray_ABB.exe file is part of the
Dell_MD_StorageArray_Management_Pack_Suite v4.0_A00.exe file.
* Ensure that the default IP listing file Dell_MDStorageArray_ip.cfg
is present in the C:\Dell_MDStorageArray_ABB folder. 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 Auto Discovery utility.
You can create an IP listing file with a different
name and also save the file in a different folder location.For more information,
see the the "Dell(TM) MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite Version
4.0 For Microsoft(R) System Center Operations Manager 2007 and System
Center Essentials 2007 User’s Guide"
* For Systems Center Operations Manager (SCOM) to run the
DellABB.exe file, ensure that there is a minimum disk space of 1 GB
on the management station in an environment where you are managing a
large number of devices.
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RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS
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* Base folder utility, which holds the root folder for Dell hardware
and views for other management packs to group under.
* The MD Storage Array management pack discovers storage arrays that
contain firmware version, which supports IPv6 addresses.
* The management pack MP provides Recovery Guru information as a
point of reference to assist in troubleshooting the MD Storage Array
for the respective events.
* The MD storage arrays management pack suite includes the Dell
Discovery utility that discovers the PowerVault MD3000/MD3000i
devices in your network and creates an IP listing file with the IP
addresses of the storage arrays. SCOM uses this IP listing file to
discover and manage the storage arrays. The Dell Discovery utility
supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
* The MD Storage Array management pack discovers storage arrays with
IPv6 addresses.
* The Diagram view of the MD storage arrays displays realistic icons
for the various components modeled by the MD Storage Array
management pack.