Users Guide

Dell Printer Management Pack operations
This chapter provides information on the various operations that you can perform on OpsMgr using Dell Printer Management Pack.
The Printer Management Pack enables the following operations to manage Dell printers:
• Discovers and groups Dell printers.
• Displays attribute information of Dell printers.
• Provides health status of Dell printers through periodic polling.
• Launches the printer console.
• Processes SNMP traps, and provides knowledge base articles for printer traps.
Topics:
• Discovery and grouping
• Monitoring
• Tasks
• Customizing Dell Printer Management Pack
Discovery and grouping
Discovering a Dell Printer
Dell printers are classified as network devices. To discover Dell printers, ensure that the devices appear under Administration > Network
Management > Network Devices in the OpsMgr console.
Discovering Network Devices
To discover network devices in OpsMgr.
• For OpsMgr 2016, see technet.microsoft.com/en-us/system-center-docs/om/manage/how-to-discover-network-devices-in-
operations-manager
• For OpsMgr 2012 R2, OpsMgr 2012 SP1, and OpsMgr 2012, see technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh278846.aspx.
• For OpsMgr 2007 R2, see technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc950509.aspx.
Monitoring
The Dell Printer Management Pack enables you to monitor the discovered Dell printers. The health status indicators help you to monitor
the health of your Dell printers in the network.
Health status indicators
The following table lists the icons that indicate the health status of the discovered Dell printers on the OpsMgr console.
Table 3. Health status indicators
Icon Severity Level
Normal/OK — The component is working as expected.
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