Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Server Management Pack Suite Version 5.1 For Microsoft System Center Operations Manager And System Center Essentials User's Guide
- Introduction
- Overview Of Dell Server Management Pack Functionality
- Discovery And Grouping
- Discovering A Dell Server Using The Server (In-Band) Monitoring Feature
- Discovering A Dell Server Using The Server (Out-Of-Band) Monitoring Feature
- Discovering Chassis Devices
- Discovering DRAC Devices
- Discoveries By Dell Server Management Pack Suite
- Discoveries By The Dell Server (In-Band) Monitoring Feature
- Discoveries By The Dell Server (Out-Of-Band) Monitoring Feature
- Discoveries By The DRAC Monitoring Feature
- Discoveries By The Dell Chassis Monitoring Feature
- Discoveries By The Chassis Blade Correlation Feature
- Discoveries By The Dell Feature Management Pack
- Customizing Object Discoveries
- Monitoring
- Severity Level Indicators
- Views
- Unit Monitors
- Dell Unit Monitors For Server (In-Band) Monitoring Feature — Scalable Edition
- Dell Unit Monitors For Server (In-Band) Monitoring Feature — Detailed Edition
- Dell Unit Monitors For Server (Out-of-Band) Monitoring Feature
- Dell Unit Monitors For Chassis Monitoring Feature
- Dell Unit Monitors for DRAC Monitoring Feature
- Rules
- Tasks
- Task Summary
- Feature Management Tasks
- Dell Modular and Monolithic Systems Tasks (In-band)
- Clear ESM Logs
- Launch Dell OpenManage Server Administrator
- Launch Remote Desktop
- Launch InBand Dell Remote Access Console
- Check Power Status
- Power Cycle
- Force Power Off
- Power Off Gracefully
- Power On
- Power Reset
- Turn LED Identification On
- Turn LED Identification Off
- Get Warranty Information
- Launch Dell OpenManage Power Center
- Launch Dell License Manager On 32–Bit Management Server
- Launch Dell License Manager On 64-Bit Management Server
- Dell Modular and Monolithic Systems Tasks (Out-Of-Band)
- Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) Tasks
- Dell Chassis Tasks
- Configuring Dell Connections License Manager URL
- Reports
- Related Documentation And Resources
- Appendix A- Issues And Resolutions
- Appendix B - Enabling External Program Tasks
Table 2. Management Pack Functionality and Dependencies (continued)
Management Pack or Utility Description Dependency
NOTE: For information on installing
the Microsoft SMASH Library file
(MPB), see ”Installing the Out-Of-
Band Monitoring Template" section
of the Dell Server Management
Pack Suite Version 5.1 For Microsoft
System Center Operations Manager
And System Center Essentials
Installation Guide at dell.com/
support/manuals.
Dell Server (Out-Of-Band) Detailed
Monitoring On - Overrides MP
Management Pack for discovering and
monitoring Dell PowerEdge systems up
to component level.
Dell Base Hardware Library MP
Dell Server (Out-Of-Band) MP
Dell Feature Monitoring MP Management Pack for discovering,
monitoring, and upgrading available Dell
Server Management Pack Suite features
in OpsMgr.
Dell Base Hardware Library MP
Comparison Of Scalable Edition And Detailed Edition Features
The following table helps you understand the environment in which you can use Scalable Edition and Detailed Edition of Dell
Windows Server and Dell Server (Out-Of-Band) management pack.
Table 3. Scalable Management Pack Versus Detailed Management Pack
Features Scalable Edition Detailed Edition
Server (In-band) Monitoring
● Component hierarchy — Scalable MP
monitors and displays details up to the
component groups and the presence
of iDRAC.
● Reports — Only OpenManage
Windows Event log report is available
with this Management Pack.
● Detailed MP monitors and displays
details up to component level.
Detailed MP provides an additional
level of information about memory,
processors, network interfaces,
storage controllers, disks, and
volumes. Additionally, BIOS information
is also shown.
● BIOS configuration, firmware and
driver version, and RAID configuration
reports are available with this
Management Pack.
Server (Out-of-band) Monitoring
● Inventory up to individual components.
● Health monitoring only at server and
component group level.
● Inventory and health monitoring of
individual components.
● View metrics for power, temperature,
and network interface cards.
10 Introduction