Users Guide

Discovering A Dell Server Using The Server (In-Band)
Monitoring Feature
About this task
Dell servers are discovered through the OpsMgr Agent Management infrastructure.
The Dell server should be discovered in the Agent Managed view under the Administration section of the OpsMgr console.
To discover a Dell server using Dell Server (In-band) Monitoring Feature:
Steps
1. Log on to the management server as an OpsMgr administrator.
2. On the OpsMgr console, click Administration.
3. At the bottom of the navigation pane, click Discovery Wizard.
4. Run the Discovery Wizard, select Windows computers and follow the instructions on the screen.
For more information, see the OpsMgr documentation at technet.microsoft.com.
5. Enable the Server (In-Band) Monitoring feature by importing the Dell Server Management Pack through Feature
Management Dashboard.
Next steps
NOTE:
Dell servers that do not have Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) installed, or have OMSA earlier than
version 6.4 are grouped as Dell Unmanaged.
Discovering A Dell Server Using The Server (Out-Of-
Band) Monitoring Feature
About this task
NOTE:
The Microsoft SMASH Library (MPB) file has to be installed. For information on installing the Microsoft SMASH
Library (MPB) file, see the"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.
To discover a Dell server using the Dell Server (Out-of-band) Monitoring feature:
Steps
1. Log on to OpsMgr 2012 as an administrator for the OpsMgr Management Group.
2. On the OpsMgr console, click Authoring.
3. At the bottom of the navigation pane, click Add Monitoring Wizard.
The Add Monitoring Wizard screen appears.
4. On the Select Monitoring Type screen, select WS-Management and SMASH Device Discovery and click Next.
5. On the General Properties screen, in the Name field provide a name for the wizard.
6. Under Management pack, click New.
The Create a Management Pack screen appears.
7. Provide a name for the management pack in the Name field and click Next.
For information on creating a management pack, see the OpsMgr documentation at technet.microsoft.com.
8. Click Create.
The management pack you created is selected in the Management pack drop-down box.
9. Click Next.
10. On the Specify the target drop-down menu, select a resource pool for monitoring out-of-band devices and click Next.
Discovery And Grouping
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