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
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.
5. On the Add a Device console screen in OpsMgr 2012, type the IP address that you want to scan, select the appropriate
Run As account from the SNMP V1 or V2 Run As account drop-down box.
6. Enable the Chassis Monitoring feature through Feature Management Dashboard.
Discovering DRAC Devices
The DRAC devices must be discovered in the Agent Managed view under the Administration section of the OpsMgr console.
About this task
To discover DRAC devices:
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 Network devices and follow the instructions on the screen.
For more information, see the OpsMgr documentation at technet.microsoft.com.
5. On the Add a Device console screen in OpsMgr 2012, type the IP address that you want to scan, select the appropriate
Run As account from the SNMP V1 or V2 Run As account drop-down box.
6. Enable the DRAC Monitoring feature through Feature Management Dashboard.
Scalability Recommendation For OpsMgr 2012
About this task
When managing large number of network devices in a distributed setup, use dedicated resource pools of Management Servers
for each device type, if the same Management Group is also used to manage agent-based devices.
Steps
1. Create a dedicated resource pool to manage each type of network device such as CMC and DRAC.
2. Add the Management Servers that manage a particular type of network-device to the corresponding resource pool.
3. Remove these Management Servers from All Management Servers resource pool.
Discoveries By Dell Server Management Pack Suite
The following tables lists the Dell servers, CMC, DRAC, Dell PowerEdge VRTX and its components discovered by the Dell Server
Management Pack Suite.
Discoveries By The Dell Server (In-Band) Monitoring Feature
Table 5. Dell Server (In-Band) Monitoring Feature Discoveries
Discovery Description
Dell Server Discovery Classifies your Dell servers and populates the attributes.
Dell Server Network Interface Discovery Discovers the network interface at group level of your Dell
server.
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