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
Views
Dell Server Management Pack Suite provides the following types of views for Monitoring, under the Dell folder on the OpsMgr
console:
● Alerts Views
● Diagram Views
● State Views
● Performance and Power Monitoring Views
Alerts Views
This view is available for managing hardware and storage events from Dell systems, Dell servers, network interfaces, and DRAC
devices. The following alerts and traps are displayed by the Server Management Pack Suite:
● Alerts for events received from Server Administrator for servers discovered by the Server (in-band) monitoring feature.
NOTE: Informational alerts are turned off by default. To enable informational alerts, run the Set Informational Alerts
On (Server In-band) task for Dell Server (In-band) Monitoring on the Feature Management Dashboard. For more
information, see Feature Management Tasks.
● Link up or Link down alerts for events received from Broadcom and Intel network interface cards for Dell PowerEdge and
PowerVault systems.
● SNMP traps sent by DRAC and Chassis devices.
● Platform Event Traps (PET) for Dell servers.
Viewing Alerts On The OpsMgr Console
About this task
To view alerts on the OpsMgr console:
Steps
1. Launch the OpsMgr console and click Monitoring.
2. Click Dell > Alerts Views.
The following individual Alerts Views are displayed:
● CMC Alerts — SNMP traps from the discovered Chassis devices are displayed.
● Network Interface Alerts — Link up and Link down alerts from the discovered NICs are displayed.
● DRAC/MC Alerts — events and SNMP traps from the discovered DRAC/MC devices are displayed.
● PET Traps Alerts — platform event traps from discovered Dell servers are displayed.
● Remote Access Alerts — SNMP traps from DRAC 5, iDRAC 6, and iDRAC 7 devices are displayed.
● Server Alerts — Server Administrator alerts from Dell systems, Link up and Link down alerts from the NICs on Dell
servers, and SNMP traps for PowerEdge 12G servers with iDRAC 7 are displayed, if discovered using Server (Out-of-
Band) monitoring feature.
● Dell M1000e Chassis Alerts— SNMP traps from the discovered Dell PowerEdge M1000e Chassis device are displayed.
● Dell VRTX Chassis Alerts— SNMP traps from the discovered Dell PowerEdge VRTX Chassis device are displayed.
3. Select any of the Alerts Views.
On the right pane of each of the individual Alerts Views, alerts that meet the criteria you specify, such as alert severity,
resolution state, or alerts that are assigned to you is displayed.
4. Select an alert to view the details in the Alert Details pane.
Diagram Views
The Diagram Views offers a hierarchical and graphical representation of all Dell servers on your network.
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