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
Dell Systems Event Processing Rules
The Dell Server Management Pack Suite processes rules from Server Administrator, Server Administrator Storage Management
events, DRAC, and chassis traps.
Server Administrator
All informational, warning, and critical events for Server Administrator have a corresponding event processing rule.
Each of these rules are processed based on the following criteria:
● Source Name = "Server Administrator"
● Event ID = Actual event ID of the Server Administrator instrumentation event
● Data Provider = Windows system event log
Storage Management
All informational, warning, and critical events for the Server Administrator Storage Management Service have a corresponding
event processing rule.
Each of these rules are processed based on the following criteria:
● Source Name = "Server Administrator"
● Event ID = Actual event ID of the Server Administrator Storage Management Service event
● Data Provider = Windows system event log
DRAC And Chassis Devices
All informational, warning, and critical SNMP traps for the DRAC and Chassis devices have a corresponding SNMP trap rule.
Each of these rules are processed based on the following criteria:
● Source Name = "DRAC/CMC/DRAC/MC name or ip"
● OID = Actual trap ID of the DRAC /CMC/DRAC/MC SNMP trap event
● Data Provider = SNMP trap
NOTE: Informational alerts are turned off by default. Import informational alerts on MP to get these.
Dell Servers
All informational, warning, and critical SNMP traps for Dell servers discovered using Server (Out-of-band) Monitoring feature,
have a corresponding SNMP trap rule.
Each of these rules are processed based on the following criteria:
● Source Name = "Dell Server ip"
● OID = Actual trap ID of the trap event
● Data Provider = SNMP trap event provider
Performance Collection Rules
In the OpsMgr console, click Monitoring > Dell > Performance and Power Monitoring Views to view the performance
information that is collected from Dell servers. By default this feature is disabled, to enable the feature, see Enabling
Performance Collection Rules.
The performance collection rules collects information on the following parameters:
● Ambient Temperature (Centigrade)
● Amperage (Amps)
● Dell Performance View
Monitoring
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