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 1. Features and Functionalities (continued)
Feature Functionality
Performance Monitoring Supports:
● Power and temperature statistics using Performance and
Power Monitoring Views.
● Performance graphs for physical and teamed network
interfaces.
Flexible Monitoring Supports:
● Flexibility in choosing the level of monitoring (Scalable/
Detailed ) Dell servers based on the scalability
requirements.
● Detailed monitoring using Server Administrator by enabling
Informational Alerts.
Launching Task Launches:
● Dell OpenManage Server Administrator console.
● Dell Remote Access console.
● Dell CMC console.
● Dell Modular Chassis Remote Access console.
● Remote Desktop console.
● Dell OpenMange Power Center console.
● Dell Connections License Manager web console.
● The Dell Warranty Information webpage.
● iDRAC console.
● Dell License Manager console.
For more information, see Tasks.
About Dell Server Management Pack Suite
The following table lists this version's management packs and utilities, and their dependencies with each other:
Table 2. Management Pack Functionality and Dependencies
Management Pack or Utility Description Dependency
Dell Base Hardware Library Management Pack for defining the Dell
Hardware Group and Dell folder in
the Monitoring pane of the OpsMgr
console.
None
Dell Windows Server (Scalable Edition) Management Pack for monitoring
supported Dell PowerEdge and
PowerVault up to component groups
level.
Dell Base Hardware Library MP
Dell Server Model MP
Dell Server Operations Library MP
Dell Server View MP
Dell Windows Server (Detailed Edition) Management Pack for instrumenting
supported Dell PowerEdge and
PowerVault up to component level.
Dell Base Hardware Library MP
Dell Server Model MP
Dell Server Operations Library MP
Dell Server View MP
Dell Windows Server (Scalable Edition)
MP
8 Introduction