Users Guide

Table Of Contents
1 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 6
Terms Used In This Document.............................................................................................................................................6
What Is New In This Release................................................................................................................................................6
Key Features Of Dell Server Management Pack Suite..................................................................................................... 7
2 Overview Of Dell Server Management Pack Functionality................................................................ 8
3 Server In-Band Monitoring Feature................................................................................................9
Management Pack Functionality And Dependencies........................................................................................................9
Comparison Of Scalable And Detailed Edition Features................................................................................................. 10
Discovery And Grouping......................................................................................................................................................10
Discovering A Dell Server In OpsMgr...........................................................................................................................10
Discoveries By The Dell Server (In-Band) Monitoring Feature................................................................................. 11
Monitoring..............................................................................................................................................................................11
Views................................................................................................................................................................................ 11
Unit Monitors.................................................................................................................................................................. 15
Rules.................................................................................................................................................................................18
Tasks......................................................................................................................................................................................19
Task Summary............................................................................................................................................................... 20
Performing Dell Tasks................................................................................................................................................... 20
Dell Modular and Monolithic Systems Tasks...............................................................................................................21
Reports................................................................................................................................................................................. 24
Accessing Reports.........................................................................................................................................................24
Generating OpenManage Windows Event Log Report............................................................................................ 24
Generating BIOS Configuration Report...................................................................................................................... 25
Generating Firmware And Driver Versions Report....................................................................................................25
Generating RAID Configuration Report...................................................................................................................... 25
4 Server Out-Of-Band Monitoring Feature...................................................................................... 27
Management Pack Functionality And Dependencies......................................................................................................27
Comparison Of Scalable And Detailed Edition Features................................................................................................. 27
Discovery And Grouping..................................................................................................................................................... 28
Discovering A Dell Server Using The Server (Out-Of-Band) Monitoring Feature................................................28
Discoveries By The Dell Server (Out-Of-Band) Monitoring Feature......................................................................29
Monitoring............................................................................................................................................................................ 29
Views...............................................................................................................................................................................29
Dell Unit Monitors For Server (Out-of-Band) Monitoring Feature................................................................................31
Rules......................................................................................................................................................................................34
Dell Systems Event Processing Rules.........................................................................................................................34
Dell Servers.....................................................................................................................................................................34
Tasks..................................................................................................................................................................................... 34
Task Summary................................................................................................................................................................34
Performing Dell Tasks Using Dell Server (Out-Of-Band).........................................................................................34
Dell Modular and Monolithic Systems Tasks (Out-Of-Band).................................................................................. 35
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